
Microsoft didn't immediately respond to a request for comment about OneNote's privacy. "Fortunately bears *can't* read: they are the best keepers!" the company tweeted in response to Wednesday's news.īear uses Apple's CloudKit to sync user notes, so it's impossible for the app's developers to read the contents of what people have written. Bear, a Mac and iOS app that Apple named one of the year's best, can easily import files exported from the service as well. Love Evernote too much to see it go under. A lot of people are obviously not too happy with this new 'Electron' powered version. It is a great tool that I find very useful, especially in my industry of content. I really hope the developers will get their act together. Here we are at the end of our Evernote review, trying to ease your choice. A number of competing note taking apps also allow users to import files from Evernote, including Microsoft OneNote, which offers users a dedicated importer. Very sad that most reviews on the Google play store for the month of January are just a single star. People who want to move their data away from the service can use the app's export function to save all their notes as HTML files with attachments saved as linked files. The new privacy policy is something of a bizarre move, considering the recent focus on technology that helps people keep their data private, especially following the U.S. Users can view encrypted text only on mobile. Encryption won't work for other content inside a note, like photos, audio, and other files.

I also love the fact that I could record meeting notes. There was a snazzy web clipper that made it easy to grab screenshots and file them away.

It was easy because Evernote was available on both desktop and mobile. Users who want to stick with Evernote and keep their information private will have to open each of their notes in the desktop app, select all the text in a note, right-click, and choose to encrypt the selected text. I was a pro user of Evernote for more than a decade to keep track of all kinds of notes.
