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What do you use to take notes instead of Onenote 2016?
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you can actually use apple's Notes app; in Notes preferences, enable 'on my mac' , and, disable notes sync in icloud settings (IF you use icloud).
Outline app. Similar to OneNote, and at least for me - way better. You can find the app on the App Store.
Sure. App Store allows you to use it on 5 macs I believe?
I use it on 3 of my macs without any problem.
I have to say that when OneNote first came out on the Mac I was very excited. Back in the mid-2000's before I switched to Mac I was all over OneNote, it was never closed. When I started using it again, I realized my workflow had changed. I need to get bits and pieces of information in and out quickly. I need to share it right now if I want to, by note or notebook, and to do so quickly. I need to store hundreds of notes that I will probably not look at again... but maybe I will. Evernote is the solution for me now. Not perfect, and sometimes I get tired of it, but I keep coming back to it.
Simply use any quality text or markdown editor and come up with a standard file naming and organizational standard for yourself. By using text files for your notes they are not only stored locally (if you choose) but can easily by synced to the cloud if needed or committed to version control such as Git and then checked out on other devices.
Used to use evernote but unsubscribed and cancelled my account during the last privacy fiasco.
Now I write everything in markdown in a text editor (visual studio code or vim) then push it to github.
Now I write everything in markdown in a text editor (visual studio code or vim) then push it to github.
I'm always looking for a better notes program too, and have the same local storage requirement, but also need to include text formatting, images, and source control. Best so far is simply Apple's TextEdit, using .rtfd format. It works pretty well with line-based source control.
I still use Evernote. Usable on my Windows PC, Mac's, work laptop (Windows), iPad, and iPhone.
I tried OneNote, but I had a heck of a time getting all my Evernote notebooks imported into OneNote. What a fiasco. I gave up eventually, as it was taking too much time, and making a complete mess of all of my docs, as it wanted to create a new notebook in OneNote for every single note I had in Evernote. The amount of OneNote notebooks that MS's import tool was creating was just crazy.
I tried OneNote, but I had a heck of a time getting all my Evernote notebooks imported into OneNote. What a fiasco. I gave up eventually, as it was taking too much time, and making a complete mess of all of my docs, as it wanted to create a new notebook in OneNote for every single note I had in Evernote. The amount of OneNote notebooks that MS's import tool was creating was just crazy.
