![]() ![]() With that in mind, either Ulysses or OmniOutliner seemed like the logical choice. But when you take into account what I used Notes for - as I did before deciding - it was quite obvious that it was for small nuggets of text, jotting down ideas for articles and occasionally doodles. Therefore the most logical solution would have been to use only Notes, or some app like Notes, instead of Ulysses. It’s easier to consolidate into a more general purpose app like Notes, than it is into a more focused app like Ulysses. Notes then became a bit of a chore I had to do each day. I kept ending up having to just look at what was in Notes before I started going to places where I naturally thought they might be. So while Notes is a great app by itself, it is simply not robust enough for most of the tasks I wanted to use it for - leading to fragmented storage once again on my devices with parts of articles spread between three apps, and doodles spread between half a dozen apps.Īnd that’s the pain I started to feel as I used Notes more and more. All of this led to far more frustration than I had anticipated. So I ended up with a very fragmented system in an attempt to use apps that were good, but not well suited to how I work. Further, it’s a bit of a pain to start doodling in Notes.app as you have to tap into the doodling mode. Same with doodles, as they are handled in a second-class way in Notes, so I never could remember which of the half dozen doodling apps I had done something in. Same too with OmniOutliner - whereas when I create ideas on the Mac, I have a script to make an new OmniOutliner file and Ulysses sheet at the same time, I can’t do this on iOS. Notes was the most convenient place to write, but also a bit of a black hole for writing. ![]() ![]() I don’t typically make tasks out of articles I am writing, so I remember what is what by looking in Ulysses, and if it isn’t in Ulysses I won’t go searching for it. This was my pain point, I often just simply forgot where I jotted something down. SIMPLENOTE SLOW CURSOR PRONow, this is a bit unfair, as Ulysses for the iPhone and iPad Pro are not yet out (I have an early beta), but I still want to talk through some of the points here to explain the pain point I found, and why I made this move. So I decided to dump Notes.app in favor of Ulysses as a way to get everything in one place. That seemed stupid and convoluted to me.Įspecially since most of my small little notes are taken on paper these days, it just seemed like I had Notes.app hanging around for no real reason. I would then have to copy it back out of Notes, and over to Ulysses, then tweak the formatting to work correctly. (You will find no better way to manage your holiday shopping than OmniOutliner.)īut here’s a common problem I started to run into: I would jot down a quick idea for a post I wanted to write in Notes, but then I would end up writing a quarter of it in Notes. Notes – catch-all place for me, and general holder of things. ![]() So generally speaking, for getting ideas, thoughts, and notes, out of my head I used three apps: Still, it synced perfectly, added a lot of features and generally worked well. And I really like Notes.app, as it has come a long ways - but the UI leaves a lot to be desired and I often can’t get to what I need fast enough. Moving from Simplenote, Vesper, OmniOutliner, and a couple other notes apps to just Notes.app for everything. When I upgraded to iOS 9, I finally consolidated my convoluted note taking setup. ![]()
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