Noteplan 2.0 is here, on time

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Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 16, 2019 at 09:06 AM

The standard approach to @ vs. # is very much as described by Paul; @ indicates people, places, while # indicates actions.

I’ve chosen a slightly different approach for tags: I use @ for action indications (e.g. “now”, “waiting”, etc.) and # for references (e.g. “family/dad”, “work/projects”). That’s because I use # to create extensive “folders” of nested tags, which aren’t always helpful for isolating stuff that needs to be done RIGHT NOW. You will tell me that I could use dates for the same effect - and you’d be right, I use those as well. But when I’m running complex projects, the date approach on its own doesn’t always cut the mustard, so using @now (for example) helps me stay on top of stuff that really does need to be done RIGHT NOW WITHOUT FAIL.

Cheers!
Bill

Posted by George Entenman
Oct 16, 2019 at 05:33 PM

NOTEPLAN IS FANTASTIC BUT TOO APPLE-Y FOR ME

I downloaded a trial copy of NotePlan because of the rave reviews on Outliner Software.

It’s beautiful and I want to use it, but will not because it wants to lock me into the Apple ecosystem just as much as Apple’s own software does. (I love and can’t live without MacOs itself because it’s still a bit like unix under the hood). I have an Android phone and need to integrate with it.

I WON’T ACCEPT BEING FORCED TO USE ICLOUD

NotePlan stores its files in iCloud, where I don’t want them: ~/Library/Mobile Documents/iCloud~co~noteplan~NotePlan/Documents/Notes.

Under Preferences>Sync NotePlan offers two choices for storing its data:

* Use Dropbox [Preview]
* Use iCloud

Dropbox is not actually selectable Why? Is this because I’m using a trial copy? I don’t want to buy a copy to find out.

I try my best not to use iCloud and probably won’t buy NotePlan if I cannot use Dropbox.

I WON’T BE FORCED INTO USING APPLE CALENDAR

I don’t use Apple Calendar. Will NotePlan be able to sync with Google Calendar?

This is not a show-stopper for me. I’d be happy to purchase NotePlan as a replacement for DayOne or Journey, but it would be very nice if I could sync with Google Calendar. (Also Apple Calendar and Google Calendar might be able to sync with each other, but I haven’t checked that out.)

Posted by Paul Korm
Oct 16, 2019 at 08:05 PM

@George

There’s a distinction in macOS between Apple Calendar (the application) and Apple calendars—i.e., calendars stored and synced via iCloud.

So, you can use add a Google account to the Accounts in Apple Calendar (via CalDAV—see Google for instructions). Then the Calendar app will sync with your Google calendars. There is no need to create or use an iCloud calendar in this scenario,. I sync a lot of Google calendars to the Calendar app because Google calendars integrate with more of the universe than iCloud calendars.

Also, the NotePlan Dropbox sync is a preview feature—if you’re having a problem you’d might want to go to NotePlan’s reddit to discuss with the owner.

https://www.reddit.com/r/noteplanapp/

Posted by satis
Oct 17, 2019 at 01:26 AM

I bought and am using NotePlan, and with its text-based notes I’m considering using it to replace Day One.

I like it a lot, and was initially having some trouble grokking how best to use it. But I was intrigued by the dev Eduard commenting on Reddit about how it could be used as a simplified electronic bullet journal

Posted by George Entenman
Oct 17, 2019 at 10:07 AM

@Paul,

Thank you for the informative and encouraging post. I’ll give the calendar idea a try.

I just noticed that NP has “nested tabs”, tabs with slashes in them that act like a hierarchical file system (https://www.noteplan.co/blog/nested-tags-are-here/): I really like this idea.

I joined r/noteplanapp yesterday and see that Dropbox integration is in Beta.

This will keep me going with NP for a little longer!

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