No local file storage for OneNote on Mac version?

Anonymous
2014-03-17T17:15:28+00:00

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

Microsoft 365 and Office | OneNote | For home | Windows

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  1. Anonymous
    2016-02-07T22:57:43+00:00

    I do not use OneNote on a phone or other mobile device. Ever.

    This is a personal network tool for me that I store immense amounts of information on. I use a template locally that I copy and reuse for new projects. Very handy. I also have terrible connectivity and do not trust Time Warner to keep me connected to essential to my career data. I like backing up in the Cloud, not working off it.

    Please change this, it makes OneNote on the Mac useless to me.

    Thanks,

    Mark

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  2. Anonymous
    2016-02-07T15:41:43+00:00

    Hi,

    Everyone is complaining since 2014 about not being able to open local .one file in Onenote 365.

    Can someone from Microsoft give us an indication on when they will sort this out?

    Regards.

    Erick

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  3. Anonymous
    2016-02-06T04:24:28+00:00

    I don't trust the cloud and have no use for the app. 

    I am a heavy OneNote user at work, in fact we are focusing our entire project management and design research information system around OneNote (this is a corporation of 500+ people!). It's a thing of beauty. I wanted to repeat that at home for personal projects. You undid that.  The internet is unreliable, Time Warner is unreliable, US Cellular is unreliable. Local drives on a computer are reliable, fast and backing them up on the web is a good idea.

    I will now explore the capabilities of Evernote.

    Get your head out of the Cloud and back to earth time.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-02-03T21:53:08+00:00

    Many of my meeting notes are covered under nondisclosure agreements or other restrictions that legally prohibit me from storing them outside our company or, in some cases, outside my immediate business unit.  As such, I will not be able to use OneNote on the Mac until I can save files locally on physical media under my control.

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  5. Anonymous
    2016-01-26T21:08:01+00:00

    This literally makes it impossible for me and my colleagues to use OneNote. Oh well...Evernote, here we come, I guess.

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