# The beauty of Scapple **URL:** \ **Category:** Scapple for macOS\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [April 21, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206 "2016-04-21T14:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/marcoiac)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206/1 "2016-04-21T14:21:14Z")
Some years ago I looked into mind mapping tools. Then I realized I really didn’t need them. In the last week or so I have been conceptually struggling with something and thought that mind mapping tools might help my thinking. I looked into the apps I had on my Mac and found out these tools were actually getting in the way of a solution to my problem. Then I remembered Scapple. I had even forgotten I had already downloaded the trial version and apparently used it only for like four days. I am still in trial! And yet yesterday I opened it up, used it for about an hour, and now I see things with much more clarity. It helped me tremendously. And I had just to open it and use it. It’s like a piece of paper. Except that is better than that! Well done Keith. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/system/32/16896_2.png) [@system](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206/2 "2016-04-21T19:28:07Z")
> [@marcoiac](#): > > Some years ago I looked into mind mapping tools. Then I realized I really didn’t need them. In the last week or so I have been conceptually struggling with something and thought that mind mapping tools might help my thinking. I looked into the apps I had on my Mac and found out these tools were actually getting in the way of a solution to my problem. Then I remembered Scapple. I had even forgotten I had already downloaded the trial version and apparently used it only for like four days. I am still in trial! And yet yesterday I opened it up, used it for about an hour, and now I see things with much more clarity. It helped me tremendously. And I had just to open it and use it. It’s like a piece of paper. Except that is better than that! Well done Keith. Couldn’t agree more. Scapple every day for first thoughts for a variety of (kinds of) projects - then to Scrivener to write them out (and _maybe_ iThoughts if anything needs development). Many of my Scaps are disposable though - single use, as it were. ---
**Author:** ![marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/marcoiac)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2016, 11:16pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206/3 "2016-04-21T23:16:37Z")
Is there a problem if one leaves a scapple file open on a machine and then uses another machine to work on the same file? With Scrivener projects, I never do that, but scaps are much simpler files, and so I wonder if that’s a problem or not ---
**Author:** ![dafu](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/dafu/32/35421_2.png) [@dafu](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/dafu)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206/4 "2016-04-22T02:57:50Z")
> [@](#): > > Is there a problem if one leaves a scapple file open on a machine and then uses another machine to work on the same file? Don’t do that. Ever. 😃 Dave ---
**Author:** ![marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/0ea827/32.png) [@marcoiac](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/marcoiac)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2016, 4:17am UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/the-beauty-of-scapple/33206/5 "2016-04-22T04:17:40Z")
Man, you scared me! 😃