+1 I used to be a OneNote user and thought Notebook was inferior...at first. Then when I watched the vids on Circus Ponies site I learned the keyboard shortcuts and really fell in love with Notebook. Its hard for me to go back to one note now.
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What is the Mac equivalent to Microsoft OneNote?
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+1 I used to be a OneNote user and thought Notebook was inferior...at first. Then when I watched the vids on Circus Ponies site I learned the keyboard shortcuts and really fell in love with Notebook. Its hard for me to go back to one note now.
I know this is an old thread but its still relevant.
Does any of these (Curio, OmniOutliner, The Journler, Circus Ponies, SoHo Notes) both work in windows and OsX, or is it easy to import files from any of these to OneNote?
I use OneNote in windows, and in OsX i use the notebook function of Word, but it really isnt that good with a digitizer.
Does any of these (Curio, OmniOutliner, The Journler, Circus Ponies, SoHo Notes) both work in windows and OsX, or is it easy to import files from any of these to OneNote?
I use OneNote in windows, and in OsX i use the notebook function of Word, but it really isnt that good with a digitizer.
OneNote = Mac Journal
I used OneNote at work until our company went Mac (I believe that makes us switchers
. Our entire staff (about 30 designers/artists) went with Mac Journal and haven't looked back. It's an organizer, a word processor, a blog client, pretty much anything you want it to be. I bet we have some people using Mac Journal just as much as their design apps. It's definitely a OneNote replacement in our book.
I used OneNote at work until our company went Mac (I believe that makes us switchers
. Our entire staff (about 30 designers/artists) went with Mac Journal and haven't looked back. It's an organizer, a word processor, a blog client, pretty much anything you want it to be. I bet we have some people using Mac Journal just as much as their design apps. It's definitely a OneNote replacement in our book.I've recently switched to a Mac. Loved my OneNote. Have tried Journler and Evernote. They both don't come close to OneNote.
I want the tabs, ability to write anywhere on the page and drop and drag. I love the colors of onenote. I will go and look at the above selections and see what's what.
I want the tabs, ability to write anywhere on the page and drop and drag. I love the colors of onenote. I will go and look at the above selections and see what's what.
Mac equivalent of OneNote
Yay!
Eventually.
Ever since I went Mac I've been disappointed that there was nothing out there close to Microsoft OneNote. It hurt as it's a really great product.
BUT tonight I discovered something which I find even better and I know I'm not the only one who has been looking for a Onenote for the Mac.
It's Curio - see http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio
Yay!
Eventually.
Ever since I went Mac I've been disappointed that there was nothing out there close to Microsoft OneNote. It hurt as it's a really great product.
BUT tonight I discovered something which I find even better and I know I'm not the only one who has been looking for a Onenote for the Mac.
It's Curio - see http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio
parallels
I own a pc but would like to purchase a mac. however, with my business, i need to be able to have one note as well. (not an equivelent) Someone posted something about Parallels at the beginning... can you let me know if its possible to run one note off of a mac and how.
(like i said - mac ILLITERATE... any help is appreciated)
I own a pc but would like to purchase a mac. however, with my business, i need to be able to have one note as well. (not an equivelent) Someone posted something about Parallels at the beginning... can you let me know if its possible to run one note off of a mac and how.
(like i said - mac ILLITERATE... any help is appreciated)
I got this in one of the mac software bundles (Heist? Update? One of them) and definitely think it's an excellent alternative to OneNote, though it's features can be overwhelming at first.
There's thread about it everywhere on the forum.
What you need is a virtualization software like Parallels, Vmware fusion... and install Windows on it. Then, you can run every software (except game) directly from the virtual machine.
With the latest version of Parallels, there's a Crystal mode where you can integrate the Start Windows bar into the Dock, which is very useful.
Try Notebook (3.0) http://www.circusponies.com/
I have been meaning to try it, but never got around to it. It seems like a good equivalent though.
I have been meaning to try it, but never got around to it. It seems like a good equivalent though.
I have been using Notebook (Circus Ponies) for a few months( got it in a MacBundle). The more I use it the more capabilities it seems to have. Very nice application. Works well. I use it everyday, all day long. And as for typing anywhere on a page, use a Note page, and you can do that.
I have tried both circus ponies' notebook and Curio. Both are great products but I have to give edge to curio. It definitely fulfills all of the functionality from oneNote making it a solid alternative, along with some nice additional features like index cards and mind maps. Evernote, on the otherhand, for Mac is lacking in many features you would find in oneNote or the Mac alternatives just mentioned.
The best choice is Parallels in XP or just stick with Windows
I have been an avid OneNote user for a few years, I have searched for a OneNote replacement on the Mac and I'm sorry, nothing else comes close for me. I have tried the CircusPonies, Evernote, and Curio, which are all decent apps and fine for light use, but all are disappointing compared to OneNote. OneNote is robust and scales well with heavy use and has a lot of great features. The others could be better if I dedicated more time to them, but for professional use, sharing with others, and synching between multiple machines there is no contest. I dump everything in there and it is the best tool for work I have ever used. I used to keep all my files in folders on disk, wasting time organizing it. Now I just put my workflow in the virtual notebook that accepts so much content and my life is a lot easier. I used to print out web pages and white papers and file them. Now I "print" them to OneNote where they are fully indexed and searchable. It can improve your productivity a lot. OneNote 2010 is even better, if she is a heavy user, give her boot camp or a Windows machine. I hope Microsoft makes a version for the Mac with the next Office 2010, I would buy that instantly. For now, I keep running XP in a VM solely for Outlook and OneNote.
Good Luck.
I have been an avid OneNote user for a few years, I have searched for a OneNote replacement on the Mac and I'm sorry, nothing else comes close for me. I have tried the CircusPonies, Evernote, and Curio, which are all decent apps and fine for light use, but all are disappointing compared to OneNote. OneNote is robust and scales well with heavy use and has a lot of great features. The others could be better if I dedicated more time to them, but for professional use, sharing with others, and synching between multiple machines there is no contest. I dump everything in there and it is the best tool for work I have ever used. I used to keep all my files in folders on disk, wasting time organizing it. Now I just put my workflow in the virtual notebook that accepts so much content and my life is a lot easier. I used to print out web pages and white papers and file them. Now I "print" them to OneNote where they are fully indexed and searchable. It can improve your productivity a lot. OneNote 2010 is even better, if she is a heavy user, give her boot camp or a Windows machine. I hope Microsoft makes a version for the Mac with the next Office 2010, I would buy that instantly. For now, I keep running XP in a VM solely for Outlook and OneNote.
Good Luck.
Journler was shut down by the developer, so bad option. Sad, looks like a good product.
Curio worth a try
Hi all, probably a bit late now, but just incase anyone reads this post looking still looking for a OneNote replacement, we recently reviewed Curio 6.4 and became instant fans! For anyone looking for something on the Mac for storing their ideas, doc's, brainstorms, webclips etc. It even integrates with Evernote so you can drag/drop your mobile phone Evernote's onto your Curio Idea's space. Having tried various similar bits of software which were to restrictive, we settled on Curio as our software of choice both for the office, and for home use too!! We honestly loved this Curio...
There's also a 20% discount off the price of Curio this week, pop on over to our website for full details and to read the review if you want to know a bit more about Curio.
Hi all, probably a bit late now, but just incase anyone reads this post looking still looking for a OneNote replacement, we recently reviewed Curio 6.4 and became instant fans! For anyone looking for something on the Mac for storing their ideas, doc's, brainstorms, webclips etc. It even integrates with Evernote so you can drag/drop your mobile phone Evernote's onto your Curio Idea's space. Having tried various similar bits of software which were to restrictive, we settled on Curio as our software of choice both for the office, and for home use too!! We honestly loved this Curio...
There's also a 20% discount off the price of Curio this week, pop on over to our website for full details and to read the review if you want to know a bit more about Curio.
Has anyone tried using Crossover?
CrossOver OneNote works OK. Don't think you'll be able to get Mail and CrossOver to play with each other. No other problems besides lack of screen clipping capability.
Oh yeah - COPY AND PASTE WILL CRASH THE APP
TheAshMan - it sounds me to like you want to try a combination of Curio (which has EverNote integration should you wish) and also DevonThink (ugly interface though).
I used OneNote a lot and loved it. However I find Curio more flexible. Curio is your only OneNote option on the Mac, it's clear others suggesting other things have not used OneNote much. The only gripe I have with Curio is the Undo function can be broken (this is known to the developer http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/)
If you have a lot of indexing to do take a look at DevonAgent and DevonThink.
I think such a combo can achieve more than OneNote.
To the other poster about using OneNote in a networked shared mode. I'm not aware of it and certainly Curio does not support it, even syncing between Macs you have to shut down on one machine before opening on another, it's got no in-built sync (e.g. WedDav support) like say OmniFocus.
To the poster who asked if Office 2011 would include OneNote, no it won't. However I do recommend Office 2011 over previous Mac versions, it's faster and crashes less (you can go download the Beta free).
I used OneNote a lot and loved it. However I find Curio more flexible. Curio is your only OneNote option on the Mac, it's clear others suggesting other things have not used OneNote much. The only gripe I have with Curio is the Undo function can be broken (this is known to the developer http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/)
If you have a lot of indexing to do take a look at DevonAgent and DevonThink.
I think such a combo can achieve more than OneNote.
To the other poster about using OneNote in a networked shared mode. I'm not aware of it and certainly Curio does not support it, even syncing between Macs you have to shut down on one machine before opening on another, it's got no in-built sync (e.g. WedDav support) like say OmniFocus.
To the poster who asked if Office 2011 would include OneNote, no it won't. However I do recommend Office 2011 over previous Mac versions, it's faster and crashes less (you can go download the Beta free).
Hola,Has anyone tried using Crossover?
I have tried CrossOver for some Windows programs I had that I loved, and found it to be too slow and buggy. Not everything works, it crashes on and off without rhyme or reason, etc. Finally, I figured out that my life would be easier if I gave up those programs altogether.
I had the same experience with programs for X-11, and not free programs, programs I had to pay for.
After my experience with CrossOver and X-11, I am afraid to try VMWare Fusion or Parallels.
Now my motto is, if when in Rome, we do as the Romans do, then when in Mac, we use native Mac programs.
Greetings
Decent Solution
FINALLY! I was running OneNote '03 via CrossOver but hated running it.
Although it is disappointing that Microsoft isn't giving us OneNote in the upcoming MS Office 2011 for Mac, enter Office Web Apps!
Office Web Apps was just released with Office 2010 about two weeks ago. What it is: Online, web-browser versions of the main Office Apps. So you can use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AND (drum-roll please) OneNote!
It's great so far, I'm in the process of transferring my notebooks into it, bye bye CrossOver! It works good, it's native, can access anywhere, I'm in love. Although it is a light version, so it doesn't have every advanced option the full-suite would give you, but still it works for me and probably most. This is the closest you're going to get for OneNote on Macs.
Check it out: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
Oh, did I mention it's free? Enjoy!
*EDIT* Okay, I got a little too giddy. After a few days of using it I see that it's certainly not as useful as the real thing, it's more of an organized word processor, you can't click anywhere and type. But maybe they'll make it better in the future. Still gonna use it I suppose.
FINALLY! I was running OneNote '03 via CrossOver but hated running it.
Although it is disappointing that Microsoft isn't giving us OneNote in the upcoming MS Office 2011 for Mac, enter Office Web Apps!
Office Web Apps was just released with Office 2010 about two weeks ago. What it is: Online, web-browser versions of the main Office Apps. So you can use MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, AND (drum-roll please) OneNote!
It's great so far, I'm in the process of transferring my notebooks into it, bye bye CrossOver! It works good, it's native, can access anywhere, I'm in love. Although it is a light version, so it doesn't have every advanced option the full-suite would give you, but still it works for me and probably most. This is the closest you're going to get for OneNote on Macs.
Check it out: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/web-apps/
Oh, did I mention it's free? Enjoy!
*EDIT* Okay, I got a little too giddy. After a few days of using it I see that it's certainly not as useful as the real thing, it's more of an organized word processor, you can't click anywhere and type. But maybe they'll make it better in the future. Still gonna use it I suppose.
Pear Note
Pear Note: http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/
or Curio: http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/
Pear Note: http://www.usefulfruit.com/pearnote/
or Curio: http://www.zengobi.com/products/curio/