RichardG63

Thanks everyone, this is interesting, but veers away from my original question which was "is Evernote data encrypted in the local cache".

The reason I want to know the answer is because I want to know whether I should vault that data so it's safe from prying eyes in case I lose my laptop without an encrypted disk. (BTW I'm not particularly keen on full disk encryption as having to enter an additional passphrase when booting is inconvenient. I know that sounds a bit lazy but I also don't think it's a bad mentality to encrypt only the files/directories you're really concerned about.)

Having a backup is a separate concern and I'm sure addressed many times elsewhere. But thanks for bring my attention to the evernote-backup & backuppery.

EN support have not confirmed whether the data is stored in an encrypted format or not (although I think it's safe to assume it isn't). They have confirmed that local caches are at the following locations:

• For Mac, it's either through ~/Library/Application Support/ or ~/Library/Containers/com.evernote.Evernote/Data/Library/Application Support/.
• For Windows, it's through opening Windows Explorer and pasing %appdata% in the window header.

And they've told me they can't provide details regarding the Linux Early Access client (although I believe it's accessed via a FUSE mount-point) which I can completely understand. It would make sense for me to try to encrypt that data - I'll try to work out its location and will update as I learn more.

Thanks for your help.

Thank you @gazumped, sounds like it's necessary to dig further or get in touch with support regarding this

Is there a doc/link regarding this? Seems you're sure that it is easy to find but I have tried...

Thanks in advance

Oh thanks, if you could point me to the doc/reference that describes this I'd be grateful as I did look but no find.

Maybe that doc would also indicate where the actual files are cached locally too? 

Thanks. 

I should have been a bit clearer with my q!

Is it true that notes are stored in unencrypted text files on disk on client devices?

Hi,

I have been using Evernote for years: Windows, Android, and Linux client versions, and sometimes the web client.

I appreciate when using the web client this question is likely invalid.

But where the app is installed, EN syncs data from the cloud to a local file system location. I think the meta data is stored in a SQLite database, but that the note content and attachments are stored in "plainly readable" formats (similar to say HTML).

In the case that a laptop were to be lost, and it was possible to access the content of the hard drive (ie no encryption) by connecting the disk to another machine, would it be possible for a bad dude to read EN notes (on the assumption they knew where to look)?

Appreciated that the approach of keeping sensitive data in a more appropriate system is the way to go, but there's still personal, semi-sensitive data that would be inconvenient to "vault" that I'd like to know isn't easily accessible if the worst were to happen. 

I doubt that multiple open notes in web client is atypical use @gazumped. Also, it was working find until recently. I've been using the web client intensely for the last 12 months or so. Probably a cache/cookie issue.

I've submitted a support ticket.

Web client (10.14.7) user here on Chrome Version 90.0.4430.93 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Fedora 34 Linux.

I have a good internet connection - DSL at home.

Generally, I like to have several tabs with different notes open at any one time. Recently I find that I get rapid note duplication when I edit a note.

If I close all Evernote tabs but one, and work only ion that note, then I don't tend to get any duplication.

None of the notes I'm talking about are shared.

I'm close to jumping the Evernote ship completely now... it's really getting in the way of me getting my work done.

Has anyone here noticed that this problem has gone away? I have, I'm happy to say. So I can switch back from the Classic editor now (which I'm thankful for as it's pretty poor!).

Not sure whether Chrome has updated. I'm on Version 87.0.4280.88 (Official Build) (64-bit)

Any update please Evernote???

I've been experiencing this issue for the past few days/week. I use Evernote everyday. I found that switching to the Classic Editor gets around the bug.

• Linux Ubuntu 20.04
• Evernote Web client
• Chrome 87.0.4280.88

Good luck getting a fix soon.

Having completely cleared Chrome's cache/cookies etc, I found performance was better but it reverted to the same situation after a few edits. Creating a new notebook resulted in a long wait and wasn't effective ultimately.

Then I disabled all Chrome extensions and cleared the cache/cookies again. Same resutl.

I've since installed Vivaldi browser on my Ubuntu machine and that is working very well: no issues with saved changes or creation of new notebooks.

So I suspect this is a bug between Evernote's web app and Chrome.

BTW I'm using 84.0.4147.135 (Official Build) (64-bit)

I also am experiencing problems with using web client as of the last few days. Normally I've found any body of text is saved at a satisfactory interval (which negates the need for  @gazumped suggestion of installing third party software), and the idea of using a third party word processor to keep notes is farcical.

I'll try disabling any Chrome extensions I have, and will completely clear my cache & cookies (although this is really not a good solution...).

Completely agree - it's a pain to have to go to the Notebooks view and click New Notebook, rather than either being able to create a new notebook from within a stack or at least from the + button.

All good ideas @snrmwg it feels like a couple of small changes in this area would make a significant improvement to usability.

@Skystar84 is on the money with this request. More broadly a right click context menu in all areas of the Web UI would be incredibly useful and powerful!

I totally agree, generally, that a right-click context menu would be really useful.

I also agree with the OP's sentiment (which I feel is a separate issue) that it's not intuitive to have to go to the top right ... menu to delete a note.

When moving notes and notebooks, if you even momentarily move the cursor over any stack it immediately expands. So while dragging your cursor over the list (while trying to locate the target for your notebook or note), you might open two or three inadvertently.

This means you have to scroll all the way past it to find the stack or notebook you want. The inadvertently opened stack(s) then remain open and need to be closed to tidy things up.

This would be resolved by adding a very short delay before expanding a stack.

This is a no-brainer! At the moment I add a few 10s of new lines at the bottom of a note which is just barbaric

Completely agree with everyone here, this is a really annoying feature! Please let us skip it...