Is there a good equivalent to OneNote for Mac that allows local save

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Is there a good equivalent to OneNote for Mac that allows local save

I have to work in both the Mac and Windows worlds. OneNote seemed like a good choice for general note taking and projects. Evernote has gotten too expensive and I prefer to buy software outright rather than having to subscribe.

Can anyone recommend a decent program under $200 that will function similarly to OneNote, on both Mac and Windows, but that DOESN'T require me to save in the cloud like OneNote does (OneNote Windows can save locally, but the Mac version only saves to the Microsoft Cloud).

Thanks!

Posted on Apr 18, 2017 11:18 AM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Apr 18, 2017 11:31 AM in response to boaster_11

There are three OS X apps included with OS X. All free and found in your Applications folder.

TextEdit
Notes
Reminders

If you don't like any of them, then you can search with Google to find the many dozens of note taking software out there for the Mac.

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Answer 2

Apr 28, 2017 4:26 PM in response to boaster_11

Use Outline on mac and iOS (http://outline.ws/ ). Outline can edit OneNote files directly, no conversions needed, and it allows local saves The iOS version also works with just about every cloud service.

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boaster_11 Author

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Apr 18, 2017 4:33 PM in response to Yer_Man

I use rich text, tables, links and images. Thanks!

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Kappy

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Apr 18, 2017 6:59 PM in response to boaster_11

Well, TextEdit handles all of those. You can browse for others at MacUpdate.

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Yer_Man

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Apr 18, 2017 11:29 AM in response to boaster_11

What features of OneNote do you use? If you're just using text this is easy, if you're using the whole range of stuff that OneNote can do, then you'll have issues with the Cross-Platform element.

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Yer_Man

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Apr 19, 2017 12:05 AM in response to boaster_11

Unfortunately TextEdit isn't cross platform, tho it is a good basic text editor.

I don't think you'll find what you're looking for with a cross platform element, unless the material is stored online.

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