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Am I the only one just using the stock MacOs Notes and Reminders? Does the trick for me. Never lost a thing. Does pictures and text and has basic grouping. Mac

by tnolet 8y ago

Am I the only one just using the stock MacOs Notes and Reminders? Does the trick for me. Never lost a thing. Does pictures and text and has basic grouping. Mac only of course.

taude 8y ago
Probably. I love my Mac, but I don't use any of their apps.
- pivo 8y ago
  I also use notes and reminders. They're simple and reliable and I can easily add reminders via Siri. I've tried OneNote, Evernote, and I've paid for reminders apps but they're all unnecessarily complicated for my needs. I found myself spending too much time trying to figure out how to use the third party apps most effectively and fiddling with configuration. Finally realized that simpler is better for my needs.
codydh 8y ago
I do the same, and it's worked out very well for me so far, for many years.
anentropic 8y ago
I am too, but I really wish I could sync them with my Android phone somehow Alternatively I have Google Keep on my phone which I can use on desktop via web app. I prefer the design of macOS Notes app for a lot of the notes I want to take though (i.e. long form rather than lists) After reading this thread I am going to try MS OneNote, seems quite recommended so far and has free macOS and Android apps with syncing
drunken-serval 8y ago
I'm using them. The web interface is a bit clunky and occasionally hiccups in chrome but otherwise is pretty solid. I only have 2 issues. Syncing across 4 different devices (phone, ipad, mac, and web) is eventually consistent. It can take hours for everything to sync up. Most of the time it's instant but I've had plenty of times where syncing on one device gets stuck for hours. The other issue is locked notes. If I use FaceID/TouchID instead of a password, syncing gets absolutely trashed. It looks like it's re-keying the encryption for every locked note. (I have hundreds of them.) It's easier to just disable FaceID/TouchID for locked notes.
- tnolet 8y ago
  I didn't even know they had a web interface! I just logged into iCloud in the browser for the first time...
asdff 8y ago
I use calendar and textedit and just straight up folders for organization. Syncs to everything this way.
closetohome 8y ago
You know, weirdly enough I actually lost about two months of daily notes from the macOS Notes app once. Something went wrong, and a bunch of notes disappeared from the app. I determined where its database was stored, and set about replacing it with an earlier backup. But that didn't work and I'm still not sure why. So now I use text files in a directory. Hard to go wrong with that.

by tnolet 8y ago

Am I the only one just using the stock MacOs Notes and Reminders? Does the trick for me. Never lost a thing. Does pictures and text and has basic grouping. Mac only of course.

taude 8y ago

Probably. I love my Mac, but I don't use any of their apps.

pivo 8y ago
I also use notes and reminders. They're simple and reliable and I can easily add reminders via Siri. I've tried OneNote, Evernote, and I've paid for reminders apps but they're all unnecessarily complicated for my needs. I found myself spending too much time trying to figure out how to use the third party apps most effectively and fiddling with configuration. Finally realized that simpler is better for my needs.

codydh 8y ago

I do the same, and it's worked out very well for me so far, for many years.

anentropic 8y ago

I am too, but I really wish I could sync them with my Android phone somehow Alternatively I have Google Keep on my phone which I can use on desktop via web app. I prefer the design of macOS Notes app for a lot of the notes I want to take though (i.e. long form rather than lists) After reading this thread I am going to try MS OneNote, seems quite recommended so far and has free macOS and Android apps with syncing

drunken-serval 8y ago

I'm using them. The web interface is a bit clunky and occasionally hiccups in chrome but otherwise is pretty solid. I only have 2 issues. Syncing across 4 different devices (phone, ipad, mac, and web) is eventually consistent. It can take hours for everything to sync up. Most of the time it's instant but I've had plenty of times where syncing on one device gets stuck for hours. The other issue is locked notes. If I use FaceID/TouchID instead of a password, syncing gets absolutely trashed. It looks like it's re-keying the encryption for every locked note. (I have hundreds of them.) It's easier to just disable FaceID/TouchID for locked notes.

tnolet 8y ago
I didn't even know they had a web interface! I just logged into iCloud in the browser for the first time...

asdff 8y ago

I use calendar and textedit and just straight up folders for organization. Syncs to everything this way.

closetohome 8y ago

You know, weirdly enough I actually lost about two months of daily notes from the macOS Notes app once. Something went wrong, and a bunch of notes disappeared from the app. I determined where its database was stored, and set about replacing it with an earlier backup. But that didn't work and I'm still not sure why. So now I use text files in a directory. Hard to go wrong with that.