5.2  Switching to a Different App

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Knowing that more apps can mean more headaches, we have designed our apps so that you only need one.  Markster, Synkmark and Smarky each fulfill a specific narrow use case.  If you want capabilities of more than one of them, upgrade to BookMacster.  BookMacster can do anything which any of the other three apps can, except, of course, present a simpler user interface with fewer options.  But it is less complicated than using multiple apps.  Please use only one of BookMacster, Markter, Synkmark or Smarky.

You can switch between BookMacster and one of the other apps while keeping your .bmco bookmarks file.  Here are two examples:

5.2.1  How to Switch from Synkmark to BookMacster

If you have been using Synkmark but decide you want the increased capabilities of BookMacster,

The next three steps are optional, but recommended to reduce future confusion…

Continuing with required steps,

When you are happy with BookMacster and have purchased the upgrade, do not uninstall Synkmark because that may remove components which are used by BookMacster too.  Instead, do this:

5.2.2  How to Switch from BookMacster to Synkmark

If you have been using BookMacster, have all of your desired bookmarks in a single Collection (.bmco file), and have decided you prefer the simpler user interface of Synkmark,

When you are happy with Synkmark, do not uninstall BookMacster because that may remove “helper” components which are used by Synkmark too.  Instead, do this: