Queries about Evernote on Mac

[laurence.glazier 155]

An app I use daily has recently been updated to run natively on Apple Silicon, so accordingly I am switching from Windows to Mac, with the new laptop arriving soon.

Of course one of the first apps I will install is Evernote. I wonder if anyone can advise:

• Is it better to get if from the Evernote downloads webpage or from the Appstore?
• Webclipper - should I use Chrome rather the Safari to make this work optimally? If so I will make Chrome my default browser (I have several valued extensions)

Thanks, and looking forward to experiencing Evernote on yet another platform. (I am new to Mac but have an iPhone and iPad.

[Jon/t 1,745]

I'm not Mac but I would get the direct download. The store apps for Mac & Win run in a sandbox and I don't think they have access to the full file system & other things so features like moving your data to another drive won't work.

Others with Macs may have more info on this.

[PinkElephant 9,002]

In general I would use the direct download. The one exception is when your Mac would be managed, and you are not allowed to be the admin. 

In this case the Store version allows to install and authorize the app once. You wouldn’t need the admin rights to authorize updates then.

I use the TouchID on my Mac with my Admin account, and it simply installs with a touch.

Personally I avoid Chrome, as I avoid Google (and Meta) services as much as possible. These companies make their money by profiling their „users“, and selling this insight and access to their real customers, who are advertisers and tracking companies. You ARE their product.

Safari is doing great (lean browser, using much less resources) and has the best integration into the Apple ecosystem. A good alternative is Firefox. Safari runs on WebKit, Firefox on Gecko - both avoid to use the Chrome web engine.

Web Clipper is available for both and works just fine.

Ah - don’t install snake oil software (I mean Antivirus). They actually damage the high security level of a Mac. 

And take your time to learn doing it the Mac way - which is different from Windows. A good source is the channel MacMost on YT.

[laurence.glazier 155]

Thanks both, MacBook is here now, I'll try to keep it simple, so will start by downloading from evernote.com via Safari. One step at a time.

[tm87 58]

I can second PinkElephant, especially about the webclipper: Works just fine with Safari. I use it almost daily, no problems at all.