Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Getting back old Notes app

Kobayagi

Kobayagi

macrumors 6502a
Original poster
Dec 18, 2012
926
2,102
Is it possible? :confused:
I just HATE how this new one looks with the yellow color. It used to look just how it looks on the dock icon.

I use Notes a lot in combination with my iPad.

Is it possible to install the older version or change the looks of this new one to mach the previous version.
 
GlenK said:
These notes are awful just like the change in iOS7. Hoping for some improvements.
Click to expand...

I had no idea they changed them in iOS7 as well since I'm still on 5.1.1 but I'm really not happy with these changes. At least let people choose which look they like.
 
i just tried to copy the notes app from ML to Mavericks.

doesn't work.

mavericks won't work with notes app version 1.5 is the error message.

that means the only way i can imagine to do it is to re write the code in the app and reference old file parts from the 1.5 version.

way beyond my abilities.
 
iOrbit said:
i just tried to copy the notes app from ML to Mavericks.

doesn't work.

mavericks won't work with notes app version 1.5 is the error message.

that means the only way i can imagine to do it is to re write the code in the app and reference old file parts from the 1.5 version.

way beyond my abilities.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the trouble. I was thinking about something like that, but I don't have a copy of the ML Notes. Tried finding it on google, but no luck. But just like you, even if I got the copy, I wouldn't have been able to rewrite it, no idea how.

To bad they force these exterior changes on users whether we like it or not. I'm fine with the new OS, making most out the hardware while having a better battery life, but don't make stupid appearance changes just for the sake of change. Or at least let us change it back if we want.
 
Kobayagi said:
Thanks for the trouble. I was thinking about something like that, but I don't have a copy of the ML Notes. Tried finding it on google, but no luck. But just like you, even if I got the copy, I wouldn't have been able to rewrite it, no idea how.

To bad they force these exterior changes on users whether we like it or not. I'm fine with the new OS, making most out the hardware while having a better battery life, but don't make stupid appearance changes just for the sake of change.
Click to expand...

i'm able to do this quite easily because I'm running mavericks on an external usb drive. thanks to the tabbed finder as well i can drag and drop from one HDD to another. i didn't install over my main SSD drive so i could fiddle with mavericks first and see if it want to upgrade.

so far i love the performance enhancements, but disappointed i can not revert any changes so far.

no linen can be added back to NotifiCentr/MissnContrl/LauPad, not even customise it.

can't replace apps with ml versions.
 
iOrbit said:
i'm able to do this quite easily because I'm running mavericks on an external usb drive. thanks to the tabbed finder as well i can drag and drop from one HDD to another. i didn't install over my main SSD drive so i could fiddle with mavericks first and see if it want to upgrade.

so far i love the performance enhancements, but disappointed i can not revert any changes so far.

no linen can be added back to NotifiCentr/MissnContrl/LauPad, not even customise it.

can't replace apps with ml versions.
Click to expand...

That's a smart move, I installed it right away. I watched a few youtube videos to see how it looked and it seemed not much has changed, so I just installed it.

I'm happy with the performance, my 2011 MacBook Air feels faster, especially while using Safari. But I'm not liking the changes in apps. Top Sites on Safari shouldn't have been changed and Notes off course :eek: But what are you gonna do...
 
Same here

Hey guys, add me to the list! I absolutely hate the look of iOS 7! I would never update to such atrocity! Surely Steve Jobs wouldn't approve something as horrible looking as iOS 7! I love Mavericks but hate that they replaced these apps (Notes, Calendar, Contacts), and they even kept their icons unchanged. And they didn't update Reminders at all! It's like a half-finished job they did. I don't like it! Either keep them all unchanged or update all of them to the new ugly iOS 7 look (not that I would prefer that - at least we have Reminders untouched) and give us the chance to use the previous versions.

I have Notes, Calendar, Contacts and Reminders from Mountain Lion (It looks like Reminders is the same but it doesn't work. If I open Reminders, it seems to get stuck on the Dock and it does not open. I wonder why?). Apart from Reminders, their icons are faded and they are crossed out. If I open Notes, I get this error message:
"You can’t use this version of the application “Notes” with this version of OS X.
You have “Notes” 1.5."
I get the same error if I open the others (apart from Reminders).

It would be great if someone could somehow modify them to run on Mavericks. We would appreciate it if we could get back our beloved apps. I'm running iOS 6 on both my iPhone and iPad and I would love them to look the same. I even use iCloud.com less since they updated the look of it when iOS 7 came out, and the apps from Mountain Lion would be the best to use.
 
Last edited:
Count me in, too, as someone who prefers the old look of ML for calendar and notes. The skeuomorphism never bothered me. I don't like scrolling in calendar. I want to see one month at a time and be able to flick to the next month. And yellow notes.. much nicer to look at. All this white hurts my aging eyes!
 
I hope someone knows how to change that, so it works. I'm still not used to the ugly Notes.
 
jayes said:
I don't like scrolling in calendar. I want to see one month at a time and be able to flick to the next month.
Click to expand...

Your spot on there mate. I have to adjust my eyes when looking at Calendar and it takes me a while to understand what Im looking at. One month just merges into the next. Its a truly awful way of viewing a calendar. Far too confusing. I just want to see one month at a time, I have no desire to see some of the previous/next month at the same time.
 
Big Stevie said:
Your spot on there mate. I have to adjust my eyes when looking at Calendar and it takes me a while to understand what Im looking at. One month just merges into the next. Its a truly awful way of viewing a calendar. Far too confusing. I just want to see one month at a time, I have no desire to see some of the previous/next month at the same time.
Click to expand...
Yes, it's very confusing and hard to see everything at a glance! I hate that they removed the separators around the days in month view, which makes it a big mess to look at. Removing "clutter" which served as visual clues just hampers usability. This is NOT good and we really need to find a way to get back our old apps. I tried removing the built-in apps, but that didn't work. Then I tried overwriting the contents of the built-in apps, but that didn't work either - I got the same error every time. We need someone who knows about this kind of stuff. Like an app developer for Mac... anyone?
 
Nishmuka said:
Yes, it's very confusing and hard to see everything at a glance! I hate that they removed the separators around the days in month view, which makes it a big mess to look at. Removing "clutter" which served as visual clues just hampers usability. This is NOT good and we really need to find a way to get back our old apps. I tried removing the built-in apps, but that didn't work. Then I tried overwriting the contents of the built-in apps, but that didn't work either - I got the same error every time. We need someone who knows about this kind of stuff. Like an app developer for Mac... anyone?
Click to expand...

Nee to give it time. Maybe more people agree with us and someone might rework the ''old'' apps. If not, we gotta get used to it... OR Apple might fix it, but I highly doubt that.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Kobayagi said:
Nee to give it time. Maybe more people agree with us and someone might rework the ''old'' apps. If not, we gotta get used to it... OR Apple might fix it, but I highly doubt that.
Click to expand...
Well, I hope someone can help us. Otherwise, we will have no choice but to run Mountain Lion or get used to the new look...
 
Some progress

Hey guys, just wanted to bring some hope. I can successfully run the old Mountain Lion Notes App on Mavericks! It involves replacing some system files and iCloud is not working with it (yet?) so it's far from a complete solution, but don't give up hope.
 
Last edited:
Nishmuka said:
Hey guys, just wanted to bring some hope. I can successfully run the old Mountain Lion Notes App on Mavericks! It involves replacing some system files and iCloud is not working with it (yet?) so it's far from a complete solution, but don't give up hope.
Click to expand...

Haha very nice! But I thought 1.5 didn't work? If you manage to get it working with iCloud, please share. As I often use it in combination wiht my iPad. I'm on 5.1.1 and Notes on there is still the yellow one we all like :p I tried Notes on the iPad Air today and it's even uglier than on Mavericks.
 
Nishmuka said:
Hey guys, just wanted to bring some hope. I can successfully run the old Mountain Lion Notes App on Mavericks! It involves replacing some system files and iCloud is not working with it (yet?) so it's far from a complete solution, but don't give up hope.
Click to expand...
Just remember that replacing those system files could break other applications.
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Kobayagi said:
I hope someone knows how to change that, so it works. I'm still not used to the ugly Notes.
Click to expand...

If you think Notes on Mavericks is ugly check out Notes on iOS 7. Just that one app saved me $538.92 yesterday at Apple. Left empty handed.
 
Nishmuka said:
Has anyone had any luck?
Click to expand...

Do you still have Mountain Lion? If so, could you send me a file from the Notes directory, I might have found a way to get the old background back. So it'll still be the new Notes, but it'll look like the old one.
 
Kobayagi said:
Do you still have Mountain Lion? If so, could you send me a file from the Notes directory, I might have found a way to get the old background back. So it'll still be the new Notes, but it'll look like the old one.
Click to expand...
Yes, I still have it. I haven't experimented with it lately but I might continue someday.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back