But keeping simple, text-based notes is a nearly universal requirement and, for our money, it shouldn't need a separate subscription service.

You need an Office 365 subscription but as Microsoft gleefully points out, users can get that for only US$20 a year more than the cost of Evernote Plus, and get access to the latest versions of all Microsoft's Office applications and a terabyte of cloud storage.Īfter enjoying Evernote's free hospitality for seven years, it may seem churlish to thank it by walking away. In four nearly automatic steps, it vacuums up Evernote content and makes it accessible through OneNote on Windows, Apple and Android devices. A version of the tool for Macs is reportedly in the pipeline. Not to be outdone, last March Microsoft released an Evernote Import tool for Windows 7 and later. Then a long press on the file will offer the option of importing to Notes. You can get the Evernote back up on board by emailing it to yourself from a Mac or PC as an attachment. On an iPad or iPhone, you need to check that your iOS operating system version is 9.3 or later. And besides, all your stuff is still stored safely in Evernote. For the kind of text notes we're concerned with, we've had no issues on importing. There will be a warning that your notes may appear differently, but have no fear. Here's the problem: the pro version simply isn't worth it for us, and we can do everything we want using other tools we already own. We have to choose three devices to take out of the information loop, or upgrade to the paid product and keep synching with all five. But within a week, a new limit of two devices on one free account takes effect. Free Evernote ticks that box, happily running for us on all of them. In 2016, any digital notebook has to synchronise between your office and home desktops, laptop, tablet and smartphone. and remembering them is easier with a range of apps these days. We've already jumped ship to Apple's Notes app, and we're guessing plenty of others are considering their options as well. So many, in fact, that free Evernote is about to be hobbled even further. The free lightweight version of its app was intended to drive sales of the fully featured paid edition, but it turns out that many of us were perfectly satisfied by the lite product. Ever think you're too clever for your own good? The backers of popular note keeping application Evernote know the feeling.

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