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Apple Notes to support importing Evernote exported notes
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Posted by Paul Korm
Feb 9, 2016 at 11:21 AM
According to news at Apple Insider and elsewhere, Apple’s Notes app will support importing .enex files exported from Evernote. This in the upcoming 10.11.4 release of OS X, reportedly.
This is interesting, but perhaps not significant? Notes uses a SQLite database for our data, so the format lock-in concern that some have with Evernote is also true with Notes.
Posted by John Ottensmann
Feb 9, 2016 at 11:03 PM
I use Notes. I also had the concern about the data being stored in its own database with no options for export as I want accessible backups. I came up with a somewhat roundabout solution that allows me to export the notes. I use an OS X program called iExplorer which allows access to data on an iPhone or iPad that is connected to the computer (or to an iTunes backup if you back up your devices to the Mac). When displaying the Notes data, the program provides the options to export either the current note or all notes to either pdf or text files, one file for each note. Yes, a little strange backing up the Notes on the Mac by accessing the synced notes on the connected iDevice, but it works like a charm.