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Is there anything like Notepad for Lion?

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papatoony

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I had Mountain Lion on my MBP for a couple of months and really liked the Notepad. I've had to go back to using Lion though because I just couldn't deal with some of the ML changes. Now I'm happy with everything *except* I miss the Notepad which I found very handy...I kept it in my dock and organized all my various notes there. The only 'similar' thing I can find in Lion is TextEdit which doesn't organize anything :\ Anyone know of something I could download that's comparable to Notepad?

Thanks!
 
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jvpython

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papatoony said:
I had Mountain Lion on my MBP for a couple of months and really liked the Notepad. I've had to go back to using Lion though because I just couldn't deal with some of the ML changes. Now I'm happy with everything *except* I miss the Notepad which I found very handy...I kept it in my dock and organized all my various notes there. The only 'similar' thing I can find in Lion is TextEdit which doesn't organize anything :\ Anyone know of something I could download that's comparable to Notepad?

Thanks!
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Could you please post a link to this "Notepad". I've never heard of it for Mac.
 
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iScreamSanWitch

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hahaha.. oh man. This has to warrant one of these.. no?

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Krazy Bill

Krazy Bill

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Evernote perhaps? But I have to say, the notes app is still in Lion inside the Mail app.

Personally, I think the ML version of Notes sucks. We're on version 10.8.2 and you still can't search inside individual notes (they "Find" commands are greyed out). I use this extensively.

Honestly... I get more done with simple textedit keeping all my notes in a simple folder.
 
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papatoony

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Krazy Bill said:
Evernote perhaps? But I have to say, the notes app is still in Lion inside the Mail app.

Personally, I think the ML version of Notes sucks. We're on version 10.8.2 and you still can't search inside individual notes (they "Find" commands are greyed out). I use this extensively.

Honestly... I get more done with simple textedit keeping all my notes in a simple folder.
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Evernote costs $45/year? LOL wow. Gonna pass on that...all I need is a simple place to store & organize notes (like grocery lists, etc). There are the little sticky notes, but those are too small for my needs. I've played around with notes in Gmail and can't figure it out for the life of me...it sends them to my inbox every time I edit one which I find annoying. It just doesn't make sense to me. In ML I could easily just keep it in my dock and never fuss with the Gmail mess. Looks like I might have to go back to using TextEdit which sucks because I have to keep them open, which clutters up my screen when I "show all open windows" (whatever the term is for that).
 
NewishMacGuy

NewishMacGuy

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In Lion Notes is part of the Mail app. They will sync across your devices through iCloud, though more clumsily than in ML.

What made you "downgrade?" Aside from some minor annoyances, I much prefer ML.
 
CJS7070

CJS7070

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papatoony said:
Evernote costs $45/year? LOL wow. Gonna pass on that...all I need is a simple place to store & organize notes (like grocery lists, etc). There are the little sticky notes, but those are too small for my needs. I've played around with notes in Gmail and can't figure it out for the life of me...it sends them to my inbox every time I edit one which I find annoying. It just doesn't make sense to me. In ML I could easily just keep it in my dock and never fuss with the Gmail mess. Looks like I might have to go back to using TextEdit which sucks because I have to keep them open, which clutters up my screen when I "show all open windows" (whatever the term is for that).
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It's only $45 per year for premium. Free seems like it will do what you want.
 
mrsir2009

mrsir2009

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A quick search of 'NotePad' on the Mac App Store will find you many note-taking apps, some of which are very similar to the notepad app in Mountain Lion.
 

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