We have been working on adding iCloud integration to MindNode for some time now and today I’d like to give you a short preview of MindNode’s iCloud integration.

MindNode touch 2.1

iCloud support in MindNode touch will be pretty similar to how Apple implemented iCloud in their iWork applications. When you first launch the app, it will ask you if you want to enable iCloud. If you do, it will upload all existing documents and it will also enable iCloud for all new documents.

The main UI to interact with iCloud in MindNode will be the document picker. It will display status updates for documents via a flap on each preview and it will also provide a simple UI to resolve sync conflicts. Besides those changes, we also slightly updated the visual appearance of the UI elements.

MindNode Pro 1.8

Adding iCloud support to our Mac version turned out to be a bit more complicated than initially expected. When moving a document to iCloud, OS X will remove the file from its current location in the file system and will move it to a hidden folder. As there is no system provided way to access those documents, we decided to go with a document picker similar to the one we use on iOS.

Release

As we are still working on this release, we are unable to share a release date at this time.

— Markus

Apple used the MindNode touch 2 icon in Thursdays Education Event.

We released minor updates for MindNode touch and MindNode Pro today. MindNode touch 2.0.3 fixes several crashes and MindNode Pro a pretty annoying bug related to undo and Smart Layout.

MindNode touch 2.0.3

• Fixes several crashes.
• Fixes a bug related to Dropbox uploading.
• Updates the german localization.

MindNode Pro 1.7.5

• Smart Layout will no longer register two undo operations.
• Fixes an issue related to saving newly imported FreeMind or OPML documents.
• Smart Link Detection is now enabled per default.
• Updated Japanese localization.

I’m excited to officially announce my new company IdeasOnCanvas GmbH. IdeasOnCanvas will replace my existing company - MindNode e.U. - and will continue to focus on developing easy to use applications for the iOS and Mac platform.

The new company is a Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH), which is the austrian form of a limited liability company. I’m its founding member and currently its sole employee. My plan is to hire a developer later this year to enable me to better focus on improving MindNode.

With the exception of the name, everything stays the same. IdeasOnCanvas will continue to support all existing customers and will continue to improve all existing version of MindNode.

— Markus