Evernote is good. I used it for years. For a while, the apps were bloated and had different experiences depending on what computer you were using. Recently, they have made the experience more uniform.
The problem with Evernote is that they do not make it easy to have a wiki-like setup. It's great for storing information. So long as you keep up with tagging, it's great. However, it doesn't help compose different ideas the way Obsidian does.
Another problem with Evernote is that OSX natively offers many of the features. When Evernote first launched, computers had meager little 500 GB hard drives. Evernote's selling proposition was "remember everything". The offered what was almost unlimited storage back then. But, these days, computers routinely ship with TB drives. Or, if you have iCloud, you can have 2 TB in the cloud. So, your tasks, handwritten notes, images, voice memos, and other files are accessible on your Mac or phone anywhere you log in. In other words, OSX does just about everything that Evernote does. This is why I don't use it much anymore.
Thanks for taking the time to explain further.
It's very helpful.
Yes. I just went to Evernote recently as that was one of the first available waaaay back.
This time around it just seemed a bit meh... I'm trying to finish a book and wanted auto back up / cloud storage / online collaboration (for my editor). Google docs failed on a chapter and I lost a lot of work after I tried to work locally and didn't back up to the cloud. Because my hard drive then crashed and I had to reformat the whole thing.
What are the chances? I actually asked a new contact if they were responsible. Because the whole thing seemed very unlikely...
It was not a productive week!
I did have a copy of 5 days work prior from the google doc debacle but still... not good and it's put me off Google docs in full. It's just most folks are using that :(
Evernote - the page formatting wasn't very intuitive for writing. That was it. You reminded me now. So I've been looking for a decent word editor that can be used for formatting for docs / a book and that has cloud storage etc.
Now keen to check out Obsidian.
I must add the even the names and branding of open source stuff and the gaming world kicks any mainstream stuff's ass.
I mean... who wouldn't want to use an app named "Obsidian". Very cool 👍
Thanks again for your time
Perhaps you might consider the Freewrite https://getfreewrite.com
As long as it has an internet connection, it backs up to the device's own cloud. And, it also backs up to Dropbox, Google Drive, or Evernote. Or, when you're done for the day, you can hit a key to email the work to a preset address. And, as a final redundancy, you could always plug in a USB-C cable to copy the data off the device as if it were a thumb drive.
It is a bit expensive. And, you can't edit. All you can do is draft, ignoring any mistakes. You can do editing on Obsidian.
Omgosh. I have to have one! 👀
Out of my league right now financially. I\m rebuilding after a hectic life challenge and massive subsequent shift.
But what a brilliant concept and creation.
Thanks for sharing this :)