First of all, I really appreciate your patience! I didn't know that the web counted as a device! When I tried to open Evernote on my Mac--the new version and the legacy version--and then signed in, I was asked which device to stop syncing. It gave me three: the PC, the Mac, and the newly installed Mac (which is the same as the other one!) If the web access counts as a device, i don't understand why both my Mac and the PC are shown in my account as devices. However, it appears that my choices are 1)pony up for the upgrade (which I can't afford), or 2) decide whether I want to use either the Mac or the PC when I'm offline and/or 2) access my notes via the web on the other computer when i'm connected to the internet. Is that correct?