No local file storage for OneNote on Mac version?

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I just tried OneNote for a Mac.

I noticed that there is no way to load or save a local OneNote file.

I've been using OneNote on a PC for years. Really like it a lot. Was hoping to

now use it on my Mac.

I don't know why OneNote is setup this way. I can't even load my existing personal

files from the Mac. The decision to use a cloud service should be mine and not forced into

it. Even Evernote lets me store locally.

I use it for both personal and work related projects. I cannot put work projects out on

a public cloud repository so this new version is a no go for work. At this point I think

I'll look at Mac equivalents to OneNote and convert to something else.....

Free is great, but I would pay for a fully functional Mac version of OneNote. Please reconsider

local file storage.

Disappointed.

Mick

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Anonymous

2014-09-12T19:15:29+00:00
The list of missing features keeps growing...
- No drawing support on ipad
- cant resize or move boxes on ipad
- no local file support on mac
- cant hide authors on mac
I would rather have waited for a full versions than deal with these half **** limited functionality versions.

This is my final straw... wish me luck with evernote!
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Anonymous

2014-09-12T15:09:17+00:00

Without wanting to sound harsh, you are joking, aren't you?

Kim ~ The part of my post you omitted where I wrote: "it's far from ideal", should indicate that I'm not joking. And although my suggestion doesn't suit you, perhaps other readers who already have Boot Camp & Windows installed on their Mac, will find the remaining steps trivial to do.
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Anonymous

2014-09-12T13:23:15+00:00

Without wanting to sound harsh, you are joking, aren't you?

"1. Create a Boot Camp partition for Windows on your Mac

2. Purchase & install Windows 7 or 8 on that partition

3. Download OneNote 2013 (for Windows) for free

4. Open OneNote 2013 and sync with OneDrive

5. Reboot into OS X partition

6. Open OneNote for Mac and use the same MS account used in step 4

7. Remove WIndows partition (optional)"
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Anonymous

2014-09-12T12:45:01+00:00

Onenote support suggested I use a PC to transfer my files to Onedrive where they would be available to Onenote for Mac. I don't own a PC.

Kim ~ See if my post here helps:

Open .one files in OneNote for Mac?

(Sorry — I don't know how to link to a particular post in a thread.)

And note that if your notebooks are in OneNote 2007 format, you'll have to first convert them to the new OneNote 2010/2013 format — see HERE.
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Anonymous

2014-09-12T12:17:40+00:00

Chris:

I'm a long time user of Onenote, previously on PC. I moved over to Mac a few years ago and used Outline, keeping my old notes and adding to them. I now have many years of Onenote notes on my Mac hard drive. I'd now like to start using Onenote but because it does not support local files I can't get my existing notes into Onenote. I'm not going to cut and paste hundreds of pages from Outline to Onenote, even if it did work. Copying the files over to Onedrive doesn't do so in a way Onenote for Mac can read them. I am effectively prevented from using Onenote in the way I'd like.

Onenote support suggested I use a PC to transfer my files to Onedrive where they would be available to Onenote for Mac. I don't own a PC. It also worries me when a member of a development team makes statements like "So if you're not concerned with syncing data to the cloud, how are you prevented from using OneNote?" in the face of many examples. It indicates quite strongly that they don't understand how their users work. That to me is a problem.
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