![]() With those two criteria in place, it was pretty easy to whittle this down to a simple folder structure in DropBox. In order for these files to be used by almost any app I choose, it needs to use DropBox as a backend. In the current app world, that means the information needs to be stored in raw text, images, or PDFs. I'm ultimately looking for a way to access standard files from any app I choose. Neither of those requirements are something I'm willing to meet. But no matter which of these "all-in-one" solutions I looked at, they all either have a proprietary file format or they require (or highly recommend) you to use their own apps to work with your data. ![]() DEVONThink led the pack with its standard file database on the backend. I looked into a number of alternatives to Evernote. I know a lot of people that rely on and love their service. I'm sure there are good things coming with the change in leadership and I genuinely hope it works out for them. I understand there is a new sheriff at Evernote, but if I want to have the freedom to use any app I want with the information I'm storing, I need to step away. But the moment you need to share the information with a non-Evernote user or edit it with something outside Evernote, the mess quickly grows. If you're good with their format and like using the Evernote apps for editing everything, it's great. I could go on, but I think you get the point. There is zero support for markdown in Evernote. I write in markdown and want to convert it to html.You have to monkey around with sharing the file to and from other apps to make it work and it usually creates new problems somewhere. Uploading files to Evernote creates a mess when you want to edit them.I can't easily get it into Evernote without a copy/paste in some form. I capture ideas in Drafts and want to move that text to an article I'm writing.There are a lot of ways this becomes an issue in my daily workflows. But I've run into some issues with it and it's come time to throw in the towel. I've written a number of articles on it and convinced a number of friends and family to start using it. I've been a supporter of Evernote for a long time.
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