What is MYStuff?
More than just a home inventory program, MYStuff is a flexible stuff inventory program. Use it to inventory whatever you want: your home, your business, your rental properties, or even your extensive collection of action figures. You're not limited to just inventorying a home. As you accumulate more information on something, you add it to the MYStuff record: instructions, how-to's, photos, and anything else relating to things you own.
Other PDF managers focus on your documents; MYStuff focuses on your stuff, which is why we call it a "stuff" manager. Rather than focus on the bits of information, MYStuff takes a new approach: we focus on what binds the bits of information together: the object that you own. (Oh, and MYStuff handles images, too.) This approach makes it simpler to file, organize, and find information.
MYStuff helps you keep track of all the information you need to make a warranty claim: store the receipt, warranty claim information, and purchase date. A glance shows you if the item is still under warranty, and you can quickly print out what you need if you happen to need to make a warranty claim. MYStuff will also track extended warranties you may have purchased, as well as automatic warranties offered by credit card companies.
Key Features
Save receipts & manuals. Do you shop online? Use OS X's Print to PDF ability to save PDFs directly into MYStuff's MYInbox folder. This makes it easy to start a new Record for all the things you buy. In addition, many manuals for products you buy are available as PDFs, either on the manufacturer's website or packaged with the product on CD.
iPhoto integration. Easily browse your iPhoto library with the FileFinder palette, then drag your photos into MYStuff to make new Records, or add photos to an existing record.
Track locations. Have multiple locations to keep track of? MYStuff allows you to assign a location to every record, making it easy to separate work from home. You can also use locations to keep track of people you loan or rent things to.
Integrate with scanners with MYInbox. Use your favorite scanner and scanner application to add information to MYStuff. MYInbox works with other applications too: Any file that's saved to the MYInbox folder shows up in MYStuff, ready to use.
Save how-to's. The internet has fan sites for just about everything, and those sites contain lots of great information about how to fix and modify the things you own. Rather than bookmark a million websites and spend time keeping those bookmarks organized, print the web page to a PDF straight to MYStuff, and keep those how-to's handy.
Save your data online. MYStuff 1.4 allows you to save your data to any location, not just your hard drive. Put your information on your iDisk or Dropbox account, a server, or a USB flash drive. It's your data, save it where you want.
Backup with a click. What good is keeping track of all this data if you can't back it up? With one click, all your data is zipped and placed in a location of your choosing: hard drive, flash drive, Dropbox, or iDisk, the choice is yours.
64-bit. MYStuff is a 64/32-bit Universal application, and will run on PowerPC and Intel Macs running OS X 10.5 or 10.6.
Benefits
Save money with warranty claims. Most items come with some sort of warranty, and many credit cards offer an automatic warranty extension for anything you buy using your credit card. Most manufacturers (and credit card companies) hope you'll forget this fact, or lose the paperwork. MYStuff not only lets you keep the receipts and warranty information, it also automatically keeps track of how much warranty is left.
Save time. By keeping all your records in MYStuff, you can save countless hours organizing, searching for, and throwing out all the miscellaneous stuff related to your stuff. Built on Apple's Core Data technology, it's quick and easy to find what you're looking for.
Make insurance claims a snap. If the worst should happen and you need to file an insurance claim, printing out a summary sheet is quick and easy. We consulted with insurance agents to make sure the information in our printouts is exactly what they need to help process your claim.
