You can right-click on Notebooks or Tags to show their contents in the left column, as in previous versions of the program. New to the program are two areas at the top of the left column: Shortcuts, where you can pin frequently used notes and Recent Notes, which gives you quick access to your latest work. The left column has sections for Notes, Notebooks, Tags, Atlas (a view that uses geotags in your notes, especially images, to show on a map view where that note was created), and Trunk (more about that later). It’s understandable that the company wants to keep files that will be synced with mobile devices small, but it would be nice to have an option for higher-quality audio, even if that would just be for Premium accounts.Įvernote 5.0 for Mac gives the program a major refresh. Both the Mac and iOS versions of Evernote record audio notes, but they are low-quality (with a sample rate of just 8 kHz), mono WAV files, optimized for small file size and speech quality. The Mac client allows you to use your FaceTime camera to snap pictures (but not video) of yourself or anything else you hold up to the camera. Evernote 5 is a major refresh of the program’s look and operations, and makes the service easier to use and more appealing than ever. Evernote automatically uploads everything you put into it to the company’s servers, making it available for syncing to all your devices. Premium tier providing extra features), available for Mac and Windows and as a Web app, and it has native iOS and Android apps. Where Evernote differs is that it’s free (with a paid That’s a program that can store and sort those clippings and files, index them for easy search and retrieval, and allow you to add your preferred organizational structure as well, whether it be to group similar kinds of information into collections, or add metadata such as tags or categories.Įvernote is an Everything Box, as are other familiar Mac programs, such as Devon Technologies’ You’ve got the information-heck, you’re practically drowning in it. Those hundreds of downloaded PDFs of bank, brokerage, and utility company statements.

A quick audio note you make with your phone. The snapped picture of the label as a reminder of that terrific pinot noir you just drank.

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