Awesome Note lives again!

Posted by jamesofford
Nov 4, 2015 at 09:17 PM

I have Onenote on both my Mac and my iPad. I downloaded it because I used to use it on my PC back in a previous life. It works reasonably well as an info manager. I have several different notebooks, each with different sections and pages. And it is easy to use.

However, in my quest to replace Notesuite, I tried to use Onenote as a receptacle for clippings when I am browsing. I am afraid that I am a bit disappointed. In contrast to your experience, Onenote clipping is kind of slow on my computer. That may be due to the network that I am on at work, but it is pretty fast otherwise.

What I have been using for the last week is my old friend Devonthink Pro Office . I have had this program for some time, and it is a great place to store large sets of data. Way back I used to use it for clippings, but I stopped when I picked up Notesuite.

Devonthink Pro Office is pretty fast, even with the large databases that I have in it. And once it’s in there, I can search it and organize it six ways to Sunday.

Right now all that’s missing is the ability to synch it with my iPad. I know that you can get Devonthink to go, and I am thinking about that. However, one of the problems is that both my Mac and my iPad have to be on the same network to synch. Not a big deal, but it gives me pause.

Jim