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Posted by Paul Korm
Aug 14, 2017 at 03:19 PM
Just to mention it—on your criteria “Transparent file storage in Finder (library in Documents folder)” vis-à-vis DEVONthink Sorter. A folder that is indexed in DEVONthink can be added to the Sorter, and there used as a destination for a quick note. Generally, you would later need to go to your databases and choose “move to external folder” (i.e., the indexed folder) for those note documents. So, storing the notes external to the database is not an immediate thing—but it is possible with one simple additional step.
I sometimes add a folder to the Dock, pop open the folder, then use Neu to create a new document in the folder. It’s not a single-app solution, but Neu can be pretty useful esp. if you tend to create more than one document kind (RTF, MD, text, etc.). That folder can be indexed in DEVONthink, Together, EagleFiler, Curio, etc.
Posted by Dellu
Aug 14, 2017 at 07:02 PM
Thanks for the information about Neu. I trying it right now.
About the Devonthink sort, you are right that I can target it to a specific folder. But, I consider the step that exports the local file to the Finder folder similar step to the other apps which store in their database and export manually. It is almost the same step.
Furthermore, I often find myself getting confused where to store the note when I am using the Sorter. Absence of the option in Curtiota has facilated my jotting frequency, somehow. Devonthink database is like an ocean. I fear that the note I just jotted will be lost in that big ocean. For Curiota, the feeling I have is that I can revise the notes. In practice, the notes I am writing in Curiota might also be getting lost (forgetting to use them where I want to use them).
But, thanks. The Sorter might be still the best option.
Posted by Paul Korm
Mar 30, 2018 at 01:36 PM
Revisiting this topic. Another year is passing without any sign of life in the nvAlt replacement, BitWriter. So I am ready to migrate off of it.
Has anyone come across any new applications in addition to those listed in @Dellu’s “Jotting Applications in the Mac” table?
I want: file storage outside the application in a standard format (prefer text/markdown or, as RTF(D)); macOS-iOS sync—through Dropbox or OneDrive is ideal.
Bear would be ok, except for the standard format external files, and the weird tag-based sidebar.
iOS- only—but has anyone heard news about the rumored update to Drafts? Or Editorial?
Agenda also says it will have a iOS app “mid-2018”, though it uses a database for notes.
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Mar 30, 2018 at 02:32 PM
Hi, Paul,
I am wondering why you aren’t considering The Archive? Is it that you need an iOS version or something else?
Paul Korm wrote:
Revisiting this topic. Another year is passing without any sign of
>life in the nvAlt replacement, BitWriter. So I am ready to migrate off
>of it.
>
>Has anyone come across any new applications in addition to those listed
>in @Dellu’s “Jotting Applications in the Mac” table?
>
>I want: file storage outside the application in a standard format
>(prefer text/markdown or, as RTF(D)); macOS-iOS sync—through Dropbox
>or OneDrive is ideal.
>
>Bear would be ok, except for the standard format external files, and the
>weird tag-based sidebar.
>
>iOS- only—but has anyone heard news about the rumored update to
>Drafts? Or Editorial?
>
>Agenda also says it will have a iOS app “mid-2018”, though it uses a
>database for notes.
Posted by satis
Mar 30, 2018 at 03:28 PM
I’ve been using Curiota to jot things down quickly - phone numbers, notes while on the phone, etc. It’s pretty decent (and it’s free!) and I haven’t had any problems with it. I like it. Not using it for anything more than notes that will get quickly deleted, though - for anything I want to save and be able to search for and use on Mac/iOS) I’ll put it in Apple Notes or Ulysses.