Help
Answers about the web tools and the iPhone and iPad app. Still stuck? See Support to contact us.
Opening files
- Opening files in the web tools
Which files the MindmapPal web tools open, how to open one with the button or by dropping it, and what to do when a file will not open.
- Open and export password-protected .xmind files
How the MindmapPal web tools open a password-protected .xmind file, why such a map is not autosaved, and what happens when you export it.
- Keyboard shortcuts in the web editor
Every keyboard shortcut in the MindmapPal web editor for adding, renaming and moving topics, undo, zoom and fold, with the Cmd and Ctrl versions.
Exporting
- Export a map as PNG, .xmind, Markdown or OPML
How to export from the MindmapPal web tools, which formats you can choose, and what Markdown and OPML leave out compared with a .xmind file.
- Why an .xmind export asks to write the file afresh
What the "This file can’t be updated in place" question means when you export .xmind from MindmapPal, and how to keep everything in your original file.
Saving and limits
- Where your map is saved and how autosave works
How MindmapPal’s web editor keeps a copy of your map in this browser, what the save status means, what happens with several tabs, and when nothing is saved.
- What happens when the same map is open in two tabs
The MindmapPal web editor saves one map per browser. Here is what "This map is open in another tab" means and how to choose which tab keeps saving.
- Size limits and very large maps in the web tools
The web tools open files up to 50 MB and 220,000 topics. What the messages mean for large maps, large PNG exports and saving a map in the browser.
Privacy
- Do my files leave the browser? Privacy in the web tools
MindmapPal’s web tools open, edit and export maps in your browser. Files and map text are not uploaded. This page lists what analytics does see.
The iPhone and iPad app
- The MindmapPal iPhone and iPad app and the waiting list
MindmapPal for iPhone and iPad is coming soon. What it opens, where it keeps your maps, and how to join the waiting list for a message at launch.
Need more? Contact support or read about file formats.
Take your maps to iPhone and iPad
MindmapPal for iPhone and iPad opens .xmind, OPML and Markdown files, works offline, and keeps every map as a file you own.
Coming soon to the App Store