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
    2014-03-17T20:48:08+00:00

    Can't believe that OneNote for Mac limits user to working in the cloud. I want to work locally (on files created in the Windows version). Program is useless to me without this functionality.

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-17T21:11:05+00:00

    Thanks for the feedback and in the free version of OneNote for Mac it only syncs to the cloud as you see.  Why don't you have your files in the cloud?  Without doing this you all cannot use your notes on other devices.  And the team is looking to add Office 365 & SharePoint sync for work users who cannot sync to OneDrive; right now it was more consumer focused.

    As for local files there isn't yet a way to upload them to OneDrive yet, do you have a bunch of old files that you don't have open in OneNote that you can't upload?  

    Thanks for this feedback we are listening

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-03-17T21:18:22+00:00

    Thanks for the response. The files can't be shared for business reasons. Hence, my need to work on local files. What are the reasons why the Windows version can do this but the Mac version can't?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-17T21:31:36+00:00

    thanks Daniel, the rest of the team that I work with are on PCs and they store OneNote files on Sharepoint and share them from there - I want to be able to view and edit OneNote docs on their SP site as well. So seeing OneNote on all my devices is not even close to being more valuable than seeing OneNote files on a drive, or locally, or on SharePoint for collaboration.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-03-17T21:46:50+00:00

    As the sysadmin for a fortune 50 company with a large mac presence, this release has been a complete disappointment.  Due to regulatory reasons, we can not store any information in the cloud, and I am having to tell all of my users that we will not be using onenote on the Apple platform because local storage is not supported.

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