I realize this compatibility is easier said than done, but I think it would be only fitting the title for it to gain that ability. One last thing is that though Growly Notes calls itself (yes, even on their website) the OneNote for Macintosh, it can’t actually read Microsoft OneNote files. I notice also that the app hangs when typing in another language, compared to doing the same in another text app.

I also notice that if Notes is maximized to full-screen (not Lion style full screen though), activating the drawer will cause it the window to shrink in size, but not return to its previous size after turning off the drawer. I notice on occasion that when using the “undo” keyboard command (Command-Z), it will undo whatever I just did, and move me to another note in the notebook at the same time. The software does have some bugs to it though. Plus this password can be save in Mac’s keychain if you so wish. But if you have some private notes you’d like to protect, you can easily password protect notes and notebooks from within the file menu. You can do something similar by put your notebooks into a Dropbox folder. You also have what are called “Shared Notebooks”, which are notebooks you can share with friends and coworkers who use Growly Notes (say like a school project, preparing for a special event, etc.). One other cool feature is sharing: You can easily email from the app pages of notes that you’ve taken. Some people may like this, but I find it annoying. One other annoying thing about this is that while you have the option to make the text box in list form, it automatically creates a new textbox rather than making the text box you’re in into a list format. The downside of this is that if you have 2 different text boxes, one above the other on the page, making one longer can quickly cover over the other text box. on top of the text box, or off to the side. The page layout is pretty freeform, so you can have your main lecture notes in the center, but other pictures, links, etc. And if you just want to make a note now and organize it later, you can do that in the Scratchpad section. You can also drag files to Growly Notes’ menubar icon or dock icon, and it will instantly make a note out of that file. You can see the pictures, but you can’t read pdfs in you notes, though it does provide a link to them. From there you can drag in pictures, create texts boxes, or put in pdf’s and other links.

By clicking on one of them, it immediately takes you to that section.Įvery time you create a new page, it gives you a completely blank page, though you can customize the background with one of their pre-made themes. It is really nice that it pops open a drawer and show you in a list all of the places its found that term. The search feature is really quick and powerful, as you can search all of your notebooks for a term, or just down to the page you’re in. I personally prefer the serious style, but you can judge for yourself. You can also pick between a fun style of organization or a serious style. You 5 pre-made notebooks for you to customize, a schedule section, a to-do list, 2 school projects, and after-school activities calendar. Each time you make a new notebook, it gives Fun mode of Growly Notes, courtesy of GrowlyBird To give you an idea how this works for me, each college semester for me is a notebook, each class I take is a section, and each page is another topic or chapter in the class. You have your notes organized in Notebooks, with different sections in each notebook, and then Pages in each section. The setup is pretty straight forward, with an easy way to organize all of your notes. Growly Notes is a note taking app specifically designed for the Mac. Certainly there are many note taking apps, but Growly Notes come with the idea of filling the hole that Microsoft has left.

If you have used Microsoft Office on Mac and Windows, you know that the number of apps on the Mac side has been noticeably less than that of its Windows counterpart, probably the most notable exception besides Outlook (which was added back in 2011) has been OneNote, Microsoft’s note-taking client.

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