Import from MacJournal

Alejandro

I used MacJournal for many years as a personal diary but now it is full of bugs and it even stopped synching causing me to loose a lot of my entries 😡. So far, hurray for Diarium! Is it posible to import my MacJournal entries? Or from Word (I think I have a MacJournal backup in doc format). Thanks!

RobertSpencer

Alejandro I'm sorry to hear about the lost entries. I hate data loss, that's the quickest way to get me to find the exit.

That being said does your issues still persist on MacJournal version 7.2.1 (available on the original developers [Dan Schimpf] website)? Not that I'm wanting you to continue with something you no longer trust, I'm wondering if there's any way to get your lost entries back. If sync is the problem, I'm assuming the lost entries are still somewhere on another device. I hope so.

As for your Doc format backup, I wish apps would stop labeling that as an "export" format. It's a print format. I'm not aware of any diary app that attempts to import another diary apps exported Doc file.

By the way, if any one in future does find one that does please let me now?

timo

No, import from MacJournal is not possible, sorry.

Alejandro

timo Thanks for your reply, Timo! I read about the possibility of using an Excel format as used by other Supported apps, do you think that is possible? If so, does a specific format exist. It is a 10 year diary, I would love to have it all on Diarium. Best!

timo

What do you mean by Excel format? Diarium only supports the formats of the apps listed under the migration button.

Alejandro

timo I read in this thread that since importing depends on a specific format to be understood by Diarium a csv file (not .xls, sorry) with the appropiate format might do the trick.

timo

RM

Hi, Timo, I have the same question. I do have years of MacJuornal entries and wondering possibilities move to Diarium.