jimbee

It's understandable that by saying "backup" one is referring to saving data in a particular program's proprietary format (EN, Excel, InDesign etc.) that could potentially be used at some future date to restore data. Although I do perform such backups regularly, I also want a way to output notes to a format that can be read outside of EN-- including unencrypted material. A paper, hard copy even that can be safely stored and accessed by family members who don't use EN (as one example).

I've been using EN for a long while. Initially I just was saving personal notes that had no security implications. Various clips from the www, bookmarks, and such. Over time I began to use more for things like website logins to store names/passwords. For "public" kinds of sites-- forums, news, vendors, etc. I wasn't that concerned about security. I'm now at a point where I actually do have some notes containing much more sensitive information such as CCard sites and banks. At that point I began encrypting all of that information but I have to admit I never took an in-depth look at how "secure" EN's security is. A number of users here seem to express considerable concern when it comes to EN's security, questioning how vulnerable one's notes might actually be. Obviously I'll need to take a closer look and make a determination as to whether any risk is worth the convenience. Risk aside, it is very convenient having one's information available on multiple platforms. But...

Aha-- got it. That works. Thanks.

Yep, we're pretty much on the same page when it comes to effort vs. reward with respect to data management. When the old stuff does "leap out at me" it's like looking at a time machine in some respects. Sometimes pleasant, other times almost frightening. 😄

Hmmm... that doesn't seem to work for me. Perhaps I'm missing something?

Sounds like a good approach. Don't want to go that route myself hence looking for a way to export encrypted notes. Might not be possible I guess... I've been using EN for many years and one of these days (famous last words) I need to sit down and go through all my notebooks that contain notes that have long since become useless.

Apologies if this has been discussed but couldn't find a solution by searching... I have around 900 notes and probably at least 10% of them contained encrypted information. What I want to do is to create a backup of all notes, but when I do that via .html e.g. the encrypted notes remain encrypted. Is there any way to export notes and "unencrypt" notes?