Is there an Alternative to Microsoft OneNote on the Mac?
In switching from a PC to a Mac, the one piece of software I really miss is Microsoft OneNote. Currently, OneNote is not available for the Mac and I don't know if they ever plan on a OneNote version for the Mac, even though other Microsoft Office programs are available for the Mac.
I looked for OneNote alternatives for the Mac and did not find anything that matched it completely, but some of the note programs for the Mac are pretty good, but different from OneNote.
I looked for OneNote alternatives for the Mac and did not find anything that matched it completely, but some of the note programs for the Mac are pretty good, but different from OneNote.
Circusponies Notebook
Notebook is the note taking software that I ended up getting for the Mac as a OneNote alternative.
You can have multiple notebooks with the idea that they are like paper notebooks. You have an index page, and dividers in your notebook and within those dividers you have other pages. You can create a writing page, an outline page, or a clipping page. You can of course clip things from the web or e-mail into the program.
You can have multiple notebooks with the idea that they are like paper notebooks. You have an index page, and dividers in your notebook and within those dividers you have other pages. You can create a writing page, an outline page, or a clipping page. You can of course clip things from the web or e-mail into the program.
Circus Ponies Notebook 3.0
Amazon Price: $42.99 (as of 12/24/2009)
Other OneNote Alternatives for the Mac
DevonThink is a very powerful information manager for the Mac. I am thinking of using this one in addition to Notebook but it seems to have a learning curve for me in order to learn all of the ins and outs of it. I haven't had time to sit down and learn how to use it properly yet. You can get a trial verson of the software and try it out.
Evernote is note taking software for the Mac, Windows, and the web. You can synch notes between all 3 if you want. It has a limited free version and a paid version. It also has an iPhone and iPod touch app so you can see all your notes on the go. I think I'll continue to use this for notes I want to have on my iPod Touch.
OmniOutliner is an outlining software for the Mac. I got a one day trial for it and it seemed okay but pretty complex and I did not want to spend the time to learn how to use it in one day. I think if you want to try it another day you can get a new key. I did however buy OmniFocus from them to use for GTD, but not for general note-taking.
Journler is a Journaling software for the Mac that you can store notes in. I tried the trial and liked the way it organized things in categories. The interface seems a lot like an e-mail interface to me.
Evernote is note taking software for the Mac, Windows, and the web. You can synch notes between all 3 if you want. It has a limited free version and a paid version. It also has an iPhone and iPod touch app so you can see all your notes on the go. I think I'll continue to use this for notes I want to have on my iPod Touch.
OmniOutliner is an outlining software for the Mac. I got a one day trial for it and it seemed okay but pretty complex and I did not want to spend the time to learn how to use it in one day. I think if you want to try it another day you can get a new key. I did however buy OmniFocus from them to use for GTD, but not for general note-taking.
Journler is a Journaling software for the Mac that you can store notes in. I tried the trial and liked the way it organized things in categories. The interface seems a lot like an e-mail interface to me.
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Other Mac Onenote Alternatives?
What is your favorite OneNote Alternative for the Mac-- do you have a favorite note taking or information management software for the Mac?
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- diegs diegs Sep 17, 2009 @ 7:49 am
- I am a law student with a Mac and am very frustrated with the Mac alternatives to OneNote. Does anyone know if there is software out there that allows me to take notes on one very long document and then tag certain sections of the one document? I would like a pop-out table of contents like Notebook or SOHONotes, but cannot figure out how to subdivide sections within one page. For example, if I am writing notes on different cases in one document, I would like each case heading in a smart folder that I can just click on to bring up all of the case blurbs.
Thoughts?
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- Matt Matt Sep 13, 2009 @ 9:41 pm
- After several years using Mori, I have to issue a strong warning against Mori. As of v.1.6.11 running under OS X 10.6.1, it has a fatal bug that has corrupted years of my data, whereby the software randomly switched pasted graphics that I had put into documents.
http://leblog.exuberance.com/2009/09/mori-your-notes-destroyed-bugs.html
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- joseph joseph Aug 26, 2009 @ 2:27 pm
- i looked all over and curis pony notetaker is the best of all the notetaking programs ive found, i really miss onenote, but maybe they'll put a version of it on iworks 10 or something i only hope it includes some of the features of notetaker like the the different shape bubbles you can pull down and put anyware on the page and insert lines to each,
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- Chirag Patel Chirag Patel Aug 5, 2009 @ 12:05 pm
- I'm ready to convert a fleet of PCs into Macs but honestly OneNote is so much superior to all the Mac alternatives, it's only thing keeping me from doing so.
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- Gareth Gareth Jul 31, 2009 @ 5:36 am
- yes please get Onenote for the MAC it is the main reason I am still running with Vista...urgh hate it as an operating system, soooooo slow and painful with it's various quirks...!
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- Ray Ray Jul 21, 2009 @ 10:51 pm
- Here's the list of free trials I'm gonna plow through to find the closest match:
Circus Ponies Notebook, Zengobi Curio, Aqua Minds Notetaker, OmniOutliner, Hog Bay Mori, Tinderbox, Voodoopad, DevonThink, Yojimbo, and SOHO Notes.
I really like the artificial intelligence aspect of devonthink... seems powerful for other purposes.
Good luck
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- ted downing ted downing Mar 14, 2009 @ 2:10 pm
- No onenote alternative for Mac. I remain linked to Microsoft system on an emulator because a) missing OneNote - a killer application and b) MS Office for Mac was a waste of money compared to MS Office for XP. Can't someone negotiate a truce between these two giants?
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