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TheGrudge

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  1. I went in to cancel my subscription, just to make sure I didn't forget about it and get dinged for a yearly sub down the road. It offered me 40% off my usual rate for when my sub is up in June -- nothing has changed for me. So odd.
  2. Came here to see the answer to this. If the links are proprietary and not included as part of an export, I hesitate to get involved in a system that links notes together.
  3. If Evernote fell victim to a ransom attack, let's say - my notes would be gone. They're all on EN servers, and Evernote, ultimately controls them. Chances of all that going south are slim, but never say never.
  4. I left Evernote about 6 months ago after coming and going about 10 times. I decided that I was storing way too much ***** in it; things I never went back and looked at, and it was just a file cabinet full of (mostly) *****. So I moved all my files to OneDrive, and a few "reference notes" into Apple Notes, and I settled on Obsidian for "my thoughts". I've discovered over the past few months that while I want to be a guy that documents thoughts regularly and maps/links them -- I'm not. I'm a librarian 100%. I like to put things into an organized pile in case I need it later, and for that -- Evernote works perfectly. I'm temped to come back with that 50% off offer, but when my year is up and they want me to drop $90 next year, I'll regret the move I'm sure. I'm also very apprehensive about how my data is stored on their servers. With Obsidian, I know I own the text files and can easily backup/restore my notes. They're in Time Machine on my Mac, I can see them in other apps etc. I don't get that functionality in EN but at the same time, EN makes it easier to store media files in a single note without creating attachment folders, and I'm not always wondering "okay, now...what can I link this to, how should I organize it, should I create a map of content?". I like the idea of Obsidian more, but in day to day use, I think I actually prefer clipping/emailing, and simply typing into EN. I struggle with this stuff because who I WANT to be vs how I ACTUALLY use these services are two different things. I prefer EN I think, but it's not cool and the nerds would tell me I don't own my data etc etc, so I went to Obsidian. Now I'm wondering if that's the right call. I liked my "Home" dashboard and the welcoming interface in EN. Decisions decisions...
  5. Also, no inline document editing. If you have a document in Notion, you have to download it, work on it, re-upload it. In Evernote I can just open a document straight from the app and save it, and move on. Much more seamless. I don't find Notion useful for documents at all -- unless they're documents you never intend to edit.
  6. I'm a visual person. I like seeing images to help me find my way through a bunch of files, and I like structure -- things to be visually organized. Evernote's true power is in the fact that it'll accept anything you throw at it (pain text, an attachment of any kind, a screen shot, a web clip, and audio file etc etc). And you can put all of this together into a single "note". It's not always the case, but let's say I buy a lawnmower this summer. In a single note I can store a scan of the receipt, the instruction manual, a photo of the serial number, the URL to the manufacturer's website, and any extended warranty information. You can house all that in Obsidian or Dropbox, but Evernote makes getting all of those media types into your note easy, and that's huge. I realize apps like Devonthink and Joplin likely provide the same kinds of functionality, but to me, this it the biggest EN selling point. Whenever I think "oh, I'll just use OneNote" or "Apple Notes should work", they usually work fine for a while and then something like my new lawnmower comes along and I realize "this was much easier in Evernote", so back I come. I will say I've been dabbling in Obsidian, but despite it's amazing power, my lawnmower example wouldn't be implemented quite as well as in EN. But EN is a bit sluggish. Perhaps our beloved elephant is a jack of all trades, master of none.
  7. I like to go through my Inbox once a week and tag notes. Immediately after I drag the note to a tag, I like to move the note to my "Archive" notebook from the "Inbox". The problem is, Evernote pops up "Tag Added to Note" in a blue box at the top of the screen which covers the top section of the note in question. I have to wait for that little bubble to pop up before I can change the notebook it's in. It would be nice if information bubbles didn't cover functionality in the app.
  8. I've done the Evernote to Apple Notes dance a few times now. While I'm relatively happy back in EN, I wonder about future exports should I decide to leave. I'm hearing things about a limitation of 50 notes at a time using the V10 apps. I trust this will be upgraded in future? While the legacy client still exists, I'm more concerned about the format of my notes. I have some web clippings and such that look like a hot mess when converted to Apple Notes. I was listening to a podcast yesterday (Mac Power Users) and they mentioned Evernote's export is a disaster. I always thought I could easily get my information out of EN, and for the most part it does appear to work, but I don't want to have to check 1200 notes one by one to make sure there's no funny business if the day should ever come I leave EN. Any good export options I'm not aware of, or something I'm missing?
  9. Table functionality is one of the things they mentioned (well, editing tables) as not being quite ready to ship today. I imagine they'll address all this in a future update. For me, the app not refreshing every time you go to another app is huge, and the list of tags along the left side of the screen is EXTREMELY helpful. Oh, and it the fact it's leaps and bounds faster is a nice perk as well. Keeping in mind it's a major update and there will be more to follow -- I'm quite happy with this.
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