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Kimberly Purcell

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  1. 13 minutes ago, PinkElephant said:

    The key is to modify a .json config file. This description works on a Mac - it should work in a similar way on Windows as well. The file is located in this path - it is the /Evernote folder which is created when installing v10:

    /users/xxx/Library/Application Support/Evernote/config.json
     
    The limit can be raised to 500 or more. It will run longer, but requires fewer actions. With 1.000 or close to it it stopped working, so there may be another limit.
    1. Quit Evernote 10 
    2. Open Finder
    3. From the menu bar select Go > Go To Folder...
    4. Paste ~/Library/Application Support/ and press Go.
    5. Locate the folder titled Evernote and open it
    6. Save a copy of the config.json file with an addition like .OLD as a safety copy.
    7. Open the config.json file in a text editor
    8. The "qa" section must be changed to this. If there is no QA section, add this code before the end of the config.json file, inside of the last bracket:
    "qa": {
    "multiSelectionLimit": 500
    }
     
    9. Set the number of notes you wish to allow.  There is a limit of about 1,000 maximum so there's no benefit in going for a larger number.  I have it set at 500.
    10. Save the amended file and restart Evernote 10.
     
    To speed things up you can go offline before doing operations on a lot of notes. Remember after going back online it needs time to sync all changes with the server. Don’t use EN while it is still syncing, if possible.
     
    It is possible that after an update the selection is set back to 50 and the config file needs to be changed again. In some updates it was resetted, in others not. If the selection of 50+ stops, you know you need to modify the settings file again.
     

    Thanks for the info but not workable for an average user. I need to be able to works with clients who can do this. 

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  2. 1 hour ago, PinkElephant said:

    But I doubt most users will even notice - where is the use case to permanently select more than a handful of notes at a time ? And if you just use it on occasion, it is no drama to act in 2 or 3 loops of 50 each.

    To me this discussion looks a lot like insisting out of principle, not because there is a reason.

    Mine is still at 50 notes. 

    Real-world use: to be able to create a table of contents note for a larger notebook. For instance, I have a notebook with 700+ notes of books I want to read. I created a TOC with links to each one to access easily. You can only do it in blocks of 50 which isn't the end of the world by any stretch of the imagination but would be great to be able to do. 

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