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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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I'm agree with MickatHome. I want to pay for this product, but have a option work with my local storage!!!
Now using Growly Notes.
Okay, I have OneDrive, I have OneNote notebooks I created on Windows. How do get these on OneDrive where OneNote Mac can see them.. So far everything I have tried has failed.
No local storage (and subsequent *direct* import from .one Windows files; IOW, not via the cloud) is a deal breaker for me.
There are some private files that need to be kept local and secure. It's not like this is a difficult feature to enable. Let users decide where to store files (SkyDrive, Dropbox, iCloud, *Local*, etc.) so that we don't have to have files strewn throughout servers.
Please, Microsoft, stop forcing the user's hand and instead *serve* the needs of the user.
BTW, there are things that users do NOT want to sync to other devices! :O
I have old OneNote files which I was able to sync to OneDrive and use on my Mac, via cloud of course. To do this though, you will need access to a windows PC.
I downloaded the new OneNote program on my PC, then opened my existing notebooks from my hardrive, which you can do with OneNote for windows. My notebooks were from OneNote 2007. When I tried syncing those notebooks to OnedDrive, it told me that I would need to convert them to the OneNote 2013 format. It tells you how to do this, and I did.
After that, just sync your notebook to your OneDrive, and then you should be able to access it on a Mac, via cloud of course.
I hope that helps.
Why don't you have your files in the cloud?
I was so excited this morning when I got news of the OneNote for Mac release. The main thing I use it for is to access documents that are shared on a local server with PC users. I also get emailed OneNote documents that I need to open. I have been forced to run Parallels solely to access these OneNote files, which is clunky and substantially slows my machine and reduces battery life. This release was a great relief until I actually tried to use it.
Unfortunately, if I can't open a file from my own Mac and network drives, this new version is mostly useless to me. Even for non-shared notebooks, I'm not particularly interested in putting them on Microsoft's servers.
I can't begin to fathom the thought process that would lead Microsoft to create a Mac version of OneNote but not include any way to open OneNote files with it. The main reason one would want to use OneNote instead of another note-taking app on a Mac is for compatibility with PC OneNote documents. Opening files created by the same software on a different platform is THE MOST BASIC functionality, more basic even than the ability to EDIT the files, and it was left out!? Maybe Microsoft is planning to eliminate the ability to open files from Word as well, since it's not something "consumers" really need.
Sorry to be so snide, but this is a huge let down, and I hope that gets passed along to the people managing development of this software. Please let me know when they plan to add this functionality, so I know when to give OneNote for Mac another try.