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[FREE] Microsoft OneNote for Mac/PC

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Detective Pikachu on 18/03/2014 - 03:21 itunes.apple.com (2501 clicks)
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Mac Requirements:
• Requires OS X 10.9 or greater
• A free Microsoft account is required to use OneNote for Mac
• OneNote for Mac opens existing notebooks created in Microsoft OneNote 2010 format or later and are saved to OneDrive

For PC or any other supported platform: www.onenote.com

Today we’re excited to complete that story with three major developments:

OneNote for Mac is available for the first time and for free. With this, OneNote is now available on all the platforms you care about: PC, Mac, Windows tablets, Windows Phone, iPad, iPhone, Android and the Web. And they’re always in sync.

OneNote is now free everywhere including the Windows PC desktop and Mac version because we want everyone to be able to use it. Premium features are available to paid customers.

The OneNote service now provides a cloud API enabling any application to connect to it. This makes it easier than ever to capture ideas, information and inspirations from more applications and more places straight into OneNote.

Go to www.onenote.com to get OneNote for free for your Mac, PC or other devices, and try out the new OneNote service connected experiences.

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  • kyteflyer on 18/03/2014 - 06:13
    +2

    Thanks for this. Not sure it will be more useful than other notes options but its sure worth a look.

    • MildMax on 18/03/2014 - 10:35
      +11

      Some limitations on the Mac version to be aware of…

      -No attaching files (pdf, Word/Excel).
      -You can insert images, from a file menu. Drag and drop doesn't work.
      -No local saving, or Sharepoint server access. It uses OneDrive cloud storage only.
      -No drawing tools

      Toolbar has only a few options compared to Windows OneNote 2010.

      • Stefce on 18/03/2014 - 10:37
        +3

        -No local saving

        That's a big draw back IMO

      • Detective Pikachu on 18/03/2014 - 20:09

        Here's a list of what you can do in OneNote 2013 that you can't do in OneNote for Mac:

        Insert file attachments, online images, or images directly from scanners
        Insert recorded audio or video
        Insert symbols or equations
        View detailed information on revisions and what users those revisions were made by
        Use drawing tools
        Send screen captures or text clips to OneNote through the "Send to OneNote" add-on
        Save or open local files
        Print

        Source: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2014/03/new-free-onenote-for-os…

  • Eivad on 18/03/2014 - 08:13
    +1

    Thanks for this. Normally comes with office complete, and was very useful for taking and collating (and recording) uni notes back in the day.

  • greenie4242 on 18/03/2014 - 08:20

    Does OneNote allow you to use your own server for storing notes?

    • President Bartlett on 18/03/2014 - 08:40

      Yes, you can save to your computer, or local server. Not sure about own cloud server

    • MildMax on 18/03/2014 - 10:28

      No - Mac version will only write to or read from OneDrive cloud storage. No ability to save locally, or to use a SharePoint server.

  • hansip on 18/03/2014 - 08:39
    +8

    I think it's not 'free for a limited time', rather it's freemium?

    • botftw on 18/03/2014 - 09:33
      +2

      You're right, OneNote will be free forever.

      • jakentta on 18/03/2014 - 09:53
        +1

        So it seems yes. Now I guess the question is whether there's enough reasons to switch over to it from Evernote.

        • eug on 18/03/2014 - 11:09
          +6

          I went back and forth between Evernote and OneNote for a while. In the end I went with OneNote as it felt like a much more powerful, full-featured, free-form, polished program. Evernote is catching up though.

    • MildMax on 18/03/2014 - 10:38
      +1

      The App Store link did say "now free for a limited time" on launch, but that line now been removed from the description.

    • Detective Pikachu on 18/03/2014 - 11:29

      'free for a limited time' was quoted from the Mac App Store description.

      edit: looks like they removed it since the release this morning.

    • daydream on 18/03/2014 - 12:53

      Yep, freemium. Presumably Microsoft couldn't get enough customers to buy it so they giving a free "hit" to try and gain their addiction to the MS ecosystem that way.

      "The new free version of OneNote for the Windows desktop doesn't include all the features in the paid version. It doesn't have SharePoint support, version history or Outlook integration. To get those features, users need to upgrade to the paid version."
      http://www.zdnet.com/microsoft-delivers-free-onenote-for-mac…

  • damnable on 18/03/2014 - 09:02

    This is great actually. The one thing that's been missing from Office for Mac has been onenote.

    • eug on 18/03/2014 - 09:38

      Did you read the last line of the post?

        • eug on 18/03/2014 - 11:06
          +6

          So it's your problem then. Don't be too lazy to read the post. Not everything needs to be spoonfed to you.

        • jv on 19/03/2014 - 01:32

          So it's your problem then

          No, I can't change the description.

          Kudos to the OP for making the change to make the link more obvious.

        • eug on 19/03/2014 - 02:18
          +3

          I'm always amazed at how you always think you're never, ever wrong.

          When someone else doesn't read a post properly, you boldly point it out to them.

          But when you don't read a post properly, it's definitely the poster's fault.

    • serideth on 18/03/2014 - 09:38
      +1

      It's in his post http://www.onenote.com/

  • serin on 18/03/2014 - 10:01
    +1

    Nice move from MS, but will stick to Evernote for the time being.

  • danone on 18/03/2014 - 10:32
    +1

    The main benefit compared to Evernote (if you don't pay for it) is the amount/size of files you can put on it.

    Evernote (free) is 60 MB/month vs. practically unlimited (25Gb for OneDrive)

  • AlexF on 18/03/2014 - 10:46
    +1

    This is both offensive and defensive move by Microsoft - defensive against Evernote and offensive to get users glued to OneDrive - free OneNote cannot save notes offline nor do video- or audio-recording (see tnemmoC's comment).

  • skinny on 18/03/2014 - 11:08
    -5

    only 234.6MB download, it must be a Microsoft Product :/

    • eug on 18/03/2014 - 11:12

      I guess you don't know how comprehensive OneNote is.

      • Indomietable on 09/04/2014 - 20:20

        How comprehensive is OneNote ?

        • eug on 09/04/2014 - 21:39

          Very. :)

          I think for just more basic notes, Evernote is great. But for free-form notes, OneNote is superior. You can insert text boxes, images, PDF or any page printouts inline, spreadsheets, annotate over them with your stylus, audio recording with timecode linked to the notes that you're typing, writing, or sketching, mathematical formula support, excellent handwriting recognition, drawing tools… the list goes on.

          There are youtube videos that show all the features, but they can get pretty long.

  • [Deactivated] on 18/03/2014 - 11:14

    What on earth is this application???

    • AlexF on 18/03/2014 - 11:20

      It's a bit like donuts - you got to try it.

  • matt_will_fix_it on 18/03/2014 - 12:24
    -1

    Why is this deal just for Mac? Its also free for Android and Windows…

  • Click_It on 18/03/2014 - 13:23

    MINI REVIEW:

    I use OneNote (former Evernote user) and for the most part I like it, it gives me extra depth that was lacking from Evernote, although Evernote was much faster and easier to use.

    My only real grumble with OneNote is some simple features are missing, the way I use it I have cell/containers everywhere on each page and you can't easily give them each a background colour, you can only cheat by importing a colour square and shaping it accordingly, which is stupid because I add and change my containers regularly.

    Why they can't implement a "sticky notes" type visual I don't know. If they could I'd be a happy chappy. That and the limited feel of things like tables, which should be like Excel but instead it feels gimped, and my favourite feature, "F4" is missing. Little things MS could fix in a flash but instead have been talking about it for years and addressed none of these issues. Frustrating.

    I give 3.5 / 5 :)

    • eug on 18/03/2014 - 13:30

      way I use it I have cell/containers everywhere on each page and you can't easily give them each a background colou

      Do you mean a cell in a table? I can right-click on a cell, select Table, Shading, and pick a color. That changes the color of that cell. I'm using OneNote 2013.

      • damnable on 18/03/2014 - 13:46

        I'm pretty sure they mean each individual text box. Yes you can put a table in a text box and then colour that. But who wants to do that all the time?

        • Click_It on 18/03/2014 - 15:35

          Yes, text box sorry. I thought they were called containers but must be wrong.

          Tables are easy to shade/colour. But you can't shade a text box without importing a colour image and stretching it and moving it to the background. If I'm mistaken let me know. I'd just like to be able to use the "shading" button (which I made a shortcut in my quicktools) to work here, but it doesn't.

    • effgee on 18/03/2014 - 13:51

      OT, but also doesn't it bug you that F4 doesn't work in Outlook either ?

      I've dipped my toes into both Evernote and Onenote, but ended up using evernote more extensively - same as you I found it easier to use.

      • Click_It on 18/03/2014 - 15:40

        Evernote also lets you log in from anywhere, can't do that with OneNote. Handy on foreign computers when you need to check up on something quickly. The solution is carrying your phone with OneNote app but still I'm unsure why MS don't make a web login available, unless it is now - haven't checked lately.

        As for Outlook, I don't use it much so I wasn't aware of the F4 feature missing there too, even more rediculous. MS forgets to carry it's best features across it's platform :(

        Another short coming of OneNote now that I think about it is security, you should be able to password protect sections/pages across all platforms. From memory you can do this on the PC version but the mobile versions (android/apple) don't support it. An easy fix, if they could be bothered. Mind boggling given what many people use this software for. I had to implement 3rd party security on my phone app in case stolen, but that's not fool proof, someone, could get around it if they really know what they're doing.

        • eug on 18/03/2014 - 15:45
          +2

          Evernote also lets you log in from anywhere, can't do that with OneNote.

          http://onenote.com

          I'm unsure why MS don't make a web login available, unless it is now - haven't checked lately.

          It has been available since mid 2010. You haven't checked for the past four years? :)
          http://blogs.office.com/2010/06/08/the-onenote-web-app-is-he…

        • Click_It on 18/03/2014 - 16:02
          +1

          Very cool, I'm happy to be proven wrong on this one. That'll come in real handy thanks.

          I'm sure I looked less than 4 years ago so I'm not sure why I didn't find it then, maybe the servers were down that day :)

  • effgee on 18/03/2014 - 13:49
    +3

    I love how linux is excluded from "all the platforms you care about"

  • Magic Mirror on 18/03/2014 - 14:03
    +4

    Wow, such massive difference in size between iOS and Android. 267MB on iPad, 129MB on iPhone, and 21MB on Android.

  • debo on 18/03/2014 - 14:04

    OneNote for me is a great product. It is really useful on it's own (you set up tabs and pages to quickly organise info). Great Power when you store it on OneDrive (cloud) then your OneNote file is accessible and updateable from any browser and from Windows phones. Recommended. 4 stars. (plus there is an Android app).

  • Jared17 on 18/03/2014 - 14:48
    +1

    Have been using Evernote on my iPhone 4s all this time, it was great at the beginning but find it getting slower and less responsive. Will try this out now. Thanks OP

    • Click_It on 18/03/2014 - 15:44
      +1

      Don't expect OneNote to be any faster. I haven't used Evernote for >12 months now but everything is slower in OneNote, syncs can take ages on 3G and not a whole lot better on WIFI either which is a big point since that's what you'll likely be doing most times you open it.

      That said I still use it as it's fits my need slightly better than any other. I never used the Google one but nowadays I have far too much in OneNote to move it over again.

      • Jared17 on 18/03/2014 - 21:50
        +1

        I see. Thanks for the feedback

  • [Deactivated] on 18/03/2014 - 16:47

    Just tried it. One REALLY annoying thing is a bar that is displayed on top of all your pages, suggesting you put this notebook online. No way to remove this bar. And if you're like me and don't want to have all your data on some American server (provided, putting it online will actually remove that bar), this is REALLY annoying. Uninstalled it.

    After I uninstalled it, Windows now gives me the 'USB disconnect' sound at every startup. Wtf?!

    Microsoft is seriously going downhill. And by that I mean, so caught up in trying to chase their competitors that their core products are getting worse.

  • ThisJustin on 18/03/2014 - 17:53
    +1

    I suppose MS realised that given all of the free note taking apps out there keeping One Note paid was foolish.

  • sakinah on 19/03/2014 - 11:56
    -1

    I tried to install One Note and by trickery, Genieo was installed instead, apparently a spyware produced by an Israeli company. Too some effort to get rid of it.

  • Janko on 15/04/2014 - 20:03

    Used OneNote for many years and love the freeform page nature of OneNote but just couldn't get an efficient workflow with it compared to what I've had with Evernote over the last two years.

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