Ulrich0

@Kejero. THANK-YOU Kejero for the link to your suggestion on another thread, which fixed the problem for me. Everyone just click the arrow next to "Turn off Auto Update" on Kejero's post above to open Kejero's suggestion, and subsequent discussion. This problem is rendering Evernote unusable for anyone with a long, bulleted note. I was on the point of moving to OneNote -- I've already transferred all my folders and tried out the UI (which I don't like as much as Evernote). So I hope Evernote fixes the problem soon, and moves to a stable release+opt in experimental version model for future updates.

@Kejero. THANK-YOU, Kejero!! I have long bulleted notes that were rendered unusable by 10.80 and following, and your tip about turning off permissions for the relevant folder worked to prevent my 10.79.3 install from auto-updating. One tip: you may have to turn off your internet during installation of 10.79.3. I found that if I had the internet on, the program would automatically reach out for the latest update. This problem is affecting a lot of people. Your "big" bulleted note actually doesn't have to be all that big for noticeable typing lag to set in. I am not a tech-savvy person, and turning off update permissions was a trial-and-error process for me, to the point that I cannot responsibly provide instructions to others. Would some kind tech-savvy person out there be able to post detailed instructions on how to download and install 10.79.3 and turn off update permissions for the relevant folder? You'd be helping a lot of people!

I am on Evernote for Windows and I have very long bulleted notes. The problem with collapsible sections, as other people have pointed out, is that typing becomes incredibly slow (to the point that the app is unusable) in very long bulleted notes with collapsible sections enabled -- it must be a RAM hog. There doesn't seem to be any way to turn collapsible sections off. My old workaround was to downgrade to Evernote 10.79.3, the version before the collapsible sections were implemented. For a while I was not forced to upgrade to the latest version of Evernote (10.82.2 right now) from this, but now I have been forced to do so, and there doesn't seem to be any way to downgrade again, at least not easily. If you get 10.79.3 from the web and try to install it, you are auto-updated before you can use the program. The Evernote guy who posts here says that users shouldn't downgrade to previous versions. Well, yes, generally that is true, but sometimes a new feature will have unexpected side-effects for certain users (as in my case), or there will be "bugs" in the upgrade. There should be an ability to refuse updates, at least temporarily. Does anyone have a work-around to my problem of slow typing on very large bulleted notes with the collapsible sections feature operating? Could someone at Evernote work on fixing this? All that would be needed would be a toggle switch to turn the collapsible notes feature on and off. Oh, also, the slow typing problem shows up in the web browser version of Evernote, so that's not a solution. And also, my computer is Windows 11 with 16G of RAM, so it's not a problem with me having a really old computer or something. It's not like collapsing some bullet points should be a resource hog on par with a graphics-intensive video game. My current in-Evernote workaround is to create a second small Evernote as part 2 of a first very large bulleted note, and do my typing on that one. But this is annoying and inconvenient, especially since I sometimes want to go back and edit what I have already typed in the very large note. My other workaround is to work on my very large notes in OneNote. And potentially consider moving to OneNote permanently for everything.

I had this problem too -- very annoying as my notes contain 5 different languages, so there's red everywhere. Work-around: install an older version of Evernote, 10.7.6 (released Feb 1, 2021). To do this, first uninstall your current version of Evernote (settings --> apps --> click on "Evernote", select "uninstall"). Download Evernote version 10.7.6 here : https://evernote.en.uptodown.com/windows/download/3202932 (The download is from a 3rd party site but it is safe, but if you want to be certain, find the file in your downloads folder, right click it, and have your anti-virus program scan it.) If you now go to Tools --> Preferences and uncheck "Check Spelling while typing" in this older version of Evernote it turns off the red underlining everywhere, including in separate windows.