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But I can't even reply to your post without clicking 'Quote'. And it's obviously more relevant to directly reply to your post than to '@-reply' in a generic post. But they chose it, didn't they? Thus indicating their own lack of functionality. My point being that the use of this product is, in general, an unpleasant, dysfunctional experience. Not something I would stick with, especially when there are better free options.

Yeah, me too. I was happily using the app on two devices, an old Mac Pro and an iPhone. My Mac Pro suddenly died and I was about to go on a trip to Italy. I had many things I needed to write down for future reference in a note. So I tried to sign in to the newly downloaded app on my iMac and couldn't, as explained in my OP. This was surprising and unexpected, since I hadn't attempted to sign in with any other device, period. I was logged in to the app on a computer that no loger worked and was no longer online. Obviously I couldn't log out, but that shouldn't count against some ridiculous monthly quota, which I didn't exceed anyway. Talk about a confusing resolution UI. I wrote about the bizarre way I finally was forced to accept, in order to log in. Logging in with my Google account, reluctantly, because now Google had full access to all my notes. As if Google doesn't already have way too much of my personal information and usage patterns. I only did this because I didn't have time to diddle around with this draconian dysfunctional app, and only wanted to export my notes with it. I certainly wasn't going to rely on it while I was away. Fortunately, Joplin worked like a charm after I imported all my exported notes. I used it without incident while I was onboard a ship in Italian waters. I have the app on my iMac, open in Chrome, and on my iPhone, and I have never been locked out. I highly recommend it. PS I notice that even this forum reflects the dysfunctionality of the app developers. I can't just reply to your post. Instead I have to click 'Quote', which quotes your entire post (who would want to do that?), and worse, gets rid of your post, so I can't refer to it while composing a reply, forcing me to have to 'Go to topic listing', which opens the entire forum page, staring with Page 1 of 59. What?! So now I have to open Chrome History to get back to your post, open a duplicate of it in a new tab so I can refer to it, and then hit 'Quote' and delete the entire contents, all so I can finally reply to you comment. Excuse me!? And another thing. There is no 'Preview' option, just 'Submit Reply'. Fortunately there's an 'Edit' option after submittal. I guess it's like my father used to say, "If an apple is rotten, it's rotten to the core."

@agsteele And how exactly do you do that? Are you talking about the free or the paid version? I have one notebook that has 517 notes. In the 'File' menu, there is only one option, 'Export Note...'. When I select that, I get 'Export 1 note'. If I try to select all notes, I get 'You cannot select more than 100 notes'. So I have to tediously select 100 notes at a time, export those, and then select the next hundred, praying that I haven't missed any, and so on, and so on….

@Notatious D I was able to export 100 selected notes at a time and then import them all to my new note-taking app: I have permanently switched to open source FREE Joplin, which is available for most major OSes, including mobile devices. This is the best open source app I was able to find. No limits, easily syncs among all my devices. You can sync it to many cloud services including FREE OneDrive. Notes don't take up much space so the 15GB limit is more than adequate. I have more than 500 imported notes so far. You can enable Encryption and a Master password for privacy but I haven't explored those features yet. In order to create and edit notes you have to use markdown format in a two-pane interface that you can toggle on and off with a shortcut. You view your notes in the WYSIWYG pane. I have been using markdown since I first used Simplenote. It is also the format used on many software forums. It is easy to learn and very powerful. There are convenient tools at the top that format text in the same way as in this forum's editor so you don't even have to learn markdown syntax really. And you can use the OS's formatting shortcuts such as for italics, bold, etc. and it automatically applies markdown format. You can paste images as well. It is much more convenient to use than EN. You can access your note and scroll naturally with just the keyboard, and the cursor follows the current page. Unlike EN you don't have to use a tracking device to do those things. I always hated such dysfunctionality. Any app that does not allow me to use mostly keyboard shortcuts and requires mouse/trackpad interaction instead, is the work of incompetent developers who just don't get the user experience. Unfortunately this includes many Apple developers too. I have made the switch and I am glad that I did.

@PinkElephant Not with the free version. I was limited to exporting 100 selected notes at a time. No other option.

I found another solution. Solved it by signing in with Google after signing out of the nasty popup. It opens webpage. You sign in with your Goggle account credentials. It sends you a weird link to the Youtube app on your phone if you are logged into the app. You just follow the textual instructions and click 2 buttons (that's the weird part) and go back to the browser. The message tells you to close the tab and continue using the app. It took me about 3 tries before I was finally able to use the app again. So far so good. We'll see how long it lasts.

Just had the same problem. Solved it by signing in with Google after signing out of the nasty popup. It opens webpage. You sign in with your Goggle account credentials. It sends you a weird link to the Youtube app on your phone if you are logged into the app. You just follow the textual instructions and click 2 buttons (that's the weird part) and go back to the browser. The message tells you to close the tab and continue using the app. It took me about 3 tries before I was finally able to use the app again. So far so good. We'll see how long it lasts.

I, like thousands of other users, have been locked out of the only device I am using. I was forced to sign out by the popup that blocked access to my app on Macos. Now I am signed in to 0 devices and can't even log in on Chrome to see what other devices I am supposedly using, without getting this same popup. What happened to the 2 devices that are allowed in the Basic mode? The obnoxious popup even blocked access to other apps on my Mac until I sign out! This is beyond obtrusive. This is malware behavior. Why would anyone then sign up for a paid account after this abusive extortionary behavior? I have been peacefully using Evernote for years and now this.