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FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by sharikone »

franczesko wrote: post #19

Unfortunately, the platform lock is a deal breaker for me. After testing a lot of different note apps, I'm currently using Joplin. It does 95% of the things I need quite right. I'm not sure, if it's only my problem, but I really struggled to find a good app for note taking, although there's a plethora of solutions out there.

I agree perfectly. It seems there are zillions of apps (just look at this thread), but the moment I look for my requirements (markdown, good math rendering, no format lockdown, decent GUI, basic backup options) it seems that no matter how I look the only options are Obsidian and Joplin. Joplin being open source, albeit not perfect, it is my choice.

It always surprises me how many apps there and how I don't get a feeling with 95% of them.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by jxdxbx »

utunbu wrote: post #20

I've jumped between note-taking Apps, Evernote, Bear, Typora, Notion, Obsidian, ..., you name it. Finally settled down with Obsidian as I can manage note files directly such as using Syncthing for backing up and syncing. This one does seem interesting and possible to integrate into my workflow, gotta give it a try.

With the new Quick Capture stuff I'm all in on Apple Notes. Drafts was a bit more slick when it comes to just capturing and acting on text, sure. But all the nerd-favorite apps like Drafts and Obsidian are heavily text focused. So am I! But I also really like taking handwritten notes.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by LVB »

chrisweekly wrote: post #12
LVB wrote: post #6

I’ve tried a number of notes apps backed with “Sync with iCloud Drive” and often find it problematic. Usually the problems are on the Mac side, wherein my laptop does a bad job of pushing up small edits to existing files. I can force it with hacky things like viewing the folder in Finder, but that is a nuisance and easy to forget. The result is that I’ll open up Beorg/Obsidian/etc. on my iOS device and see a quite ou…

FWIW, Obsidian's native apps (macOS and iOS) work great, with the Obsidian.md Sync feature.

That's what I've heard. I passed on Obsidian for some other reasons, but during my eval I was pretty sure if I was to stick with it I'd pay for their sync service.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by criddell »

utunbu wrote: post #20

I've jumped between note-taking Apps, Evernote, Bear, Typora, Notion, Obsidian, ..., you name it. Finally settled down with Obsidian as I can manage note files directly such as using Syncthing for backing up and syncing. This one does seem interesting and possible to integrate into my workflow, gotta give it a try.

I went through the same process and got stuck on GoodNotes on the iPad. Once I got used to using the Pencil for sketching, marking up other documents, and handwriting notes (when that makes sense), I was hooked.

Obsidian is pretty cool and is progressing rapidly. If their iPad client gets Pencil support then I will probably end up there as well.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by whimsicalism »

ydant wrote: post #46
whimsicalism wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Windows, Linux, Mac, Android/iOS mobile apps soon. I think they are actually available now. > arbitrarily nested hierarchy What do you mean arbitrarily nested hierarchy?

Emacs org-mode, the org format, and the general ecosystem (agenda view, org-roam, and lots of other things) don't really care how you structure your data, so you can choose between: * a bunch of very focused small files * a single large file * some combination of the two So, for example, I might start off with my "todo.work.org" file and having something like: * Partner Integration ** *** APIs **** Query API ***** Qu…

I do wish that Obsidian had better Workflow-y esque folding/collapsing/expanding support, it would make the whole experience much better.

> The TODO/STRT/DONE entries can be placed anywhere in this hierarchy, and org-mode will take note of them and allow you to build up Agenda views of some/all of your TODOs. So you can ask org to give you a list of tasks filtered by some criteria (e.g. scheduled for this week) - but across many different files.

If I understand what you're saying, I believe such a thing is possible with stuff like the Checklist 3rd party extension. I am hopeful that as the 3rd party ecosystem matures, even more of these differences/missing features will be patched in.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by elashri »

jereees wrote: post #48

Haven’t seen Craft mentioned here but amongst almost all of the other already mentioned apps, Craft feels to me like it’s got the whole pack. Native apps, cloud sync that works, option for iCloud sync or offline storage, blocks that turn into pages, multi platform, Markdown, etc.

Also for people with student status they are offering free education license now until before October.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by lostintangent »

After GitHub.dev was released (hit “.” on any GitHub repo, to open it in browser-based VS Code), I immediately saw the notetaking workflow that I wanted: a GitHub repo, storing markdown that I can own/control, but editable in the browser, using my existing VS Code preferences (theme, keybindings, etc.).

Unfortunately, VS Code doesn’t natively support wiki links, so I created an extension that simply adds that feature on top of the core VS Code markdown editor: https://GitHub.com/lostintangent/wikilens.

Over the last week, this experience has really transformed my writing workflow. I can simply open https://GitHub.dev/lostintangent/wiki (my personal notes repo) and begin editing and navigating, without too much ceremony. As the extension ecosystem begins creating more extensions for GitHub.dev, this experience will only get better.

Re: FSNotes: Notes manager for macOS and iOS – native, open source

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Post by dmd »

gingerlime wrote: post #44
dmd wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What do you mean by forced auto-spelling? You can turn that on and off in the Edit menu just like in any other macos text field.

hehe I guess I missed it? Thank you. never spent long enough on the app to tweak the settings, even though I think I tried to look up the preferences and couldn’t find it there

Nothing to do with this app. That’s an OS-wide preference available in EVERY app.
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