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Posted by Dellu
Apr 28, 2018 at 10:10 AM
You don’t need the Internet to use Onenote.
You just need to signup first with the Onedrive account. Then, block it with LittleSnitch if you want. It will keep on working offline if you don’t care about the syncing.
Onenote 2016 also syncs by default; unless you block it.
I totally agree with the privacy issue. But, this is not a problem for Onenote per se. It is a problem to the Cloud at large.
- If Apple reads our stuff in iCloud; if google does the same with our Google drive; and Dropbox does the same, Evernote…every syncing tool….the cloud is basically doomed. We are doomed.
it is not an issue with Onenote. it is a global issue with the cloud.
Posted by NickG
Apr 28, 2018 at 10:44 AM
Dellu wrote:
You don’t need the Internet to use Onenote.
>You just need to signup first with the Onedrive account. Then, block it
>with LittleSnitch if you want. It will keep on working offline if you
>don’t care about the syncing.
>
>Onenote 2016 also syncs by default; unless you block it.
>
>
>
>I totally agree with the privacy issue. But, this is not a problem for
>Onenote per se. It is a problem to the Cloud at large.
>- If Apple reads our stuff in iCloud; if google does the same with our
>Google drive; and Dropbox does the same, Evernote…every syncing
>tool….the cloud is basically doomed. We are doomed.
>
>it is not an issue with Onenote. it is a global issue with the cloud.
>
>
I’m happy to admit that I may have missed something - but if I use OneNote on more than one device, how do I sync if I disable Onedrive? I assume that, if I work offline, I’m working on a cached copy and I’ve already commented on the risk of relying on cached data on a permanent basis.
Just to be clear - I’m not commenting on OneNote as a product (I did that separately) - I’m simply saying that cloud-only has restrictions that matter to me. They *are* restrictions and they *do* matter to me.
My only comment on the privacy issue is that there are other products that let me (a) keep local copies and (b) sync via my private Webdav service. I don’t have to depend on the goodwill of MS (or Apple, since you mention them) to keep my data private.
Posted by Dr Andus
Apr 28, 2018 at 02:36 PM
Chris Thompson wrote:
>As a related point, does anyone know a decent Windows-hosted alternative
>to DevonThink? There’s the DevonThink Pro web interface, so it is usable
>from Windows, but I find it strange that there is almost nothing to turn
>to in this specific area.
I don’t know much about DevonThink, but normally ConnectedText is mentioned as a Windows alternative (keeping in mind CT is no longer being developed, though apparently the current version is going to be maintained).
Posted by Chris Murtland
Apr 28, 2018 at 02:56 PM
I’ve never used DevonThink, but based on what I’ve read about it over the years, I always thought Ultra Recall was sort of in the same ballpark, since it lets you index external folders of PDF files, for example.
ConnectedText can’t search PDF contents. However, ConnectedText has the “Like this” (related items based on text content) feature that UR doesn’t have.
Chris Thompson wrote:
>As a related point, does anyone know a decent Windows-hosted alternative
>to DevonThink? There’s the DevonThink Pro web interface, so it is usable
>from Windows, but I find it strange that there is almost nothing to turn
>to in this specific area.
>
>—Chris
Posted by gunars
Apr 28, 2018 at 05:53 PM
I’m not familiar with DevonThink or UltraRecall, but RightNote can index PDF files, if that’s what you’re after.