Overview of Scapple for macOS
It is the software equivalent of how I work out my rough ideas on paper. (If I didn't hate the word "brainstorming" so much, I'd probably call it brainstorming software.) I'm in the early stages of any project, whether a writing project or a software project.
They tend to throw many ideas down on a big piece of paper, spacing out as-yet unrelated ideas, clustering related ideas, and drawing connections between them, trying to work out how everything fits together. In short, it is a tool for getting early ideas down as quickly as possible and making connections between them.
The main advantage of doing this in Scapple instead of on paper is that you don't run out of paper (the Scapple canvas expands to fit as many notes as you want to create). You can move notes around to make room for new ideas and connections, it's easy to delete and edit notes, and it's easy to export your notes into other applications when you know what you want to do with them.
Features of Scapple for macOS
- write notes anywhere.
- Connect notes using drop and drop.
- completely freeform
- Stack notes in columns of related ideas.
- Customize the appearance of notes.
- Create a background shape for group notes.
- Move and arrange notes easily.
- Full-screen mode
- Export or print your ideas.
- Drag notes into Scrivener.
Technical Details and System Requirements
- macOS 10.9 or later
