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
    2014-03-21T17:45:37+00:00

    Can you give us a timescale for a version (paid or otherwise) with local file access, or is it not going to happen?

    This is a very very basic functionality of importing the notes that we created some where else (.one). It requires neither too much of effort or new innovation. But Microsoft din't do it.

    So, either they allow this in the paid version or, most likely, won't ! But certainly not in the subsequent free versions because if they could do it in the future, they could have done it already !!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-03-22T12:02:04+00:00

    "Why don't you have your files in the cloud?"

    With all due respect, because I don't want to and honestly, that should be enough reason. :-). However, since you insist.

    I've been using Outline, the Onenote lookalike. I have hundreds of pages, Onenote format, on disk. I'd like to make use of them in Onenote for Mac. I have no PC

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  3. Anonymous
    2014-03-22T16:39:16+00:00

    I would say that there is actually a locally stored version or versions of OneNote for Mac. Try turning off your computer's internet access. Then, open OneNote. You're still able to access all your notes, right? I think that's because there is a "hidden" local copy of your notebooks.

    The question is: where are these notebooks stored on the Mac? I have tried a preliminary quick search in the Library and ~/Library folders and haven't come up with anything. Anyone else know where and how to look?

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-03-22T16:49:48+00:00

    I would say that there is actually a locally stored version or versions of OneNote for Mac. Try turning off your computer's internet access. Then, open OneNote. You're still able to access all your notes, right? I think that's because there is a "hidden" local copy of your notebooks.

    The question is: where are these notebooks stored on the Mac? I have tried a preliminary quick search in the Library and ~/Library folders and haven't come up with anything. Anyone else know where and how to look?

    That's not local, that's cache. There's no way to have some notebooks synced to a cloud storage & have local notebooks.Nor is there a way to import Windows .one files without first uploading to SkyDrive.

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  5. Anonymous
    2014-03-24T11:44:17+00:00

    I have the same issue.  Certain work can't be stored in the cloud.  I am a long time user of OneNote on PC.  I too am disappointed.

    Glenn

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