Bare Bones Software Ships New Yojimbo 1.0
First Information Organizer for Mac OS X That Makes Information
Storage and Access Effortless Across Multiple Computers

BEDFORD, Mass. - Jan. 23, 2006 - Bare Bones Software, developer of
leading-edge power tools for Mac OS X, today shipped Yojimbo 1.0, a
completely new information organizer that effortlessly fits into the flow
of work and digital life.

Now for the first time, Mac users can organize and manage today's onslaught
of information, even across multiple computers, with a natural user
experience and the reliability expected from Bare Bones Software. Yojimbo
revolutionizes information organization for individuals by providing an
effortless mechanism to collect, store and find information as needed.

"Yojimbo is as easy to add to as your junk drawer, but as easy to find
things in as a card catalog," said Merlin Mann of 43folders.com. "Smart
soup is a good thing, and Yojimbo does that nicely."

"We designed Yojimbo with an intense focus on providing an effortless user
experience, so that it stays out of your way and yet remains at your
fingertips," said Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc.
"Yojimbo makes it easy for any Mac user -- from novices to uber-geeks -- to
stay organized without resorting to mental gymnastics."

"At some point, we've all tried to invent or adopt a filing system to
manage the 'everything else' in our lives," Siegel continued. "Regardless
of what you store and how you organize, Yojimbo works with you, never
against you. You can store whatever you like in it; for example, I've been
using it for everything from code snippets and web links to creating a home
inventory."

Yojimbo empowers Mac users to manage, effortlessly and securely, the
onslaught of information encountered every day at work and at home, even
across multiple computers. Yojimbo stores different data types: text notes,
passwords, Web bookmarks, product serial numbers, PDFs, and web archives.

Data input into Yojimbo follows familiar Mac User Interface gestures such
as copy-and-paste, drag-and-drop, a Quick Input Panel, or PDF Services from
the Print menu. Searching and retrieval are instantaneous, using either
Yojimbo's built-in search, or the Spotlight search system in Mac OS X Tiger.

An encryption subsystem allows customers to encrypt individual data items
for storage, without interfering with ease of retrieval. Yojimbo encrypts
data using the secure AES-256 algorithm standard. Its simple, flexible
storage system allows for additional, personally-defined organization of
data. Support for Mac OS X's Sync Services synchronization provides data
portability for .Mac account holders, making irrelevant which computer was
used to access, add or modify an item stored in Yojimbo.

Yojimbo takes advantage of several Tiger-only technologies, such as Sync
Services to provide easy synchronization across multiple computers for .Mac
participants, the system-wide Spotlight search system for inclusion of
Yojimbo-stored information in search results, and the Core Data frameworks
for reliably storing information. Yojimbo 1.0 requires Mac OS X 10.4.3 or
later. For more information on Yojimbo, or to download a fully functional
demo version, visit the company's web site:

(http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/index.shtml)

Pricing and Availability
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Yojimbo is available immediately at a suggested retail price of US$39 for a
single-user license; US$69 for a family-pack license for up to five people
in a single household; or US$29 for an educational license for a single
academic customer on one computer.

Yojimbo may be purchased directly from Bare Bones Software. For details
please visit the company's web site at
(http://www.barebones.com/store/index.shtml), send email to
(sales@barebones.com), or call (781) 687-0700.

About Bare Bones Software, Inc.
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Bare Bones Software, Inc. develops leading-edge power tools for the
Macintosh. The company's passion for creating deeply functional software
with a clean, effective interface has earned it devotion from Mac users
worldwide. The company's award-winning products include BBEdit, a
professional HTML and text editor, Mailsmith, an extra-strength email
client, and TextWrangler, a high-performance plain text editor. The
company's expanding product family also includes Super Get Info, a file and
folder info utility, and Yojimbo, an effortless, reliable information
organizer. Bare Bones Software has been crafting fine Mac software since
1993 and operates as a privately-held corporation based in Bedford, MA. For
more information, visit or send email to
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