MarceloAnez

I remembered it that way, this was at a year ago. I could be wrong of course... Or maybe this was thru a tech support email, since I did have that problem of the app crashing after one of those auto updates and I had to get tech support to fix that for me. Maybe that's where a EN staff told me to deal with the updates, after fixing the crashing issue.

why are people so pissed off and aggressive in this EN board! Its weird. Its always been that way... I guess its good if they now at least ask. Back then before I shielded myself with the app store it didn't ask me anything. You came in in the morning and the update was done, there was no way to opt out or delay it. That was the period where I had those issues I described. And when I brought it up here, I was told by a EN employee to just deal with it. Again... weird agression... Then someone mentioned the app store thing, and I havent had a problem since.

Its not about the install itself, thats not the main problem. Its about what could happen when you do it at the wrong time. There could be an issue with the install and the app wont even boot up after reboot (its happened to me) And there could be a major upgrade to features that change my workflow and if this happens in the middle of a super tight deadline this could be extremely disrupting. This has also happened to me, when they introduced that new home page it came to me at a terrible time and i couldn't access my notes like I was expecting to. I didn't have time at that moment to browse the cool new features because I had my own work to finish that day. Thats why you never update an app in the middle of a job. Any app, not just evernote.

Evernote is a work tool for me. I have to leave updates and upgrades of all work software for when I have a hole in my work, no deadlines nearby, a slow day. Its very unprofessional of Evernote to assume they can just autoupdate my copy of the app whenever they feel like it. I was incredibly annoyed when they started doing that. The appstore 'firewall' was a savior for me!

@ballyhooIf u delete the app and download it from the Mac App Store instead, Apple blocks those autoupdates and the annoying insistence to do it. Thats how I fixed that problem. Now I only update when it convenient to me.

The only way to really control when you do these EN updates is to install the app from the Mac AppStore, this way Apple blocks those constant automatic updates, which could easily arrive at very inopportune times, like when you're in the middle of a job or an upcoming deadline. If you download the installer from the EN website, EN will interrupt your work whenever they want. Very inconsiderate i think.

The way to stop the annoying auto updates is this: 1-Delete the Evernote app (You won't lose your data because all your notes will download again from the evernote cloud) 2-Download and install the app from the mac store (Not from the Evernote website) 3-That's it! woohoo! Apple doesn't allow those stupid automatic updates Problem solved!

I also want to to turn off auto update. It is too risky to allow an update to happen in the middle of a work session where I could potentially lose access to all my notes. It's arrogant of Evernote to assume every single auto-update will always work on every computer. Thats why I leave updates for an off day so the risk of a new bug doesn't interfere with my work. It has to be up to the user, you guys cannot impose when to update my computer. There needs to be a manual switch for this function.

Yes, having a choice of background color for notes, could let me asign a color to each client. As a freelancer with lots of short term clients, it doesnt make sense for me to create a whole notebook for each one. Instead, I keep these short term clients together in a single notebook, so it would help greatly to organize their notes that I could color code them. This would be amazing! A possibly easier solution would be to add color options to the text of the Title. We already have that tool in the body of the note. Isnt it easy to add that color tool to the title section? That would be cool!