Re: Sub-folder Notes?

From	Mark <captain.black@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	uk.comp.sys.mac
Subject	Re: Sub-folder Notes?
Date	2020-07-20 10:24 +0100
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On 2020-07-20 09:21:54 +0000, Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> said:

> On 2020-07-20 03:25:21 +0000, John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> said:
> 
>> On 7/19/20   PDT 4:17 PM, Jaimie Vandenbergh wrote:
>>> On 19 Jul 2020 at 23:20:09 BST, "Mark" <captain.black@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 19 Jul 2020 at 21:07:13 BST, "Martin S Taylor"
>>>>> <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have to say I really dislike Notes. A slight mis-correction of an
>> important
>>>>>> phone number, and the mistake is replicated to all your devices. Tha
>> t's
>>>>>> expected, normal, and unavoidable with any sensible note-taking app.
>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What is ridiculous is that there's no straightforward way to recover
>>  the old
>>>>>> version from a backup. Yes, I can restore my iPhone from its backup
>> (though I
>>>>>> have to be careful it doesn't immediately re-sync the incorrect phon
>> e
>>>>>> number).
>>>>>> 
>>> [snips]
>>>> 
>>>> I have two Notes backup apps here
>>>> <http://toolsandtoys.net/note2txt-export-apple-notes/> and
>>>> <http://falcon.star-lord.me/exporter/>
>>>> 
>>>> They both ‘do the job’, but it’s a manual job.
>> .. I rarely remember to use
>>>> them (I just did though, just for the heck of it - probably the first
>> time
>>>> in several months.
>>> 
>>> Neat though, thanks for the pointers. Could probably schedule one or th
>> e other
>>> with a bit of automation scripting.
>>> 
>> In the meantime, why not just use Contacts for phone numbers? You can 
>> batch delete the ones that are temporary.
>> 
>> J
> 
> Maybe the phone-number thing was just a "fer instance..."? Could refer 
> to any data I guess.
> 
> I used to use (and like) Simplenote. Still have it here on all devices 
> (+ web). It works well enough* but doesn't have folders - only tags. 
> Which I hate...
> 
> *Saying that, it seems I have some notes in the desktop app that aren't 
> on any other device - uintil I edit them. Weird. May be due to 
> non-alphanumeric characters in the note title. Will have to investigate 
> (sigh).

Oh!!! The reason I started replying... Simplenote _does_ have version 
control (only on the desktop app or website I think). You can just drag 
a slider back to see previous iterations of the note.
-- 
Cheers ... Mark

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Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-11 21:26 +0100
  Re: Sub-folder Notes? Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-07-13 12:19 +0100
    Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-13 12:34 +0100
      Re: Sub-folder Notes? Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-07-19 21:07 +0100
        Re: Sub-folder Notes? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 20:35 +0000
          Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 22:20 +0000
            Re: Sub-folder Notes? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:17 +0000
              Re: Sub-folder Notes? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2020-07-19 20:25 -0700
                Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-20 10:21 +0100
                Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-20 10:24 +0100

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