where to set default notebook? (new to evernote)

[anpoet 0]

The directions say this, but I don't see a "general" tab and I don't see that option. Actually I don't even see Preferences - only Settings. Where are these things? Please help. Thanks!

 

1. Select Evernote > Preferences... from the menu bar.
2. In the 'General' tab, next to "By default, place new notes into the following notebook:", select the notebook you'd like to set as your default.

[DTLow 5,736]

12 minutes ago, anpoet said:

The directions say this, but I don't see a "general" tab and I don't see that option. Actually I don't even see Preferences - only Settings. Where are these things?

    

[anpoet 0]

thank you. that looks nice but I don't see that menu at all. No Evernote dropdown. Only Chrome.

 

[DTLow 5,736]

1 hour ago, anpoet said:

that looks nice but I don't see that menu at all. No Evernote dropdown. Only Chrome.

I was confused by this being the Mac forum
I've moved the discussion to the web forum

Access the Notebook page by clicking on the sidebar icon
Click on the ... for a notebook    
Click on Set as default notebook

[anpoet 0]

ok! 
I do have a Mac though.

I'm confused. Is there a way to use Evernote that is on the Mac but not on the web?

[anpoet 0]

I do know how to use Notebooks! but I wanted to designate a notebook as the Default for when I email things into Evernote.

[DTLow 5,736]

2 minutes ago, anpoet said:

I do have a Mac though.

I'm confused. Is there a way to use Evernote that is on the Mac but not on the web?

On a Mac, we can run Evernote/Mac, Evernote/Web, Evernote/Windows, ....
You are running Evernote/Web

You can download Mac client software at www.evernote.com/download
It has more features than the web platform

[DTLow 5,736]

20 minutes ago, anpoet said:

I do know how to use Notebooks! but I wanted to designate a notebook as the Default for when I email things into Evernote.

There is only one definition for default notebook     
I showed how to set it on a Mac and Web

You may have the auto-filing feature enabled; this overrides the default notebook

[anpoet 0]

Ok, appreciated!