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Apple's "Notes" application is a well known unreliable piece of shit. Evernote's core functionality is extremely reliable and valuable to a lot of people, inclu

Apple's "Notes" application is a well known unreliable piece of shit. Evernote's core functionality is extremely reliable and valuable to a lot of people, including myself. Maybe Apple should buy Evernote.

matwood 7y ago
> Apple's "Notes" application is a well known unreliable piece of shit. Since the big update a couple of versions ago Apple Notes is one of the better note apps. Syncing works great, and it has been far more reliable than any of my forays into Evernote.
- java-man 7y ago
  just curious, is it easy to export all the notes to a file, or migrate notes to a different machine without using iCloud?
  - dangus 7y ago
    Not without third party software it seems. Search for “Notes Exporter”
    - java-man 7y ago
      Thank you. It appears to be a leitmotif with the apple ecosystem: they try to lure you in and then keep you in by limiting your choices of interoperability. At some point, this should have a negative overall: the number of users gained vs. the number of users not joining due to fears of being locked in.
  - Veen 7y ago
    Not really. You can export notes as a PDF.
    - rolltiide 7y ago
      drawn notes are vectorized in the notes app, but low res rasters when exported anyone know a way around this?
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    I don't think there's a way to share Notes without iCloud, no.
  - lelf 7y ago
    In the “classic” (non-iCloud, add an account via System Preferences → Internet Accounts) mode Notes.app does store notes on your e-mail server via IMAP.
ndiscussion 7y ago
I've also found Evernote's core functionality to be an unreliable piece of shit. Almost any time I edit a note on two devices (even hours apart, always online devices) I get a big nasty merge conflict. Actually, no I don't. I get two copies of the file, with no merge helper. https://jasonkincaid.net/evernote-the-bug-ridden-elephant/ https://jasonkincaid.net/evernote-the-bug-ridden-elephant/
Veen 7y ago
Perhaps you haven't tried it recently, but Apple's notes app is excellent. I've certainly had less problems with Apple Notes than with Evernote's constant bloody sync conflicts.
threeseed 7y ago
Notes "just works" for me. And I have hundreds of notes that I migrated from Evernote.
asdfman123 7y ago
Why would you want to pay billions for a note-taking app when you can have a programmer, a PM and a UX guy make one for less than a rounding error in your budget?
billfruit 7y ago
I think Microsoft's OneNote is the more feature comparable competitor to Evernote.
who_what_why 7y ago
Really? I think Notes is far superior to Evernote. Notes was shitty but the newer versions since the past 2 years allowed me to completely remove Evernote.

matwood 7y ago

> Apple's "Notes" application is a well known unreliable piece of shit. Since the big update a couple of versions ago Apple Notes is one of the better note apps. Syncing works great, and it has been far more reliable than any of my forays into Evernote.

java-man 7y ago
just curious, is it easy to export all the notes to a file, or migrate notes to a different machine without using iCloud?
- dangus 7y ago
  Not without third party software it seems. Search for “Notes Exporter”
  - java-man 7y ago
    Thank you. It appears to be a leitmotif with the apple ecosystem: they try to lure you in and then keep you in by limiting your choices of interoperability. At some point, this should have a negative overall: the number of users gained vs. the number of users not joining due to fears of being locked in.
- Veen 7y ago
  Not really. You can export notes as a PDF.
  - rolltiide 7y ago
    drawn notes are vectorized in the notes app, but low res rasters when exported anyone know a way around this?
- saagarjha 7y ago
  I don't think there's a way to share Notes without iCloud, no.
- lelf 7y ago
  In the “classic” (non-iCloud, add an account via System Preferences → Internet Accounts) mode Notes.app does store notes on your e-mail server via IMAP.

ndiscussion 7y ago

I've also found Evernote's core functionality to be an unreliable piece of shit. Almost any time I edit a note on two devices (even hours apart, always online devices) I get a big nasty merge conflict. Actually, no I don't. I get two copies of the file, with no merge helper. https://jasonkincaid.net/evernote-the-bug-ridden-elephant/ https://jasonkincaid.net/evernote-the-bug-ridden-elephant/

Veen 7y ago

Perhaps you haven't tried it recently, but Apple's notes app is excellent. I've certainly had less problems with Apple Notes than with Evernote's constant bloody sync conflicts.

threeseed 7y ago

Notes "just works" for me. And I have hundreds of notes that I migrated from Evernote.

asdfman123 7y ago

Why would you want to pay billions for a note-taking app when you can have a programmer, a PM and a UX guy make one for less than a rounding error in your budget?

billfruit 7y ago

I think Microsoft's OneNote is the more feature comparable competitor to Evernote.

who_what_why 7y ago

Really? I think Notes is far superior to Evernote. Notes was shitty but the newer versions since the past 2 years allowed me to completely remove Evernote.