Developer: Delicious Monster Software, LLC.
#Delicious library review mac
If you own a Mac and you feel as though the tentacles of libraries have dragged you in different directions, tame those tendrils with Delicious Library 2. Delicious Library has earned our Editors' Choice award because it both bridges the gap between the items on and around your Macintosh and envisions a heterogeneous library in which books, audiobooks, and eBooks share the same shelf. When it comes to ripping a disk, the compromise is minimal however, some things-that first edition of Blood Meridian or your favorite childhood board game-cannot be so easily digitized.
#Delicious library review software
The Library Never Looked So Good Software often disregards the materiality of life. I hope that the next iteration brings expanded sharing options, be it through an integrated service or support for third-party alternatives such as Dropbox (free, 4 stars). Delicious lets users publish libraries (or specific shelves) as local folders or via FTP or the now-defunct MobileMe.
Given the inherent sociability of libraries, I wish there were more ways to share bookshelves with friends. Delicious interoperates with Apple Calendar, so you can use either application to set and track due dates. From there, you can drag and drop items onto contacts, at which point those items will be flagged Out. You can add friends to your sidebar using Apple's Contacts application. Loans and SharingPerhaps my favorite feature is the ability to loan items to friends. Delicious even uses metadata to approximate the relative size of items. When you delete an item, it catches fire (in the case of books) or shatters to bits (DVDs, gadgets, and software). Delicious lavishes visual garnishes throughout the application. I configured both Shelves and Smart Shelves (à la iTunes Playlists and Smart Playlists), and even emailed items to friends. The software weds the lean dexterity of VLC with the shrewd aesthetics of iTunes. The Search for Cover Art feature simply opens Google Image results, from which you must cull a selection and manually drag it back into the application.Īesthetic AplombThat a drag-and-drop action feels cumbersome attests to the delectable UI of Delicious Library. Finding higher-resolution artwork is somewhat cumbersome. The metadata that Delicious retrieves is typically spot-on however, because the software relies upon Amazon, artwork can be grainy. (I located The Shining using the keyword "Room 237.") In the case of various editions or formats, you can peruse results by clicking More Info, which opens the item in Amazon.
Given how fast you can add items using the scanner, it may even be advisable to disable the Speak Allowed Scanned Titles option (in Preferences).įor items without barcodes, I tended to enter ISBNs, though Delicious is surprisingly savvy with keywords. (An inexpensive copy of Three Classic African-American Novels produced Oxycise, a 15-minute workout DVD.) For the most part, however, the scanner read barcodes without issue. On a couple of occasions, Delicious rendered my books as something altogether different.
At times, the scanner was less than precise, requiring me to maneuver a book forward and backward in front of my webcam. I added the vast majority of the four hundred books on those shelves using my iSight camera. I relied upon my Macbook's iSight camera to scan barcodes, but had I dedicated barcode reader (Bluetooth or USB), I could have used that, also. As an avid podcast listener, I was a bit disappointed that Delicious did not subscribe to my iTunes Podcasts and iTunes U lectures-an issue perhaps attributable to the latest version of iTunes, but one that will hopefully be resolved in the next iteration of Delicious.Ĭataloging Your LibraryGiven the anarchic state of my library, I decided to use Delicious Library to catalogue two rogue bookshelves. The software automatically captures iTunes artwork, which you can double-click to play items through iTunes.
#Delicious library review tv
Although I chose to start fresh, I have included a screenshot of the sample library in my slideshow.īy default, Delicious subscribes to your iTunes audiobooks, movies, TV shows, and music. Delicious has limited import options: It will automatically open previous libraries, or manually cull items from a delimited text file. You can either begin with a sample library, which showcases the versatility of the software, or create a new library altogether. Entering the LibraryDelicious offers two options when you first launch the application.
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