MAC: Find and Replace?

keenerguy · July 23, 2012

It would be great if you added a find and replace function within notes on Evernote. This would prevent me from having to use another program.

wilkesalex · September 3, 2014

It is utterly contemptible of Evernote to not include Find and Replace in the Mac version. You're forcing us to open Word, Pages or TextEdit, to complete a basic action. I don't see how your reply to Calion fits, Adjusting - he's right - in 2014, this is a basic function of all text editors and therefore should be included. Please tell me which great feature of Evernote I could use instead of Find and Replace? Let's see...in 5.4.3 you added the ability to ROTATE A PDF DOCUMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NOTE.... will that do it?

emmjayess · October 28, 2014

Here's another vote for FIND AND REPLACE TEXT in Evernote.

I just now discovered it doesn't exist. Amazing.

Muthu Ganapathy · October 28, 2014

What do you expect us? Find every string and manually replace it?

Want to love Evernote · October 31, 2014

I just discovered Find & Replace doesn't exist in even the latest Mac version.

Evernote team, I'm embarrassed for you... this is just ***** ridiculous. Sorry for the language, but the depth of my astonishment required it.

Mac Product Manager - you do realize people consider Evernote a note editor too, right?

Want to love Evernote · October 31, 2014

Find and Replace is basic text editor functionality.

When you type in the search field, the search is performed against all your notes, plus inside attached images, PDFs and office documents. This is not basic text editor functionality.

Please be assured that we read the forums and are aware of the request.

...that's why text editors don't use the same code for Find and Find & Replace.

I'll purchase a year of Evernote premium for the first forum reader who can name a text editor written in the last decade that does not support Find & Replace but does support bold text (as an example).

No fair writing your own feature-free editor.

wilkesalex · November 3, 2014

Version 5.7.0

Premium feature: Context

Context displays notes, articles, and people related to what you’re working on
View related articles from The Wall Street Journal and other sources and related people from LinkedIn and your business

Presentation Mode has been improved with a fresh look and new features

Use the layout panel to navigate your presentation and add dividers
Images are now presented from screen-edge to screen-edge
Beautifully styled tables make your information stand out

Other improvements:

Send messages to share notes and discuss things you’re working on without leaving Evernote
Bug and stability fixes

OBVIOUS MISSING THINGS THAT STILL PI** OFF MAC USERS BECAUSE EVERNOTE IS A ***** COMPANY:

No Find and Replace for Mac OSX

wilkesalex · November 3, 2014

Dear Evernote Competitors

When you release a comparable app that has Find and Replace, just let us know, we're all happy to pay $50 . Evernote doesn't want our money because they don't like customers.

wilkesalex · November 3, 2014

http://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion/usermanual/index.html#chapter=16%26section=8%26tasks=true

Even MOTION, a VIDEO COMPOSITION APPLICATION, has Find & Replace!

You guys are having a TROLLATHON!

redbirdo · November 17, 2014

Another +1 desperately needing find and replace in note - especially since some recent(ish) update of the Mac client has started doing weird (too clever for it's own good) things with my speech marks when I paste in (programming) code and queries - thus totally breaking them when I paste them back out... and I can't even do a find and replace to fix the speech marks.

Meh.

Kevin11 · December 12, 2014

I love this app, but really is there any excuse for not adding find/replace from the outset, much less after over a year of users asking?

bambi · January 5, 2015

Even after one year no reasonable respond from evernote. They keep quiet and go on with the next feature.

And they want Evernote to be used in school, business....????

How come that the Editor in Forum has the feature "find and replace"?

Think different ?

wilkesalex · January 15, 2015

Hi Evernote, happy new year, when are you going to give Mac users Find and Replace? Can we get someone to give us a decent answer? Do you even have product managers? All we get is your team being rude to us

Us: "Hello ever note, can we have a common and useful feature available on OS X"?

Evernote : "Uh this is off-topic"

Why can't you be cool for a change

wilkesalex · January 15, 2015

Hi Evernote, happy new year, when are you going to give Mac users Find and Replace? Can we get someone to give us a decent answer? Do you even have product managers? All we get is your team being rude to us

Us: "Hello ever note, can we have a common and useful feature available on OS X"?

Evernote : "Uh this is off-topic"

Why can't you be cool for a change

markpfaff · January 27, 2015

I can't believe I'm typing these words: we need find and replace. How could you ignore your users for multiple years for such a simple feature that every small scale text editor has? Incredible.

sailnc · February 2, 2015

+1 for Find/Replace.

I'd even be happy if it worked just within the note currently being edited.

Knowledgenomad · February 9, 2015

+1 Search and replace. Like everyone else, I am flabbergasted by the lack of this feature for Mac version.

Ricardo Martins · February 20, 2015

+1 for Find/Replace in Mac

I can't really believe it doesn't exist yet.

wilkesalex · February 20, 2015

Evernote Corporation = Communists

wilkesalex · February 20, 2015

Do the commies at Evernote understand we only want to do this in single notes? We are not asking for notebook-wide find and replace. Just in a single note.

Steve-SardisMS · February 26, 2015

Hey Evernote ... Contrary to wilkesalex, some of us do want a global search and replace function. I used to do this in other languages with WordPerfect DOS ... so it is not new technology. Other than that, I love the program and appreciate you making it available.

remy-actual · March 6, 2015

Such a basic feature to lack support for.

Ridiculous...

kdeemer · March 23, 2015

+1 Super Lame!

iilaplex · April 1, 2015

The "find & replace" is the compulsory and common function for a text editor; however, evernote should be more than a cloud editor!

Mata Hari · May 4, 2015

This is not the only limitation with EN.

About 2 years ago I sent a whole list with limitations but EN staff has deleted it

They do not accept criticism

Tables is also quite annoying. It is not usable in its present state.

Jay T. · May 11, 2015

+1 for Find and Replace.

(I never thought I'd have to type that sentence.)

Mark Silberbauer · May 18, 2015

+1: Tried to use Find and Replace today and found it was missing to my great surprise. I've often used it on Windows but I switched to Mac about a week ago and here we are......

AVchemE · May 27, 2015

I've been using evernote for 5 years, can't believe it's taken until now to realize there's no replace. please add

moskovich · May 29, 2015

How does one get Evernote to understand the importance of this feature for people that write a lot? I'm a new user; came from iAWriter. Totally freaked out that such a simple detail could be neglected.

JMichaelTX · May 29, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace

remy-actual · May 30, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace

Uh, no. Evernote is a $300 million company. They have acquired 5 other companies. They have their own app eco-system marketplace.

If Phil, Dave and Co. can't be bothered to listen to their users in their own forums, I see zero value in "reaching out" to them to ask for a feature that I'm pretty sure was in Lotus Notes.

I've paid for the pro version in the past, but not now. Migrating out...

emmjayess · May 30, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace

Would you mind posting that request? I don't use Twitter.

Thanks!

jbenson2 · May 30, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace
Uh, no. Evernote is a $300 million company. They have acquired 5 other companies. They have their own app eco-system marketplace.
If Phil, Dave and Co. can't be bothered to listen to their users in their own forums, I see zero value in "reaching out" to them to ask for a feature that I'm pretty sure was in Lotus Notes.
I've paid for the pro version in the past, but not now. Migrating out...

Of course, you can certainly leave Evernote, but... JMichael's suggestion is a good one if you want to get an answer from an Evernote employee. The response on Twitter is fast and you will get the straight scoop from an actual employee. It is an attractive option especially since Evernote dropped support on the Evernote website for the free users.

This forum is mainly a forum for just the users. Occasionally someone from Evernote will drop by, but it is a gamble if they decide to respond to your question.

If the Twitter fast response continues, I expect more and more users will migrate over to twitter for assistance.

moskovich · May 30, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace
Uh, no. Evernote is a $300 million company. They have acquired 5 other companies. They have their own app eco-system marketplace.
If Phil, Dave and Co. can't be bothered to listen to their users in their own forums, I see zero value in "reaching out" to them to ask for a feature that I'm pretty sure was in Lotus Notes.
I've paid for the pro version in the past, but not now. Migrating out...

Of course, you can certainly leave Evernote, but... JMichael's suggestion is a good one if you want to get an answer from an Evernote employee. The response on Twitter is fast and you will get the straight scoop from an actual employee. It is an attractive option especially since Evernote dropped support on the Evernote website for the free users.

This forum is mainly a forum for just the users. Occasionally someone from Evernote will drop by, but it is a gamble if they decide to respond to your question.

If the Twitter fast response continues, I expect more and more users will migrate over to twitter for assistance.

Actually no – @evernotehelps just tells us to post here. See "Go pound sand".

remy-actual · May 30, 2015

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace
Uh, no. Evernote is a $300 million company. They have acquired 5 other companies. They have their own app eco-system marketplace.
If Phil, Dave and Co. can't be bothered to listen to their users in their own forums, I see zero value in "reaching out" to them to ask for a feature that I'm pretty sure was in Lotus Notes.
I've paid for the pro version in the past, but not now. Migrating out...

Of course, you can certainly leave Evernote, but... JMichael's suggestion is a good one if you want to get an answer from an Evernote employee. The response on Twitter is fast and you will get the straight scoop from an actual employee. It is an attractive option especially since Evernote dropped support on the Evernote website for the free users.

This forum is mainly a forum for just the users. Occasionally someone from Evernote will drop by, but it is a gamble if they decide to respond to your question.

If the Twitter fast response continues, I expect more and more users will migrate over to twitter for assistance.

Since Evernote now is providing official support to all users via Twitter, you might post your request on Twitter @evernotehelps. Let me suggest a hashtag of #FindAndReplace
Uh, no. Evernote is a $300 million company. They have acquired 5 other companies. They have their own app eco-system marketplace.
If Phil, Dave and Co. can't be bothered to listen to their users in their own forums, I see zero value in "reaching out" to them to ask for a feature that I'm pretty sure was in Lotus Notes.
I've paid for the pro version in the past, but not now. Migrating out...

Of course, you can certainly leave Evernote, but... JMichael's suggestion is a good one if you want to get an answer from an Evernote employee. The response on Twitter is fast and you will get the straight scoop from an actual employee. It is an attractive option especially since Evernote dropped support on the Evernote website for the free users.

This forum is mainly a forum for just the users. Occasionally someone from Evernote will drop by, but it is a gamble if they decide to respond to your question.

If the Twitter fast response continues, I expect more and more users will migrate over to twitter for assistance.

Actually no. – @evernotehelps just tells us to post here. (see: https://twitter.com/evernotehelps/status/603978255805227008)Aka: "Go pound sand".

EXACTLY. While I appreciate your attempt at helpfulness User Numbers, I'm afraid you misunderstand the heart of my concern. I don't WANT to talk to an Evernote employee. I shouldn't NEED to talk to an Evernote emplyee. I didn't come to this forum to engage in dialogue. I came here because I wanted to do a simple -- SIMPLE -- find and replace, and was astounded to discover that the Evernote Mac client simply doesn't support this basic decades old functionality. What is the point of taking notes in a computer if i can't automate repeatable tasks?
This is not an open-source project. We are not opening issues on Github and submitting pull requests. This is an honest to God for-profit proprietary product that's been on the market for SEVEN YEARS. No find-and-replace in a Note Taking App? Unacceptable.

jbenson2 · May 30, 2015

Actually no – @evernotehelps just tells us to post here. See "Go pound sand".

That is sad. A terrible way to run a company.

JMichaelTX · May 30, 2015

Actually no – @evernotehelps just tells us to post here. See "Go pound sand".

Not exactly. @evernotehelps did tell you that it is "being considered". That's actually a lot more commitment that you will usually get from Evernote in these forums.

You might also consider including a link back to this thread/your post here in your tweet.

@moskovich I don't have an answer but can confirm that it's being considered. I encourage you to post on the forum: http://bit.ly/1sFzREb

moskovich · May 30, 2015

[snip]

I came here because I wanted to do a simple -- SIMPLE -- find and replace, and was astounded to discover that the Evernote Mac client simply doesn't support this basic decades old functionality. What is the point of taking notes in a computer if i can't automate repeatable tasks?
This is not an open-source project. We are not opening issues on Github and submitting pull requests. This is an honest to God for-profit proprietary product that's been on the market for SEVEN YEARS. No find-and-replace in a Note Taking App? Unacceptable.

Very well said. My astonishment / frustrations are identical. This is not some esoteric feature. It's like missing the "crop" feature in a photo editing app.

Mata Hari · May 31, 2015

Twitter support ?
There is a lot of porn over there.

Metrodon · May 31, 2015

I've been using evernote for 5 years, can't believe it's taken until now to realize there's no replace. please add

I love that a feature you haven't missed for 5 years is really that key to you?

AVchemE · June 4, 2015

I've been using evernote for 5 years, can't believe it's taken until now to realize there's no replace. please add

I love that a feature you haven't missed for 5 years is really that key to you?

I didn't say it was key. I don't use Evernote as a text editor. I use Find & Replace in many other apps, but apparently not often in Evernote. Nevertheless, it seems like standard functionality for an app like Evernote, and it'd be nice to have.

JMichaelTX · June 4, 2015

Find and Replace is a very common feature found in most text editors and word processors.

Given the below statement by the Evernote CEO last Oct 2014, I have to say I'm surprised it is not in EN Mac.

Evernote clearly has a long ways to go to be "the best place for writing". F&R is just one of many features that are missing from Evernote to make it even a good writing tool

From Evernote Unveils Evernote Context by TechCrunch, Oct 2, 2014:

“We’ve tried to make the writing experience across all our clients really polished,” CEO Phil Libin said today. “Evernote wants to be the best place for writing.”

Metrodon · June 4, 2015

Evernote is a terrible place for writing. You only have to use it for 5 minutes to know that.

My advice is to avoid the marketing nonsense and use the best app for the task you are trying to complete.

JMichaelTX · June 4, 2015

While it may be "marketing nonsense", I tend to hold CEOs accountable for their statements.

IMO, that's different than marketing that one might see in ads or press releases.

I do use other tools for writing. But that does not mean that Evernote should not provide basic features for any type of text editing like F&R.

Metrodon · June 4, 2015

I wasn't assigning any value to the request, just pointing out that Evernote has a myriad of issues as a text editor.

The CEO of Evernote is a very capable marketeer and his statements make for great click bait, I've found that they rarely carry much genuine weight.

JMichaelTX · June 4, 2015

I wasn't assigning any value to the request, just pointing out that Evernote has a myriad of issues as a text editor.

I think we all can agree with that!

JMichaelTX · June 22, 2015

Just thought I note that this same feature was requested in Feb 2012 in another thread:

REQUEST: Find and replace

Mata Hari · June 22, 2015

This Forum does not automatically identify similar or duplicate topics, there fore it is

like inventing the wheel again and again, and it is getting larger and larger

justPaulo · July 4, 2015

Nice people at Evernote

We are in 2015 (!) and at least since 2012 people are begging for a simple "Find & Replace" in Evernote...

A quick search for this subject inside Evernote forums returns:

About 719 results (0.36 seconds)

Should we wait patiently for next millennium or is this a subtle note to say you don't want more Evernote users in Mac OS X ?

Cheers,

JMichaelTX · July 4, 2015

Just popping in to say that if and when Find and Replace is ever implemented, that you also add it to the Windows app as well.

It's already in EN Win: Edit > Find and Replace

Juzzi · July 14, 2015

+1 vote for this feature.

I hope the product manager is still wake and get this done.

dave_wilson · July 26, 2015

Search and replace is needed very badly. After people asking for it for years? Good grief!

tvjames · July 28, 2015

Just thought I note that this same feature was requested in Feb 2012 in another thread:

REQUEST: Find and replace

Or 2009.

https://discussion.evernote.com/topic/7186-archived-find-and-replace/

Been a Pro customer for several years now but just recently switched to a Mac. It's kinda goofy that I have to copy and paste out to TextEdit, make my changes and then paste it back in. How difficult is single Note F&R? It seems like something someone could accomplish in a quick hackathon.

Guessing everyone at EN uses PCs? (Or Google Keep?)

JMichaelTX · July 28, 2015

Actually I think a lot of EN employees use a Mac.

I think the issue is that they are too busy:

Fixing bugs introduced in the prior release
Adding stuff most of us don't need/want (Work Chat, EN Context, etc)

Jay T. · July 28, 2015

Actually I think a lot of EN employees use a Mac.

I think the issue is that they are too busy:
Fixing bugs introduced in the prior release
Adding stuff most of us don't need/want (Work Chat, EN Context, etc)

I would agree with that. Simple features like find & replace and horribly implemented features like EN's sync-conflict resolution should REALLY be added/fixed before largely useless features like Work Chat are added.

Juzzi · July 28, 2015

I think the issue is that they are too busy:
Fixing bugs introduced in the prior release
Adding stuff most of us don't need/want (Work Chat, EN Context, etc)
I would agree with that. Simple features like find & replace and horribly implemented features like EN's sync-conflict resolution should REALLY be added/fixed before largely useless features like Work Chat are added.

Cannot agree more with both of you. It's just a crazy when companies think that "the more features: the better" are the thing for the user; it's not. Let's look to MS Word: horrible GUI with dozens of features that nobody uses.

Evernote team: Don't build "halfway solution". Instead of build "half solution" which works smoothly and covers the core needs. Like mentioned in this thread already there has been lately too many crazy-cool-features that are useless to most of us and we are still lacking some core basic features.

Mentoer · August 4, 2015

I've started relying more and more on evernote the past weeks, but wow, this is just mind blowing...

Even this web interface has this functionality:

Adrian Mitrache · August 4, 2015

+1 for Find and Replace inside Notes!

Mata Hari · August 6, 2015

Mentoer- what is it you trying to say?? what is "this web" ?

Mentoer · August 6, 2015

Mentoer- what is it you trying to say?? what is "this web" ?

The web interface, not the web. I was just indicating that a simple fortum editor has this functionality, while a complex software product like evernote doesn't.

Bender · September 5, 2015

The feature to find and replace bulks of the same text within all notes is very needed. Just like in Adobe Indesign, where you can easily replace the same text in all text frames within a document in one go.

justPaulo · September 6, 2015

September 6th, 2015.

Nothing.

Still waiting for more than 3 light-years...

I wonder what can be the "technical difficulty" to port code from other operating systems which already have "Find & Replace" inside Evernote... shameful.

xmoetech · September 27, 2015

+1 for FIND & REPLACE !!

It's a vital feature and must be available. I don't think it's hard to implement. Hope the support team is listening.

iilaplex · October 6, 2015

+1 for FIND & REPLACE !!

Bai · October 6, 2015

I’m using evernote to organize a story I’m writing. I have notebooks for places, characters and world building and it's really nice to have easy access to all my notes all in one place.

Recently I’ve decided to change the name of a character and I really don’t want to have to do that manually, (nor do I want to open up pages to do it). I understand the concern for replacing a word in one note and having it change in places you don’t want but wouldn’t it be simple to add an option where you can specify which notes and notebooks you want to change?

+1 for find and replace.

ma77or7iz · October 7, 2015

I'm evaluating Evernote Business now with a limited # of users from my company. I too agree (strongly) that this is an absolutely must have for a note taking application. Truly disappointing. This, as others have mentioned, is among many basic features that are missing from Evernote.

+1 (+23 of our potential users)

Regards,

Matt