How To Encrypt Evernote On Mac OSX. In yesterday’s post, we discussed how to encrypt your Evernote database on Windows. Today, we will be going through how to do the same thing using Mac OSX. Unfortunately it is slightly more cumbersome, but it is certainly do-able. Encrypting Text Inside A Note The “official” way to do encryption in Evernote is to simply encrypt any sensitive text in a note. This is easily done in the Evernote UI Step 1: Select the text you want to Encrypt. Step 2: Right-click (or Command-Click) and choose Encrypt Selected Text. Step 3: Make up a passphrase that you will later use to decrypt this text. Step 4: Your text will now show as encrypted in Evernote. Encrypting Your Evernote Database Here is where things get fun. What is an encrypted sparsebundle? When you read this it might look kinda technical, but its not that bad. Note: You are going to be be moving around your Evernote files. Step 1: Click on Applications, then Utilities and choose Disk Utility Step 2: Go to File, then New then Blank Disk Image.
5 Cool Features That Prove Evernote Is Still A Kick-Ass Service. With all the hoopla surrounding Google Drive, and everyone going nuts over Dropbox, I think one other service is being sorely neglected – Evernote. Our Evernote coverage has been rather sketchy of late, and I think that’s a shame because in my opinion, Evernote is one of the best services out there on the Internet. It deserves to be appreciated more. So to get our coverage going again (and as a buildup to an Evernote manual which I am about to begin writing for MakeUseOf Guides), here are some handy tips that I have picked up over the past 6 months or so, as I have become more and more addicted to the service.
Especially because of its desktop software and web clipper which allows you to construct your own private scrapbook of links, images and files, all searchable and taggable. Email Everything To Your Evernote Email Address If you own a smartphone or a tablet, a lot of apps offer you the chance to send their files and photos directly to your email. A Handy Index to All My Evernote Posts. I have been writing for a while now about Evernote, the software that turns your computer into a digital brain. It allows you to remember everything. Literally. Yesterday, someone asked me if I had a list of all my blog posts I’d written on this topic.
Sadly, I had to admit that I didn’t. The best I could do was point them to my blog’s search engine. So I decided to pull together this list of all my posts, to make it easier for those who want to get up-to-speed fast. If you are just getting started with Evernote, I suggest that you buy Brett Kelly’s remarkably practical e-book, Evernote Essentials, 4.0. Question: What am I missing? Or upgrade to a self-hosted WordPress blog? Evernote watched folders on OS X. Following on from the send to Evernote addition for Evernote I also wanted to reproduce the Windows Evernote watched folders feature. This allows a file moved to a specific folder to be automatically imported into a new note within Evernote and again can be accomplished with AppleScript. The script to import the file into Evernote should be attached to the folder. Right click on a folder and select "Folder Actions Set-up... " to access the naming and specifying for the folder's action.
The script is heavily based upon the send-to processing in the previous post so if you're interested in some of the details please have a read of that too. NOTE: Thanks to Stephen Aument for finding an issue and fix in Mountain Lion. I use an unsynchronised notebook called "Auto Import" to take in files dropped into my particular watched folder. Send to Evernote on Mac OS X. Being able to add files into Evernote is a particularly useful feature. On my Windows PC I have an option when I right click on a file to send it to Evernote. By default my Evernote installation on my Mac doesn't provide this option, so I decided to address this shortcoming with a service. Automator allows you to create new services and these can form the basis for context sensitive options.
I set about writing an AppleScript that would take selected files and import them into Evernote. The script below is what I came up with. The script includes some error handling. To make this a service, follow these steps: Open Automator and create a new service.Add the "Run AppleScript" action.Copy the script above into the new action.Set the service to receive selected "files or folders" (option located just above the action).Save the service with a suitable name. Open Finder then locate one or more files to import into Evernote. Remember everything with Evernote, Skitch and our other great apps. BUG: Notes unavailable offline - Evernote for iPhone/iPad/Touch. Did You Know: How to Access Notes Without an Internet Connection.
I recently went on a trip where I knew I’d be lucky to have an Internet connection, especially away from my hotel. If you travel abroad, for work or for fun, or live in a place where data plans are astronomically high, there is a way for you to avoid some of these costs. Did you know that you can access your notes without an Internet connection in a number of places, including your desktop? All of your notes are available to you anytime on all desktop versions of Evernote, so if you have installed Evernote for Mac or Windows on your laptop, you can access existing notes and create new ones without a connection. You’ll see new notes everywhere the next time sync with the Evernote service. Creating offline notebooks on your mobile devices If you use Evernote like I do, you might defer to using a mobile device when you’re on the move. When offline notebooks come in handy How to create an offline notebook Creating an offline notebook is simple.
Offline access to shared notebooks.