
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. Tags: 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.

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