Yoink - Better Drag and Drop for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By Jaghond

  one word: convenience!

  I came to know about Yoink through the many “essential apps for Windows” type articles. It looked nifty, but did I really need it was my initial thought. Although I have been familiar with PC and have recommended and help other people purchase and use Macs, I myself was a Windows user till a couple of years back. After switching, just the multitouch trackpad on macbooks made it much much easier to drag and drop things. So the value of Yoink was not really as apparant to me. That is untill I used it. Its a no brainer. The softare equivalent of “can you hold this please, while I sort this other thing out”. These kind of apps are what makes me love PC and its developer community so much.

  
  
• By swilcox

  Great app, wonderful developer

  This small application saves me an enormous amount of time. I use it many times every day to quickly and conveniently move files between folders, add attachments to email messages, collect images to be dropped into documents I am writing, and more. It is especially useful if you work on a laptop, with limited screen real estate. The included Alfred workflow makes this application even more useful. I contacted the developer to inquire about a minor addition to the Alfred workflow, and within 24 hours he provided an updated file that implemented my request. Simply amazing customer support! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

  
  
• By GummyKibble

  I didn't know I needed this

  I tried Yoink kind of on a whim: I'd read about it enough to be interested, but it didn't leap out as something I just *had* to have. Turns out I was in for a surprise. In theory, drag-and-drop is perfect and you can grab an image out of this app and pop it into that one and everything will Just Work every time. In reality, that turns out to be way overoptimistic about 20% of the time. However dragging from app A to Yoink, and then from Yoink to app B has proven to work about 100% of the time, and know my mousing hand just does that automatically. In an ideal world, I wouldn't need Yoink. In this one, it's a sanity saver.

  
  
• By The Libra

  Best image utility ever used!

  As a long-time Windows user (since 1986) I have tried nearly every image utility app out there to help me get my job done. The apps I stick with are simple and perform exactly how you would expect. That is why I use Yoink. I use it dozens of times per day to share screen-shots with team members and between apps. It also has this amazing feature that allows you to move multiple images all at once with a single click. I’ve been using Yoink for years because it works! As a software product manager, Yoink is one of those “must have” apps that saves me time every single day.

  
  
• By paradox2222

  An Invaluable Tool

  I use this little shelf every day. It's the place I store almost every saved file that needs to be categorized or uploaded. I'm a teacher, so I work with PDFs all the time. Snapshots of virtual whiteboards as well. I have to get them on Google Classroom but don't really need them stored on my computer. So, I drop the file into yoink, move over to Classroom, then drag and drop it to upload it. It's gone off my computer and exactly where it needs to be. Also, the ability to lock an item and drag and drop it multiple times helps with the repated comments I make on student reports. Select an often repeated comment, drag it to Yoink, lock it, then drag it onto as many reports as necessary. When I'm done, I unlock the file and delete it, no problem. Yoink really has become one of my essential apps.

  
  

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