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This has been happening to me as well over the past couple of days, perhaps around the time I updated to 10.85.4 (Windows desktop). Spinning circles that never resolve, even though the image appeared when I first added it. I had to resort to recreating the note in a different app in case these images don't reappear, as I will definitely need them in the near future.

Earlier this week, EN posted this on Twitter: "It's only been 3 months, we're still warming up." Wasn't the acquisition completed 15 months ago, per EN's own blog? Didn't they go through an extended period of nerfing platform reliability last summer (ahem--reworking the backend), when people (me included) were losing data all over the place? Frederico himself announced in this forum back in September (that's 7 months ago) that they were rolling out AI-powered search. Three months?

If any businesses still use Evernote, this sounds like the makings of a data retention policy nightmare.

I recently opened a page that contains a table I've referenced over the years. At first glance, it appeared the contents of the table had been removed. Nope. For reasons I hope I never understand, EN did something at some point that changed that table's text to white (on a white background). I've never used dark mode and obviously am not busy making my text white, so no idea when this happened or why. I do use colored text to denote action items, things I want to fine quickly, etc. Who know what changes will be inflicted upon my notes that will "improve" those choices I've made? Not really feeling like my notes are mine anymore.

Evernote links are no longer green. Instead, all links -- internal as well as external -- are blue. No more visual cues to help you quickly identify what's what. Much productive. ETA: Windows 10.84.3 The scroll bar they removed from the home screen remains missing. The keyboard arrows are the only navigation tool. Given their move to eliminate the home screen from mobile, I wonder if it will be disappearing from desktop, too.

Links that lead to other apps don't work in Windows desktop. Maybe now they've removed that functionality from Mac, too.

The filtered notes widgets on iPhone no longer return any results at all, even though the same widget on desktop works fine and typing the search syntax manually returns at least some results. I don't know if it's part of the same bug you're experiencing but it makes mobile even less useful than it's become recently.

The AI edit pop-up is driving me absolutely batty. It blocks text I'm trying to select and blocks locations where I'm trying to move text to. It seems it would work just as well behind a right click so it's quickly available (I don't use it but obviously others do) without being in the way.

I don't know which mobile platform you're on, but offline has been broken on iOS mobile since at least summer 2023. It's also becoming notorious for randomly resetting offline settings so everything you think you downloaded is not actually available without an internet connection. I switched to Dropbox and another notes platform for anything I expect I'll want to access on mobile. Evernote seems intent on making itself a little less sticky every day.

It was working on the iPhone. With the latest release, however, it now returns empty search results every time. Manually typing the search still works, which of course isn't a sustainable workaround with a complex filter.

This works on the desktop Home filtered note widgets. Enter the search syntax into the "keywords" box and save it as a filter. It appears this no longer works on mobile, though. The widgets for filtered notes are empty. Not sure if EN removed the functionality, which means I'd be worried it might also go away on desktop, or if it's broken.

Ah, I didn't realize it was either/or. Appreciate the update.

This is on desktop and perhaps not the same thing, but I'm now seeing this notification bell near the top of my screen. That's prime real estate and I expect to see notifications about my notes, such as reminders, not notifications or marketing messages EN wants to send me about the platform. Given EN's frantic pace of bugariffic releases--here's something new! oh wait, we broke something else, here's another version to fix that!-- I'm concerned that corner is turning into EN marketing central.

I've never selected all, only 3-4 notebooks, and this is what happened to me several times, too. It makes mobile offline access completely unreliable.

I don't know about the differences between the iPad and iPhone, but offline access has not been reliable on my iPhone in many months. It seems opening notes prior to downloading to the device helps somewhat, but even then opening them without a cell connection is hit or miss. When the mobile app updates, it's also been known to reset offline note/notebook selections and remove previously downloaded offline content from the device. This change isn't always obvious. Once it's discovered, the setting must be fixed and the content downloaded again.

Some platforms cancel subscribers' services as soon as the "cancel" button is clicked. If someone fears losing services they've already paid for, it makes sense to wait until the last minute to cancel. It's sometimes difficult to tell how a particular tool handles cancellations so this might become a more common default for users.

Similar issue here. Simplifying converts a lot of the images to unviewable attachments.

I've been burned by this more than once. It's been an ongoing issue for quite a while. Anything I might want to access on my phone now goes into a different tool. Unfortunate to hear it's still happening.

In 10.80.3 the editing tools extend across the ribbon to the AI Edit button. I guess there's still a little bit of space but nothing like the image from the previous version.

Some data held by Evernote was compromised in 2013. It appears user content was not breached but hackers did access user details. A small summary is here and a Google search returns many results. The service was also part of a phishing scheme in 2022 that primarily affected healthcare companies that still used Evernote. The language regarding data breach notifications is different between the consumer subscription agreement and the Teams agreement, so be sure you read everything to understand what Evernote has (and has not) committed to doing if a breach occurs. Assumptions don't hold up if something happens.

That screenshot looks like it's from a Teams account. Rather than stacks, Teams uses spaces, which are visible as part of the breadcrumbs at the top. I don't ever recall stacks being shown as part of that trail. It's one reason I briefly considered switching to a Teams subscription, because navigation is far better when you can quickly get back to the top level of each space.

Be careful. I was just recently told here by forum members that web clips may NOT be a static download. I have several old notes that are missing data apparently because something about the original website they were clipped from changed or was removed. So far, it looks like the affected notes were all stored with HTML format. Parts of the notes are now gone.

Good to know. I don't check how images are placed within a website when clipping it and I didn't realize clipping in HTML was so brittle. My impression was that the images would be fixed within the note but it sounds like I was mistaken. I'll have a much longer list of notes to review because it seems likely there are more "preserved" images that are now long gone.

Yes, verified the images are also gone in the web version. Some other notes of similar vintage appear to be fine so it isn't 100% data loss across the board, but I will check each before exporting to be sure all the content is there.

A decade ago I clipped an article in HTML format to Evernote. The anniversary of the event covered in the article is coming up and I wanted to revisit it. I was sad to discover the photos in my note are now gone, replaced by broken image links. Thank goodness the publication still had the article available online, which was a surprise as it's a rather small outlet and they don't keep many old stories on the website. The event was a very big deal locally and I'm glad I was able to resave the story (with working pictures) and store it in a more durable location so it will be available to me another 10 years down the road. Posting this so anyone else storing data in EN can be aware that it might be worth checking now if your important notes are still intact, before it's too late to restore content that might have been lost along the way. With a second brain like Evernote, who needs dementia? 😂