How do I create a Finder shortcut to a note?

[100WattWalrus 1]

It's nice to have all my notes on various topics in one place, but what I need is a way to have those notes in the Finder on my Mac, filed in the relevant folders.

For example, I have a finder note that is contact history for my pharmacy, where I make notes about meds ordered, meds picked up, etc. On my computer I also have a Medical History folder, full of paperwork, insurance information, etc. I need a shortcut/alias/symlink in that folder which takes me to my pharmacy contact history in Evernote. How do I create such a Finder shortcut/alias/symlink in Evernote?

[DTLow 5,736]

22 minutes ago, 100WattWalrus said:

How do I create such a Finder shortcut/alias/symlink in Evernote?

In Evernote, I retrieve the classic link for a note by
right click in the note list  > hold down the option key  > select Copy Classic Link

This is a link in the form of evernote:///view/.../ which I can paste anywhere

Pasted into Safari, I drag the globe icon to my desktop or any Finder folder.  I now have a shortcut to an Evernote note.

 

 

 

I moved the discussion to the Mac forum.

[100WattWalrus 1]

On 4/10/2018 at 1:38 PM, DTLow said:

...retrieve the classic link...

I was afraid Evernote wouldn't have a solution to this, but this workaround is brilliant! No wonder you have a "Super Guru" tag. I would never have found that on my own.

I'll add a little enhancement of my own too: You can paste that link anywhere (not just Safari), then drag it into the Finder and it will form the same kind of shortcut — and if you paste it into a Mail message or into a TextEdit document, it pastes as a hyperlink with the title of the note as the text, so when you drag it to the Finder it's already named (instead of just being called "view/", which is what I get when dragging it from the Safari address bar.

Cheers! And thanks a ton!

[Janus.Y 0]

On 4/11/2018 at 4:38 AM, DTLow said:

In Evernote, I retrieve the classic link for a note by
right click in the note list  > hold down the option key  > select Copy Classic Link

This is a link in the form of evernote:///view/.../ which I can paste anywhere

Pasted into Safari, I drag the globe icon to my desktop or any Finder folder.  I now have a shortcut to an Evernote note.

 

 

 

I moved the discussion to the Mac forum.

Great thx man! U gave the relative best solution at present.