Manage a Variety of Media using Microsoft’s Cache App
The company’s latest app from its Garage Project; makers of apps such as Microsoft Selfie and the FindTime Add-in for Outlook, lets users quickly collect, store and organize a variety of media. Cache is a cross-platform app you can use to organize and group content into categories. Any content captured is readily available from a Windows 10 device or Apple iPhone. The centralized management of media makes it easy to find and manage when you need to. Although you could use an app like OneNote, which provides similar digital scrapbook functionality; its a bit of an overkill. The simplicity of Cache, along with the quick and easy approach to storing and organization of the variety of information is what stands out.
How Does the app work?
Once you have Cache installed, launch the app, click the plus sign to add a new category.
You can resize the app, by docking it to the right of your screen, so you can easily drag content into Cache.
Launch your favorite browser then load any content you would like to capture information. You can easily drag and drop a photo from a website into the Cache app. The same goes for text, just make a selection, then drag and drop it or you can also copy and paste. Content such as images, websites are saved with unique emblem, so they are easily identifiable. When you are ready to utilize or manage what you have captured; Cache offers a variety of options, which include launching the URL for a website, email URL, copy or delete content.
If you are interested in trying out Microsoft Cache, you can sign up now. You will need to provide some details about the type of devices you are using, along with a single sentence explaining how you intend to use the app. There is no guarantee you will be approved, but, it’s worth a try. In the meantime, if you can’t wait to use Microsoft Cache, there are alternatives you can try out. I mentioned Google Keep earlier, there is also Pocket, which we have looked at in the past and is considered one of the best in the field. Pocket is also available as an Extension for Microsoft Edge in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Does Microsoft Cache look like something that would make you switch or add to your arsenal of scrapbook apps? Tell us what you think in the comments and let us know which ones you are currently using. Cynicism aside (Can one have an aside from cynicism?) – with a good indexing and search facility it could be very nice – I am certainly having problems finding items and notes I recorded bookmarked, or saved links to – the amount of just links I have in my notes is now far too cumbersome to be easily used as a source for reminders – I tend to use msword (link descriptions as “Header3″s, and excel (with dictionary) for more structurable stuff. However with MSword at least a re-generation of the TOC and indexes can take painfully long. And I have yet to get that lot into an office365 accessible setup. Web pages – I save the link into word (level 5 heading) and then put the description I will recognise as a level 2 above it – maybe with a short extract as small text below the link – then add any index words I consider appropriate to help me find it – That allows me to use word search with wildcards – Annoyance is that I have to get them in the correct order. Other annoyance is needing to be online to access the pages, and needing the pages to still be there under the recorded link – if not then it’s google with part of the link, the keywords or the heading. Waiting for my email invite – if I am going to get one! but without an index and search facility I’m probably not going to bother with it. Certainly not going to convert all my current setup ! Which of the following do you currently use? * This question is required. iPhone Android Windows PC Mac OS Other Although I’m not looking for a new note taking program , as I’m a Evernote fan. I think Everything the search program could be used in conjunction with the Bookmark program Cache. Comment Name * Email *
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