The “new” Apple Notes app moved away from IMAP to iCloud sync. Cross-linking between notes is therefore a new requirement for me. The magic is that it happens automatically when you use the same phrasing or keywords. The main benefit is being able to discover unlinked references to other notes you’d forgotten. This was never possible in Apple Notes – each note was independent – but products like Roam Research have made it popular.
In recent years, the idea of cross-linking, backlinks and wiki-style linking has become common. This is the best way to ensure the files are accessible into the future and can be migrated to different apps if necessary. Markdown is a well understood format that has many apps that can edit and render on any platform. This means using Markdown formatting saved to a plain text file. I’d like to be able to embed images (files managed by the app), make lists and include headings to structure the notes. I want to write my notes in plain text with basic formatting. Requirements for a note taking app Simplicity + Cross Linking
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The best note taking apps for Mac are Obsidian, Logseq and iA Writer. This is an updated blog post (Dec 2021) that reviews the last few years of trying different note taking apps and what I finally ended up switching to. I had already started a search for an Apple Notes alternative that used Markdown, was cross platform, and allowed me to control the source files. Having enjoyed Apple’s minimalist approach to the new Notes app launched as part of the 2016 release of iOS 9 and OS X 10.11, and having built up >1k notes ranging from book highlights to saved web pages to meeting notes to journal articles, bugs in iOS 13 and macOS 10.15 triggered my search for alternatives.Īpple sorted out a lot of those issues in subsequent releases – sync bugs, search bugs, crashes – but it was too late.
#Mac notes app not loading icloud notes software#
Published Novem(updated: December 1, 2021) in Productivity.īack in Nov 2019 when I first wrote this blog post, the context for rethinking my note taking setup was based around growing problems with Apple’s software quality. The best note taking apps for Mac - markdown, open format, cross platform Skip to content David Mytton Start Here About David Publications Media Appearances Sustainable Computing I Use Reading Subscribe Contact Search The best note taking apps for Mac – markdown, open format, cross platform
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