Comments on: Looking For A Great Mind-Mapping Tool on OS X

By: PunkMonk San Francisco

PunkMonk San Francisco — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 01:53:28 +0000

Try Personal Brain… http://www.thebrain.com. I find it absolutely terrific to use

By: VicGee

VicGee — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:18:01 +0000

None of the above recommendations are remotely 3D. I would like to recommend Topicscape as it’s the most 3D one I’ve seen, but I can’t … Windows only

PersonalBrain is worth a look - they have a Mac version. It’s kind of 3D in that connections can be made between any two nodes - you’re not limited to a flat tree hierarchy. Doesn’t actually show as 3D the way Topicscape does, but does give more flexibility for organisation.

Vic
http://www.mind-mapping.org
The master list of mind mapping &
information management software

By: PatricH

PatricH — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:44:55 +0000

I would also put my vote in for Freemind, but you might also look into some of these:
http://www.novamind.com/ - not free
http://www.mindnode.com/ - free
All of them are very good tools, my personal favorite is Novamind, its a wonderful tool. Good luck on your decision.

By: Vidyut Luther

Vidyut Luther — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:40:37 +0000

I use Xmind, it’s based off Eclipse and is cross platform like it, but it’s not free :).

By: stefan

stefan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:35:54 +0000

I second (or third actually) the call for Freemind. I’ve used it when I was working with Linux, and I use it now that I have a MBP. It’s an excellent tool.

By: luckec

luckec — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:48:21 +0000

Hey Stu,

I currently use MindManager 6 on my MBP. There’s already a version 7 (http://www.mindjet.com/de/products/mindmanager_7_mac/?s=3). In my opinion it’s the best mindmapping-tool on the market. The M$-Windows versions of MM are better than the Mac version but I still think there’s no better one for the Mac.

Regards,
- Carsten

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:57:59 +0000

freemind - it’s a java app…

http://freemind.sourceforge.net

By: Mike Girouard

Mike Girouard — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:46:04 +0000

I’ve been using Free Mind for years now and think its one of the best tools out there. I’m not sure it supports all the features you need, but it comes close.

http://freemind.sourceforge.net/