Apple’s Notes app has gotten great in iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra. It’s fast, it’s easy to clip content to new and existing notes, search is instant, and you can collect pretty much anything into a ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a ...

In an era of feature-rich productivity apps, collaboration dashboards, and AI-powered knowledge systems, a surprising number of high performers rely on something far simpler. Plain text files. No ...

Most note-taking apps promise structure, but at some point, they just add friction. I’ve probably tried about a dozen notes apps by now, and started wondering if they’re actually making the process ...

Photo: Christian Tietze The Archive is for taking notes, and for searching notes. That may seem obvious, but both of these functions are equally important. In fact, you do both tasks the exact same ...

I’ve long been a fan of plain text for everything from notes to general writing, but it wasn’t until recently that I found my holy grail: An app that could sync with multiple devices and handle ...

Note taking apps for Mac are a fun category to look at because of the variety of options on the market. There are apps like Evernote which aim to be an “everything” bucket and apps like SimpleNote ...

A handful of useful productivity tools wrapped up in a simple shell script.

In iOS 26, currently in beta, Apple Notes has gained new Markdown support, letting you seamlessly import and export files in the popular plain-text formatting language. Whether you're a developer, ...

You have about a billion options for notes apps on your computer and your smartphone. Picking one that works for you is surprisingly tough, and chances are that none of them are going to perfectly fit ...