[Edited because I found the latest beta]
I glanced at the L & L website but did not see anywhere to purchase the product. Similarly, I did not find Scapple in the Mac App Store.
When will Scapple move out of beta and be available for purchase?
When it’s ready. 
hopefully February or March, though.
Hi Keith,
Surely I am new to Scapple but none of its realignment capabilities came out with anything I could use without further manual correction. I wouldn’t expect as many sophisticated outcome options as yEd (here is just one of them: youtube.com/watch?v=eTasbZ1QRK4) but I will expect at least an automatic one. As I said, I like Scapple’s simplicity but the final appearance of my work is certainly a deal breaker for me.
I love Scrivener by the way.
I don’t understand - the Align commands do exactly what anyone would expect, so how exactly aren’t they workable for you? Of course Scapple isn’t intended as a presentation tool and won’t be for everyone, so it’s fair enough if it doesn’t suit your needs, but you haven’t really provided me with enough information to understand where you are having problems.
I attach captures of the outcomes of the distribute/auto-fit functions in Scapple and of one of the many automatic layouts of yEd -since this is the app I am using now. I do prefer the simplicity of Scapple if it provided one automatic outcome not as sophisticated as yEd’s yet unmuddled.
As for the importing of OPML, other simple apps do it: youtube.com/watch?v=pExuqdABMjc
Regards,
It looks like what you want is to select the notes and choose Align > Left Edges, then Distribute > Vertically.
AM LOVING IT!!!
Thanks so much for the borders!!
Please add triangle, circle and oval to the borders choices.
Love how easy it is to connect and disconnect line linkages – and with only a simple dotted line (no directionality)!
Could you add solid and bold line linkages in addition to the dotted lines? That would allow dottedness to represent tentativeness in the scheme of some things.
Love the stacking!
Please dear sir,
Is it possible to provide a search function…? My mind so needs it. Thank you for your attention and your ever-nourishing bread of work.
Search should be working fine, I’m having no problems with it anyway. It’s just the basic Cmd-F find tool that most Mac programs use, tweaked to jump you around on the canvas to locate matches.
I’ve also found search unreliable (sometimes Cmd-F just does not work). Also I noticed that pasting in a “clickable” URL (copied from a web page, for instance) break the XML, preventing Scapple from saving the current map. Has anybody reported this?
There were some problems with URLs that have been fixed for the next update. Stay tuned for that and see if you have more success with them once you have it installed.
I’ll need more information to help with the find problem you are experiencing, however. What steps are you taking, from a new blank document up to the point where Find breaks, and in as much detail as possible?
Scapple has been telling me this version will expire soon. Can I assume a new version will be out soon? I have a lot of data that I would lose if this app stops working. Thanks!
BTW, I find the alignment tools fine (one was added at my suggestion).
The thing I would really like is multiple pages in a list that I can make hierarchical.
Next on my list would be to move the selected elements when I hit the arrow keys.
-Bob
I’m not sure I know what you’re describing for the first one, but based on the word “hierarchical” I’m going to guess that it’s probably not something in the cards for Scapple, which is intentionally freeform and has no notion of ordering. There also isn’t any plan for nested notes-within-notes via popovers or that sort of thing, though I’m not sure that’s what you mean with “multiple pages”. The second wish however is already granted: you can type M to toggle the Movement mode (or select it from the Edit menu), and the arrow keys will then work to move the selected notes. Hold the Shift key while pressing the arrow keys to move in larger increments.
Just wondering, when the current beta expires next week, will we see a beta extension, a new beta, or the ability to buy?
I am really enjoying using Scapple every day now and look forward to buying a copy when it comes out of beta.
Best regards,
Another vote for extending the beta if needed. This is an excellent app so of course I’ve already started using it for a serious ongoing project where no other tool was giving me what I needed. That’s a compliment, obviously, but yes: If we can’t pay you now, please let us keep going until we can. 
Don’t worry, I won’t leave you without a working beta. There is another beta to come out before release, this one introducing “background shapes”.
All the best,
Keith
As a beneficiary of the Scapple Beta who hasn’t been able to contribute a software issue, I thought that the least I can do is to say that I think it is a fantastic tool.Because the programme doesn’t impose (or imply) hierarchies (which to me was always an issue with mind-mapping software), it gives the user an immense sense of freedom in structuring and linking. Although this is only a statement of the obvious to those who use it, the more complex benefits of the programme which are being developed through testing may also blind us to that bit of genius (the ability to assemble things in a non-hierarchical way) which is to my mind the essence of Scapple. So really, this is no more than to say ‘thank you’ for software that I value enormously.
All the best
This may have nothing to do with Scapple, but this is the first time I cannot open a zip file the usual way.
I had to force the built in utility out and resort to the unarchiver to open the file at last, and to tell the truth ( yes, I’m paranoid) I’m slightly worried about this. And I haven’t started the app yet.
dchw: Thanks for the testimonial on how well it has worked for you! I’ve consistently had the same problem with mind-map style programs for the same reason. My brain just needs a bit more freedom in the mixture to get ideas out of the realm of pure thought.
robin2022: Could you open up the Console application in your Applications/Utility folder and try extracting the .zip file again, then copy and paste any relevant system messages? One other thing to try: you mentioned that .zip has always worked before, but have you tried another .zip file recently? It is possible for Archive Utility to get jammed up (it does not clean up after itself very well).