Evernote for Mac

User Reviews

• Beware if you switch to Mac Maverick OS

  pe0mMarch 10, 2014

  Pros

  Generally speaking this is a useful app

  Cons

  Twice since updating my Mac to the Maverick OS this app has turned up showing a "blank state." Not a single note that I had created was visible. I don't remember how I got my data back the first time. I thought it was a fluke that the data appeared to have been deleted. The second time it happened I couldn't find the notes from within Evernote. I couldn't find any data files with the lost info anywhere on my hard drive. Finally I shut down the computer and restarted it. The data was back, so I exported all of it to HTML files.

  Summary

  May not be suitable to use with Mac OS "Maverick."

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• Good but unstable

  particleman137February 6, 2014

  Pros

  Beautiful, full featured, and effective note database. It's able to lots of handle complex notes, all for free. It's available on every imaginable platform and with seamless synchronization of notes. Most importantly, it's easy to backup your evernote data and as easy as possible to migrate away from evernote. Sharing notes is a beautiful dream.

  Cons

  Evernote on mac is pretty unstable. Many of it's features spontaneously stop working--especially search and opening notes in their own window. These can be easily fixed by restarting Evernote, but I'm disappointed that these bugs have persisted through several generations of software updates. Finding your notes can be a trying experience. The search box is pretty dumb. There are some advanced search features in it, but using those are more likely to make evernote crash than to find your notes. The Evernote help forum is full of questions that are never answered.

  Summary

  I use evernote on a daily basis and it has become an essential part of my brain/workflow. I'm satisfied with most aspects but very annoyed by it's instability and troubled that it's issues seem to never get addressed in software patches. Evernote search is not google! Finding your notes can be hard and using advanced search options often just makes Evernote blow up. It's the best note taking tool in 2014, but it probably own't be in a few years.

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• Put off signing up- they have been hacked!

  joana1493March 9, 2013

  Pros

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  Cons

  Evernote posted an advisory telling its 50000 users that it suffered a serious security breach. Hackers stole user names, e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords.

  Summary

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• Hijacks the NVIDIA GPU kills battery life by half

  summerstormpicturesFebruary 1, 2012

  Pros

  An inspired but rather confused interface.

  Cons

  My 5-plus hours of battery life drops to 2.5 or less if I leave this application open.

  Summary

  The developers must not ever go mobile because they seem to be uninspired to economize. My 5-plus hours of battery life drops to 2.5 or less if I leave this application open. Why is it necessary for this to use the NVIDIA GPU? This is the same fail the developers at Mozilla have. Their web browser, while smart enough not to use the NVIDIA GPU, once it is spun off into a process, it is not smart enough to give it back (switch back to the Intel onboard chipset. It's really high time developers stop this practice. Unless you are working with multimedia, there's no reason to use the NVIDIA chipset. None.

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• Indispensable

  maxrobinsonDecember 17, 2011

  Pros

  I could no longer function efficiently without this

  Cons

  I have found none

  Summary

  Very strongly recommended

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• easy to use the basics

  TravelerTOctober 4, 2011

  Pros

  cross platform syncing

  Cons

  need more sophisticated sorting and phone log

  Summary

  sloppier than Things, but ultimately more useful

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• MacOSX ver 10.5.8 would not allow installation

  LyudaBSeptember 4, 2011

  Pros

  don't know

  Cons

  Won't install as advertised

  Summary

  Not a good sign if it won't install

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• Great Program!

  RamoUPAugust 2, 2011

  Pros

  Save anything instantly.

  Cons

  None at all.

  Summary

  Must try.

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• Excellent!!

  cmooreatlJuly 21, 2011

  Pros

  I can capture absolutely everything in one simple step. User friendly and great design. Easy to organize, find and manage all of your information. I really don't know how I did anything without it.

  Cons

  I haven't found one.

  Summary

  Best tool I've every found!

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• One of the best programs out there.

  Bill WordJuly 13, 2011

  Pros

  This is a great program

  Cons

  I cannot think of any thing bad about Evernote

  Summary

  Everyone needs this program and you cannot beat the cost

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