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Punakea for Mac

Tag your files and bookmarks.

Free
In English
3.9
Based on 21 user rates

Punakea overview

Punakea is a little app trying to help you cope with the day-to-day struggle of managing your files. Designed to complement Spotlight, it allows you to tag your files and bookmarks, freeing you of the strict hierarchy of the Finder's folder structure.

A "tag" is like a keyword. Tags can help you to group files which have something in common. You can assign as many tags as you wish to each file.

With its sidebar, it's always accessible with just a flick of the mouse, just drag and drop without any hassle. The tag cloud gives you a perfect view of all your tags.

Additional features:

  • Global hotkey to invoke the tagger
  • Automatically manage your files on your harddisk
  • Import your existing folder structure to tags
  • Integrated with all major OS X browsers to tag your bookmarks
  • Use Spotlight to search for your tags
  • Filter your tags by file type
  • Fully compatible with other OpenMeta tagging apps

What’s new in version 1.3.1

Version 1.3.1:
  • Fixed Open With menu when in thumbnail view
  • Fixed crash when clicking on menubar item
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Punakea for Mac

Free
In English
Version 1.3.1
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3.9

(49 Reviews of Punakea)

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Tachy0n
Tachy0n
Feb 18 2019
1.3.1
0.0
Feb 18 2019
0.0
Version: 1.3.1
Just a warning that the download is for an uncompiled folder. To get it to work you will need to use Xcode to create the app.
Denflinkegrafiker
Denflinkegrafiker
Oct 4 2014
1.3.1
4.5
Oct 4 2014
4.5
Version: 1.3.1
I've used Punakea for a couple of years now – and it's an important part of my workflow. What Punakea does good and does right – it's simple & fast. Say you have a file on your desktop – just drag it to the Punakea panel and Punakea store your file with the tags you add and remove it from the desktop. Even if you have your Punakea folder on an external hard disk. It doesn't get much easier to store a file... or find it again. No need to dive down an endless hitachi of files and folders – search through the MacOS Sportlight or Punakea.
Slarkin
Slarkin
Apr 29 2012
1.2.3
0.0
Apr 29 2012
0.0
Version: 1.2.3
I paid $12.95 on 2.2.2011 as a MacUpdate Promo. Now for a simple update from version 1.1.6 I must pay $14.99 at the Mac App Store. This is a rip off! I will never do business with this software company again! There are better options.
Pik80
Pik80
Feb 24 2012
1.2.1
2.0
Feb 24 2012
2.0
Version: 1.2.1
I don't think it is such a bad thing that the developer is charging again for this product at the MAS. The product was priced quite low to begin with and was even almost being given away in several bundle deals. I do however take huge issue with the fact that the software has turned into vaporware. HoudahSpot is continually been adding welcome new features while Punakea has just been sitting there. Getting a powerful app is a much bigger deal to me then how much I pay for it.
Carsten-Langrock
Carsten-Langrock
Feb 14 2012
1.2.1
0.0
Feb 14 2012
0.0
Version: 1.2.1
I agree with the people who commented on the switch to the App Store. That's a pretty shitty move by the developers, especially since the app hadn't seen any updates in a long time. No wonder they are lowering the price to $10. I would look at other OpenMeta taggers. Somebody said that they could have called it version 2 and be done with it. Sure, if they had added any significant features. Only minor work has been done to get it to comply with the App Store rules, not more. The 1.2.1 version of the app is essentially the same as the 1.1.6 one, hence the similarity in version numbers. I paid for the app, but will not "upgrade", not even for $10. I'd rather spend extra cash on a new tagger.
Denflinkegrafiker
Denflinkegrafiker
Oct 4 2014
4.5
Oct 4 2014
4.5
Version: null
Pik80
Pik80
Feb 24 2012
2.0
Feb 24 2012
2.0
Version: null
Sforf
Sforf
Feb 12 2012
0.5
Feb 12 2012
0.5
Version: null
anonymous-mackerel-6638
Dec 15 2011
2.5
Version: null
livingcrayon
livingcrayon
Aug 29 2011
3.0
Aug 29 2011
3.0
Version: null
Dr-snooze
Dr-snooze
Aug 8 2011
5.0
Aug 8 2011
5.0
Version: null
Dkosiur
Dkosiur
Aug 3 2011
3.5
Aug 3 2011
3.5
Version: null
jameel
jameel
Aug 2 2011
1.5
Aug 2 2011
1.5
Version: null
rmborg
rmborg
Aug 2 2011
3.5
Aug 2 2011
3.5
Version: null
Drking
Drking
Aug 2 2011
5.0
Aug 2 2011
5.0
Version: null
saruke
saruke
Jul 8 2011
5.0
Jul 8 2011
5.0
Version: null
Herrsteps
Herrsteps
Jun 30 2011
5.0
Jun 30 2011
5.0
Version: null
Hitme
Hitme
Jun 3 2011
4.0
Jun 3 2011
4.0
Version: null
Irishrg
Irishrg
May 26 2011
4.5
May 26 2011
4.5
Version: null
Cartoonasaur
Cartoonasaur
Mar 9 2011
5.0
Mar 9 2011
5.0
Version: null
Thethinslice
Thethinslice
Feb 3 2011
5.0
Feb 3 2011
5.0
Version: null
Sonnendeck
Sonnendeck
May 26 2010
5.0
May 26 2010
5.0
Version: null
Joachimr
Joachimr
Jun 19 2009
5.0
Jun 19 2009
5.0
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Aug 2 2007
4.0
Aug 2 2007
4.0
Version: null
Macsterdam
Macsterdam
Mar 2 2007
4.0
Mar 2 2007
4.0
Version: null
Yichen-Z
Yichen-Z
Dec 12 2006
5.0
Dec 12 2006
5.0
Version: null