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Tech - What do you use for a notes app? (1 Viewer)

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I'm growing tired of OneNote since it doesn't seem to search my notes very well, and am looking for something much simpler. Possibly just a regular folder with text files synced with a cloud service.

What are you using? Is it good?
 
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I use Evernote...and no.

I started on Evernote and transferred everything to OneNote when my primary computer was a Microsoft Surface and I was using the surface pen a lot. OneNote had a lot of sync problems and the search change was garbage though, so I ended up going back to Evernote. Evernote is adequate but I wouldn't rave about it.

dannuic recommended trying out Obsidian (lots of plugins), Zettelkasten (good for search and topic linking), and Notion (thought they're limiting their free tier).
 
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I might not be understanding teh question, but I use Notepad++. The search function is good. You can use regex in the search function to help find stuff, etc. You can search through multiple open notepad++ documents for finding things. You can do side by side comparisons. Thats what I use it for at work. Alot at work. And it just transitioned to home use. I use one note. Though onenote, at work. We use that for documentation and keeping track of huge amounts of information for work stuff. Im not as versed in onenote, but im getting better.
 
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I use excel and a little spiral notebeook like a mead memo and a pencil and that later gets put into excel by hand, then you can add custom headers, filter and sort by your column headers, search works better, can link to images, urls, or other files in a column and do all sorts of stuff.
 
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burdsjm said:
I use OneNote and it works pretty well if you get Onetastic with it. Formats pages and does all sorts of macros that saves a ton of time.
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Hadn't heard of this, maybe some of those search plugins will fix my issues.
kaen01 said:
someone mentioned the https://obsidian.md/ a few weeks ago, it seems nice, and stuff, but i am terrible at using notes, i just put notes in my luas or macros and forget em about them.
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Knightly said:
dannuic recommended trying out Obsidian (lots of plugins), Zettelkasten (good for search and topic linking), and Notion (thought they're limiting their free tier).
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Trying to find information on Zettelkasten has taken me down a 30 minute rabbithole with terms like "intersectional thinking", but I can't find an app so I take it this is a note-taking process?

I'll probably go with Obsidian because they're dedicated to open file formats. I hate that I have to look for an "export" program to get my writing out of OneNote, and don't want to go through that again.
 
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Redbot said:
I'm growing tired of OneNote since it doesn't seem to search my notes very well, and am looking for something much simpler. Possibly just a regular folder with text files synced with a cloud service.

What are you using? Is it good?
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Spiral notebooks combined with google sheets/docs. I bought a couple of those reusable notebooks you can scan / photo the pages and reuse.

My mind doesnt work in a way that lets me get away with not longhanding everything first.
 
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I use OneNote for personal and work Notebooks, but I got started with it as the cloud app (OneNote for Microsoft 365) and not the old desktop/office app. So my notebooks are all tied and synced with my Microsoft accounts (work and personal). I haven't had any search issues myself and find it works really well. The search actually returns text recognition for keywords on images or screenshots.
 
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I've been using one note for everything for 10 years ish. I can't say I've had much in search issues, except for when I close a notebook and forget to re-open it. as for sync, used to have issues here and there, but after the move to the web/O365 version, I haven't had much on sync since it's all right there already.
 
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I recently started using GoodNotes 6 on a current gen iPad mini w/ apple pencil and a custom planner PDF. I'm not thrilled w/ the whole SaaS model GN6 went to, but $20/yr isn't bad enough to prevent me from using it. So far it's been a pretty painless transition from random scraps of papers/paper towels/nitrile gloves/my hand.
 
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I tried Onenote and Evernote and massive list of other note apps. The only thing I have found that really works for me is an actual physical notebook and pen. I have also started useing those flash cards for shopping lists, list of ts items I am making for someone etc that I can just throw away when done.
 
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Redbot said:
I'm growing tired of OneNote since it doesn't seem to search my notes very well, and am looking for something much simpler. Possibly just a regular folder with text files synced with a cloud service.

What are you using? Is it good?
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You can also try what the current generation is doing…combination of idiocy and social media…be advised…limited storage capacity.,.and unable to edit notes after the fact

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OneNote - only because it saves to the cloud and I can update it both at home and at work. Also, as I write screenplays in my spare time, I sometimes use WriterDuet as it is also cloud based.
 
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I used to use OneNote, but it drove me a bit nuts with the search feature too. For something simpler, I switched to using plain text files in a folder synced with Google Drive. It’s so easy to organize things that way, and I can quickly find what I need by searching the whole folder.I also love having the files accessible from anywhere. If you're looking for a little more functionality, you could try Notion. It's pretty straightforward and lets you create a clean layout for your notes.Oh, and I came across My Excel Online recently. They have some neat tutorials that helped me figure out how to organize data better, which could be handy for any lists you want to keep track of.
 
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Notepad++ for the superior search capabilities. Also it never loses anything, whether or not I remembered to File / Save. I have one file that is just a bunch of code snippets and various lists and charts that I will want to access later.

For more fleeting info I use pen and whatever paper I can find.
 
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Lidori said:
Notepad++ for the superior search capabilities. Also it never loses anything, whether or not I remembered to File / Save. I have one file that is just a bunch of code snippets and various lists and charts that I will want to access later.

For more fleeting info I use pen and whatever paper I can find.
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Still an old Note++ head too. But I use google spreadsheets for a LOT of stuff and I've been using VSCode for any programming because the workspace UI makes shit so much easier.
 
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Lidori said:
Notepad++ for the superior search capabilities. Also it never loses anything, whether or not I remembered to File / Save. I have one file that is just a bunch of code snippets and various lists and charts that I will want to access later.

For more fleeting info I use pen and whatever paper I can find.
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I habitually hit CTRL+S when doing anything related to typing things out. Sometimes I do that while typing a post on the forums. The point is that the shortcut to save, could save your bacon.
 
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ChatWithThisName said:
I habitually hit CTRL+S when doing anything related to typing things out. Sometimes I do that while typing a post on the forums. The point is that the shortcut to save, could save your bacon.
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Yeah. For this situation, I should have clarified that I keep my file (the one with snippets, etc.) open all the time. No matter what happens, like power outages, overnight Window updates, and what have you, my info is always there.

For other stuff, it's save every time I leave the keyboard and multiple times in between. You only have to lose an hour of coding once....
 
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