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Dave-in-Decatur

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  1. Another option, from within Evernote, convert the presentation to a PDF, and then use Acrobat Reader's autoscroll feature.
  2. See now, that I can imagine, for some reason. Of course, it's possible to use the v. 10 Windows app without keeping any local copy of the database (Settings ⚙️ > Preferences > Application > Uncheck "Keep a copy..."). Or use the Web version. But that's all or nothing, not selective, and I can see the advantages of selective syncing, especially in a work environment, even apart from disk space availability.
  3. Sometimes failures to attach result from incomplete syncing, either up to Evernote's servers or back down to your device(s). Extra time, and/or a reboot, can help. Glad it's fixed!
  4. That must have been an old video (check the date on it). Coloring was (and remains) a feature of the Legacy Evernote app on Windows (v. 6). I loved it, since it allowed for visual connection of the alphabetically listed notebooks to different projects or areas of activity. However, the color-coding remained only on the local device where it was created; it never synced to other devices, even other Windows computers. It disappeared in the new version, and I don't expect it back. (We are other users here, not Evernote staff, and, sadly, have no power to add anything back.) FWIW, there have been several discussions of this previously, and one suggestion is to use an emoji at the beginning of the notebook title--see several posts in this thread:
  5. @trouwborst, my use is similar to yours, though I don't have nearly as many notes, partly because I don't use it as a filing cabinet. I consider my use of it to be "professional" (I'm a retired professor, still researching and writing), so I pay for the Professional plan--and enjoy its benefits, as @bmcl26 indicates, including the ability to access it on more than 2 devices. But what you expect to get out of it naturally determines what $$ you're willing to put into it.
  6. This is going to be a little unfair, since it will sound too personal and be like mind-reading, but to me this feels like searching for reasons not to pay. If they let us select unlimited notes (which they definitely should) and you become able to own a cheap, gigantic HD or SSD, does the scale then slide a little bit farther? I understand that there are some who are simply not able to pay any subscription fee, and I sympathize with them. Perhaps Evernote should offer a student rate, or limited-income rate. Some people (my wife is one) were brought up in an atmosphere of "always go cheap"; some (like her) escape that, and some stay there, which is fine. But blaming the free lunch for not having enough gravy ... that I don't get.
  7. I like this. The only time free users annoy me is when they come to the forums and complain that they're not getting enough for free.
  8. There has been a report of performance improvement in the latest version of the Android app, so it may be worth a try to download that from Google Play if it's available to you (and you're not already on it):
  9. Scripting is apparently disallowed by Electron, and in general any attempt to act on Evernote from the outside. E.g., I can save a link to a note on the Windows desktop, but clicking it opens the note in the full Evernote app, not in a separate window is in the legacy app.
  10. This may be Evernote's biggest making-users-happy conflict: "new features can be problematic" vs. "why can't it do X?" I suppose that 75% of the threads on these forums are one or the other of those. And each side feels equally ... what? aggrieved? cheated? just annoyed? The addition of tasks is a classic example. "Tasks? Who needs tasks?" vs. "You call these tasks? Make them better!"
  11. I like this. I think it's a wise view of "mature" software. And it describes my perception of what happens with Evernote pretty well, as I observe people describing their uses of it in these forums. I'm quite content with what Evernote is, and interested in what it's becoming, but I don't expect it to do everything for me, especially not relatively "niche" things, and I'm sure I'll never use all of its features.
  12. For me, it would depend on the amount of the increase. I pay for a Professional subscription now, and for me it's well worth it given my use of the service. Can't really speculate on what would feel like "too much."
  13. This is unusual. It might be worth subscribing for just one month in order to contact support about it, and get access to Note History (though if the notes have truly disappeared, their history will have gone too. After the problem is solved you can drop back to the free level.
  14. And posted in two different forums about it. These are basically user-to-user forums; Evernote staff don't visit them to count the number of users they've pleased, displeased, or lost. If there were interaction with Evernote staff happening here, I could see the point of announcing one's departure from the service, one time anyway. As it is, though, it just looks like baiting people into saying anything at all in response, so you can insult them. I work in Windows and Android, not Mac, so my experience may be different, but I've never had my work stopped by an Evernote update prompt, which I may see 3 or 4 times a month, and can deal with at my convenience. Even Mac users who respond here often say the same. Those who are finding the experience bothersome may have workflow specifics that get interrupted, and then it's certainly better to seek something else. But why slam the door and then stick your head back in to say, "Hey, I slammed the door!"?
  15. Just to come back around to this issue, Evernote will try to identify a URL for material that is in a note, generally either the source of a note that has been clipped from the Web, or an email mailbox from which the content has been forwarded to this Evernote note, or a URL that is mentioned in the note somewhere. It's definitely not an ad, and extremely unlikely (to the point of nearly impossible) that someone has hacked your account to insert this URL. I have sometimes been fairly puzzled by the source of URLs connected to my notes, but after a bit of thinking I can figure out why it's there. You can always delete it. (It will be located differently in the newer version 10.)
  16. There are several issues here. First, why is the Windows desktop app no longer recommended? Who is no longer recommending it? The Tools > Options > General > Open Database Folder instruction applies to the older "Legacy" desktop program (v. 6), not to the current v. 10. In v. 10, the database is stored in multiple folders and files under C:\{your_user_name}\AppData\Roaming\Evernote. You can get a rough idea by getting the size of all subfolders there.
  17. Thanks. Very interesting. My (very limited) understanding of spell-checking in Evernote 10 is that it uses an operating system resource. So does this happen in other apps that use Windows' built-in spell checking? I could hazard a guess that it has something to do with the Electron framework that sits between Evernote and the OS. But I've never had this happen to me, so I really have no clue.
  18. Dude, there's panic headlines in this thread. Well, I started this with the intention of letting people share their concerns, thoughtful, panicky, and both at once.
  19. That does sound annoying. I've never experienced it myself. Frankly, I've never seen it reported in the forums before either. Since you can't reliably reproduce it, and it doesn't seem to happen to very many people, it may be that the "we're working on it" queue has got quite a few more items ahead of this one than behind it. But in case others here want to investigate it, what version of Evernote is this, and on what kind of device and operating system?
  20. Glad we were able to ... help? Give you something to think about until it magically fixed itself? But definitely glad it's working.
  21. This sounds like a job for support: https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. You should be able to create a ticket for an account issue without signing in.
  22. @_01fredrik, there's really no point adding multiple copies of the same post to different, old threads. I mean, if duplication is a problem for notes, it's a problem for posts too, eh?
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