there is convenient function called Notes. In essence, these are virtual sticky notes. If you still use real sticky notes, you know how convenient it is. On them you can leave reminders, write down ideas or make to-do lists.

With Sticky Notes on Mac, you can do all the same, including saving important ones to them emails from the Mail program.

How to convert email to sticker

Open the program post office on Mac and select the email you want. After that, proceed to the steps below.

1) From the main menu select post office.

2) Then select the item Services.

3) In the menu that appears, click New note.

After that, the sticky note will automatically appear on the screen, and the letter you selected will be inside.

How to customize stickers

After adding a sticky note, you can customize it in every way, move it around the screen and change its size.

You can expand the note in full size by clicking on the triangle in the upper right corner. You can collapse a note to the first line by clicking on the square in the upper right corner. To delete a note, click on the square in the upper left corner.

On the menu Notesthere are additional options.

• Change the font, size, style and color of the text.
• Change the color of the sticker.
• Import and export text.
• Import images and screenshots.
• Add links.
• Check literacy.
• Insert emojis and symbols.
• Print your notes.
• Sort your notes on your desktop.

Sticky notes on Mac are very convenient in that they are unlikely to be lost on a cluttered desk like usual.

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This post is more for workaholic poppy growers who use their Mac not for recreation and entertainment, but for work. From task managers to digital organizers, from word processors to time trackers, we've made the largest selection of productivity apps on Mac in the world.

Task managers

- an excellent tool for time management with an easy interface and a set of interesting functions. Anxiety sits on the menu bar and transparently syncs with iCal and Mail. Did you go to the doctor's office or buy a gift for your lady? Check Anxiety and the task will automatically disappear from the list in the application and from iCal. The utility allows you to create multiple to-do lists and easily manage tasks.

Backboard - Love my Mac and Backpack account. Together, they not only give me the ability to take notes and solve problems, but more importantly, do it quickly and easily!

CheckOff is a small task manager for the menu bar. One click is enough to see the entire list of upcoming tasks.

Chipt - Dashboard widget for Backpack. Add and edit posts on any page. Notes are in the same format as Backpack. When you add a record, information from the clipboard is entered automatically.

EasyTask Manager is your personal task manager with a pleasant and user-friendly interface. EasyTask Manager supports the GTD (Get Things Done) method and is aimed at home Mac users who do not need to share their work with the team.

EtreTask is a small, fast, easy-to-use to-do manager designed with the goal of making your everyday Mac work more productive. It does not have as many functions as its competitors, but by all senses it is a worthy thing.

MySlips is very simple and quick way write down your thoughts.

- the best way to overcome disorganization and learn how to correctly prioritize, separating secondary matters from important ones. The perfect tool for GTD, flexible like any task manager, OmniFocus helps you work harder by offering a powerful tool for identifying and getting things done the most.

OneThingToday - There are many ways to get things organized. With OneThingToday, you prioritize a task or project for each day. This helps to focus on the main goals and avoid the spread of attention.

Pluto is an icon on the menu bar and a handy tool for managing events, tasks, projects and notes in the most efficient and productive way.

Remember - todo list for workflow management. We don't believe in big, clumsy task managers who become tasks themselves. Remember is your to-do list at your fingertips.

Remember the Task is a lightweight client for Remember the Milk that makes it easy to prioritize to-do lists and flag them as you complete them.

SimpleList is a simple to-do list that doesn't get in the way of your work. The program allows you to create to-do lists in the most convenient way.

Simple Task - One aspect that other task managers lack is simplicity. SimpleTask for Mac offers a beautiful interface and unmatched ease of use.

Spark is a small todo manager with iCal and Mail sync support.

TaskCard offers an easy, visual way to organize thoughts and tasks. Lay out TaskCards on your desktop, just like sticky notes on a monitor, to remember or organize important to-do's for a project.

TaskMate is a lightweight, small program with the ability to quickly add and remove daily tasks.

Task Paper - A program for Mac and iPhone users that organizes your work using to-do lists. TaskPaper is a simple task manager that, unlike ordinary organizers, does not interfere with work and helps you quickly put things in order.

- a small application that will help eliminate the chaos in your affairs. With a simple concept of creating lists, The Hit List allows you to plan, calmly forget and return to what you have forgotten about at a time convenient for you.

Things - Managing things is a tricky task. But the simplicity of the program should not be achieved at the expense of functionality. Download a free demo of Things today and get things organized.

Today - With Today, you will keep track of your priority tasks any day of the week without launching iCal. Today syncs with your Mac calendar so you always have your schedule, events and to-do items at your fingertips.

What ToDo is a new task manager for Mac OS X. Forget about sticky notes on scraps of paper or in the palm of your hand - with What ToDo you will be organized, maximally focused and able to achieve more.

Information aggregators

DevonThink is designed to collect and organize various pieces of information necessary for your work or study.

- Use Evernote to save ideas and everything you see and interest in. Then find the saved recordings on any computer or device. Is free.

Keeper - What if important information on a Mac could be found as easily as Spotlight does? Meet Keeper, a lightweight and affordable utility for managing your notes.

Soho notes is the first digital note-taking app. Use it to write, organize, sync and share all of your items on your Mac, including text notes, PDFs, images, voice recordings, videos, and web archives.

Thoughts is a very flexible note manager. A place where all your notes and files can be safely stored.

- allows you to keep everything in one place. Text, documents, images, movies, audio, webpages, and bookmarks can be dragged into Together for secure storage, tagged, previewed, and organized any way you want.

VoodooPad is where you can put your notes and thoughts. You can store all your ideas, images and ideas in VoodooPad, which will develop and grow with you. In VoodooPad, you can transfer folders, images, applications or links. With an advanced search engine, nothing will be lost or forgotten.

Yojimbo stores small (or large) pieces of information you need in your everyday life... Yojimbo's mechanism for aggregating, storing and retrieving information is so simple and convenient that it can easily change your life without changing your habits.

Notes

Dashnote - Quickly and easily access your Simplenote account from the dashboard in OS X. Be organized without extra effort... Let your notes sync automatically across all your devices.

Stapler is designed to be an easy and effective way to collect and manage thoughts and ideas. Great helper for brainstorming. Stapler cannot be categorized as an application because it fits all your needs.

JustNotes is a simple, beautiful and powerful note-taking application. The pleasant interface allows you to focus on the only thing that matters - keeping records. Completely free and supports syncing with SimpleNote for iPhone.

myRichTexts lite - sleek and easy to use text editor with built-in document manager. You don't have to think about documents anymore, text files, folders or how to recover them in case of loss. Just concentrate on writing by removing the unnecessary Dock and menu bar.

Is a minimalistic notebook with easy-to-use keyboard navigation. One of the most interesting interface elements is search barwhich, in addition to its main function, serves as a note-taking tool. Supports syncing with SimpleNote for iPhone and iPad.

Nottingham is an elegant Notational Velocity style notebook. Simple and easy to use - "breath of fresh air". Ideal for storing all your thoughts. Most importantly, it keeps your information safe and sound by syncing it to your iPhone via Simplenote.

Quicknote is a combination of notebook and clipboard manager, handy for quickly jotting down ideas, tasks, storing quotes, snippets of code, and more.

Scribblet is a simple and elegant snippet manager for the menu bar.

Tinderbox stores and organizes your notes, plans, and thoughts. It will help to analyze and analyze them. Tinderbox also allows you to share ideas via a weblog or blog.

Time tracking and optimization

Active Timer is a small application that keeps track of the time spent with each application.

- Easily track your time with any application with a handy timer in the menu bar. Use hotkeys to start and stop.

Chronograph is a program for Mac OS X that helps you track time spent on various tasks, projects, and generate reports.

Clockworks is a tool for Mac users who are constantly struggling to keep up with something. A desktop timer will allow you to keep track of every minute of your work or leisure time. Unlike alternative solutions, Clockwork sports a clean and user-friendly interface that perfectly complements the Mac OS X desktop.

Fanurio is a time tracking and billing program that freelancers will appreciate.

Flex Time - Do you have a lot of free time? Spend it wisely! A versatile timer for solving routine tasks.

Harvest - Time is your most valuable business asset. Our intuitive and powerful reports will help you understand where your time is going and enable you to make important decisions for your business.

iBiz - For project management, timing, invoicing, and fast information, no other application can match iBiz.

Klok - Stop working for free. Time is your product. Every minute of your work left unaccounted for is a waste of your funds. Accurate timing is a must for success.

Lumina provides you with an easy way to track your time. The Lumina concept is based on three pillars: projects, tasks and time. Projects are a complex of tasks. Tasks are the sum of the time spent. Time is the smallest building block and the foundation of your success.

Mino - light program for time tracking on Mac. Seamless integration with iCal allows you to easily add tasks to any iCal-enabled application.

MyMacTime is written for anyone who needs to track time spent on various types tasks with minimal effort. myMacTime is a very flexible and easy to use program.

Office Time does not require you to have any special knowledge or skills, but it offers powerful functionality that adapts to your work style.

On the Job is designed to help you keep track of time and costs and issue professional invoices to your clients. On The Job is a straightforward and easy-to-use way to focus on what matters most.

ProfitTrain is a simple billing and time tracking program for OS X.

Pomodoro is a desktop time management app for Mac. A simple and effective way to track your time based on the Pomodoro technique.

Project Calculator is a Mac time tracking tool written specifically for freelancers and small businesses.

RatRace will not only keep track of your working time, but also open your eyes to wasted minutes. The program will help develop skills in assessment and forecasting.

RescueTime is an automated time tracking system.

Slife - With Slife, we make you more efficient by helping you understand where your time is going. By automatically analyzing your work habits, the app keeps track of the time spent on projects, applications, websites and documents.

TimeBoxed is a timer app for Mac OS X with one single feature that it does just fine.

- Time is money. Use it wisely. The powerful TimeNet timer will count your every second. Visual reports will show you where you are spending your time.

Timeout - The human body is not designed to be in one position long hours, with a mouse or keyboard in hand. Time Out is here to help. He will gently remind you to take a break.

Timepost offers a simple, easy and efficient way to synchronize your time spent with the best time tracking web services.

TimeTable reads and filters iCal calendar data and calculates hours spent at meetings and events.

TimeTaskMaster is a timer, alarm clock and stopwatch in one bottle.

Vitamin-R is a collection of tools and techniques designed to solve the biggest challenge for the creative profession: focusing and keeping motivated.

All in one

Daylite is a task manager to help you manage your business and your team. Daylite is more than a customer engagement system. The program can be used to manage projects, sales, contacts, tasks, goals, appointments, records and mail.

Bento - What is your passion? Selling, building customer relationships, managing freelancers, running a marathon, collecting coins? Whatever it is, Bento will help you do it better - faster, more fun and easier!

Pagico counts everything: projects, notes, tasks, events, files and more.

Soho Organizer - Tasks, Calendars, Contacts and Notes. Soho Organizer offers three applications working in tandem: SOHO Organizer, SOHO Notes, and SOHO Print Essentials.

Associative maps and charts

Curio is designed for project management, organizing brainstorming sessions and optimizing thinking in general. Curio package allows you to create visual embodiment of ideas and projects, conduct planning and dossier on the right topics, organize information, search for the data you want and maintain joint work with other users.

- the first free manager associative maps written in Java.

MindCAD - Organize your ideas with a visual thinking extension tool. Drag and drop text and images from Safari, Word, desktop and more mac applications OS X and place them anywhere on multiple pages of the same document.

MindJet - Help your team join forces to generate great ideas.

MindNode - MindNode Pro and MindNode are two elegant and easy-to-use mind mapping software for the Mac that will help you visually collect, classify, and structure your ideas.

Mindmap is a powerful business and freelance application that visually presents and organizes information.

- Introducing a new level of freedom in using associative maps. Create unique, expressive and understandable mind diagrams.

NovaMind is fast to learn and easy to use. With NovaMind you can easily remove information overload ... forever!

OmniOutliner is amazingly flexible software for creating, collecting and organizing content. Use OmniOutliner to brainstorm new ideas that are truly great.

Xmind - great app to create associative maps, optimize mental activity and the best way exchange ideas.

Other

Blast keeps track of the files you use on your Mac and gives you quick access to them.

Helps you work and study more productively by eliminating all external irritants.

Think - Focus on one application - at any time.

Office packages

iWork - Documents. Tables. Presentations. Apple style.

Microsoft Office - the best choice Mac users to work with documents at home, at work, at school. The package offers many features for creating professional-looking documents, spreadsheets and effective presentations.

Neo Office is a full-featured set of office applications (word processor, spreadsheets and presentations) for Mac OS X. We have written an office suite that adapts to the needs of each Mac developer, borrowing the functions of OpenOffice.

Open Office is a free office suite designed to provide an alternative Microsoft Office and iWork at both the format and user interface levels.

Text editors

Bean is a simple, easy-to-use word processor (more precisely, a “rich text” editor) written to make it easy, efficient, and comfortable to create.

Fraise is a free, easy-to-use text editor for Mac OS X 10.6. Will not confuse newbies or disappoint advanced users.

jDarkRoom is a simple full screen text editor.

MarinerWrite is a powerful yet simple word processor for Mac OS X. With an elegant interface, hundreds of intuitive features such as the ability to open word documents, compose original headers, footers, notes and footnotes, Mariner Write - everything you need to create professional-looking documents.

myWritings - Everyone knows how Word works. But the program is needed to solve a narrow range of tasks, and each user has his own requirements and needs! myWritings is everything a macho grower needs in his daily work.

Nisus Writer Pro is an innovative word processor for one and all. Fast, easy to use, with all the functionality you need. Making to-do sheets, lesson plans, etc. you always need to take notes - simple and fast. The way Nisus Writer Pro can do it.

NovoEdit is an amazingly fast text editor based on the latest Mac OS X technologies, with support for Snow leopard and flawless work with 64-bit environment. The program understands all popular (and not so much) file types, so it doesn't matter what you do: type text, write the code for your program or website, NovoEdit will open, edit and save any of your files.

- comfortable, elegant, easy to use, but at the same time powerful word processor. Designed exclusively for Mac OS X.

Selenium is an all-in-one research program. It doesn't matter who you are - a student, a professional researcher, or just a person with an unquenchable thirst for knowledge. By bringing a browser, PDF manager, word processor, and bibliography manager together, Selenium ensures that you don't have to switch between applications when doing web research.

Ulysses is designed primarily for writers who work creatively with text and create voluminous works. All existing word processors do not fully meet the needs of this user group. Ulysses focuses only on what constitutes the core of the literary process: the text and its content. Is a simple spreadsheet processor designed more for advanced users who are not limited to simple calculations. The program has almost all the necessary functions, including cut and paste, add and delete rows and columns, customize the interface, parsing formulas, including recognition of cell ranges. Yes, and it's completely free.

MarinerCalc runs faster, takes up less space, and uses less memory than any comparable spreadsheet on Mac. The program has in its arsenal almost 150 functions and tools for analyzing information and exchanging labor results.

- With Tables, you not only organize your data, but you can make calculations and make comparisons. The program supports basic arithmetic operations and has a rich set of special functions in its arsenal.

Anything to add?

Our selection of applications covers almost the entire range of office and home tasks. But you can supplement and expand it. Share your favorite productivity apps on your Mac in the comments.

I don’t know why I stubbornly used Apple Notes... I put up with extremely low functionality, got used to the eye-catching “flat design” in yellow colors, tolerated just disgusting synchronization between iOS and OS X. Probably, until recently, the simplicity of the solution and its 100% appleiness won over. After all, this is so correct - to use Apple Notes.

But a couple of weeks ago, in Notes on a Mac, I caught a glitch, which was impossible to ignore - the hastily written paragraph of text in a new note suddenly disappeared. Then the failure repeated several more times. When syncing, which took place with a noticeable delay, Notes "lost" the contents of the recording. Perhaps this problem has some kind of solution (you need to unlink Apple ID or reinstall OS X, for example), but I did not waste time looking for it and switched to choosing a replacement for Apple Notes.

For a better understanding of my choice, I will explain how I used Notes. For me, the application served as a "staging post" for a variety of records: sketches of articles, shopping lists, promising ideas and plans, notes for conversations. Some of the notes lost their relevance after a day or two, the other was sent to Evernote for orderly storage. The beauty of the program was its simplicity and accessibility always and everywhere - literally a second and everything that is supposed to be recorded is on the iPhone, Mac, in the cloud. Conveniently.

Apple Notes on Mac

Since there was no desire to change habits, I was looking for something similar to Apple Notes. Mandatory with iOS and Mac apps, fast sync, basic features, and preferably free. After going through several popular solutions, I came across an unfamiliar Simplenote... And as a result I stopped at it.

Simplenote on Mac

Simplenote impresses with its approach. This service celebrates simplicity, but the simplicity of app design and the use of unformatted text does not rule out extensive additional features. The service is available in a browser, on OS X, iOS, Android and Kindle... He has some kind of non-obvious monetization model. It seems like there is a premium subscription, but it's hard to find information about it and no functionality is blocked in the free account. And Simplenote works extremely well - very fast, consistently clear.

App design on iOS: light or dark

What's the main thing in a notebook? The answer is obvious - the convenience of taking notes. A new entry in Simplenote is created in one tap, using the first paragraph of text (or a fragment thereof) as the heading. To organize the records, tags... This is really more convenient than storing notes in folders, because you can assign several tags to one record at once. It is also possible to pin certain entries to the top of the list.

Created in Simplenote applications the text does not support even the simplest formatting, except that links and dates are highlighted. It is worth noting that the web version of the notebook is slightly ahead of the applications - it has support for Markdown formatting. But at a basic level, no HTML export.

Search well organized. It is available in the list of notes and directly in the entry, and in any case leads to the desired word (but not only to the note containing it).

About synchronization worth mentioning separately. When connecting devices to fast internet, recordings in Simplenote programs are updated with a delay of 2-3 seconds. Literally slightly slower than Google drive, and dozens of times faster than Apple Notes. For a week of use, I had no failures or obvious delays in updating the data.

We figured out the basis, now let's talk about the unusual features of Simplenote.

Protection mobile application ... To prevent access to the program on iOS 8, you can use a numeric password or.

Collaboration. At least two people can collaborate on a recording. Perhaps more.

Posting a note on the network. Simplenote allows you to publish a note on the Internet, thereby providing access to it to any number of people. The service generates a link of the form http://simp.ly/publish/Gb199Y, the record is updated as changes are made to the published note.

Version history. Using the slider in the menu, you can "rewind" changes made to the record in the past. Old version can only be viewed or restored as primary.

In mid-2016, the already expensive note-taking service Evernote significantly tightened its policy both in relation to users who prefer to stay on a free subscription, and to those who in good faith pay for additional services... If you are tired of feeling discomfort and paying a lot of money, then it's time to find a worthy alternative, and it is!

Gradually, from a simple, but very convenient and quite functional note-taking device, Evernote has turned into a clumsy harvester, half of which you most likely will not use. The repression affected the following things:

• plus and Premium paid subscriptions increased by an average of 30% per month;
• you cannot sync notes on more than two devices.

Those users who do not plan to pay money were infringed to the utmost, and the list of available functions is as follows.

Personally, I think that a subscription not in the corporate segment is a banal pumping out of money, and therefore let's move on to more acceptable options, but there are plenty of them. Let's start from simple to advanced.

IOS Notes

No matter how trite it may sound, but regular " »Starting from iOS 9. We talked a lot about them on the pages of our site (links below). Let's get down to describing the pros and cons of standard notes.

Advantages:

Disadvantages:

• volume iCloud storage limited to subscription option;
• no clients for Android, WP and Windows (only web interface);
• there is no web clipper for the computer.

Established " "Are almost ideal for users" cooking "in the iOS and macOS environment. However, as soon as you need tools to interact with other team members or have devices on other operating systems, then you should look for something cross-platform.

Quip

A very powerful tool that allows you not only to create notes, but also work at the level of word and spreadsheet processors like Word and Excel.

The first thing you'll come across is easy import of documents and notes from Evernote, Google Drive, Dropbox and Box. You don't need to use any third-party utilities and instructions. All common formats are supported - .doc, .docx, .rtf, .txt, .xls, .xlsx, .csv.

You can create folders, documents and tables. Quip has a complete layout with to-do lists, headers, images, links, other important stuff, and even Markdown. And the best part is that all this is available for free and without restrictions for one user.

But the whole point is that Quip is team-oriented. There are private and public chats, comments (not only for the entire document, but for any part of it), notifications, mentions and customizable permissions. True, the team already needs to purchase a subscription.

Quip is also a truly cross-platform solution. There are free clients for iOS, watchOS, Android, Windows, macOS, and the web version.

Microsoft OneNote

The OneNote client has long been delighting users of all major platforms (iOS, Android, WP, Windows, macOS) with a quality and, most importantly, completely free client. From Evernote you can move without any need using a special utility developed by Microsoft.

Five things I really love about OneNote:

• offline work with a client;
• web clipper for quickly sending web pages and other information from a desktop browser;
• no restrictions on synchronization between devices;
• cross-platform;
• EVERYTHING IS FREE!

All information is stored on OneDrive servers. And just about soon, Microsoft will reduce the number of free gigabytes available for storing files from 15 to 5. Although for personal use this is more than enough.

As for the client himself, there are two important nuances. First of all, the application does not "flutter like a butterfly." Although the client has "lost weight" a lot, one can feel a certain thoughtfulness at work (especially at the launch).

And the desktop versions, regardless of platforms, cannot boast of minimalism. The interface smells like a clerical.

Secondly, the structural hierarchy is not for everybody. The notes themselves are made in the form of notebook tabs. When there are many such tabs and they have long names, then navigation is uncomfortable. For some projects, this view will be convenient, but for something simpler (when you want to quickly jot down a note) or complex, it may no longer work.

And in the comments, be sure to tell us about what note you use. Don't forget to mention its pros and cons.

P. S .: Notebook WizNote, despite its decent functionality, was not included in our list due to strict restrictions on the amount of information downloaded without a subscription and frequent problems with data synchronization.

Among other options, Nimbus Note was still considered, but it is impossible to work in it in iOS 10 and there is a limit of 100 MB of information that can be downloaded per month ( paid subscription - 1,000 rubles per year).

Which is currently under testing, Apple developers have implemented the function of transferring notes from the popular service Evernote to standard application Notes. In this tutorial, we'll walk you through the transfer process.

Evernote is one of the most popular services for storing notes and notes. And it was his "killer", after the release of OS X El Capitan, they began to call the staff iPhone app, iPad and Mac - Notes. With the OS X El Capitan 10.11.4 update, Notes has come even closer to this title, since now the entire database of notes and records from Evernote to Notes can be transferred by pressing just a few buttons.

Step 1. Launch the Evernote app on your Mac

Step 2. Select the notebook or tag you want to export the notes from

Step 3. Press Edit -> Select all

Step 4. Go to the menu File -> Export notes

Step 5. In the window that opens, select the desktop as the save location and click " Save»

Step 6. Launch the standard Notes application, go to the menu File -> Import Notes and select the file with notes located on the desktop
Step 7. Confirm the import by clicking Import Notes

The system will warn you that some imported notes may not look the same as in Evernote. To the credit of the Apple developers, no special inconsistencies were found in our notes database.

As for transferring notes from Evernote to Notes on iPhone and iPad, after following the above instructions, the transfer will be carried out automatically, if, of course, your Mac and mobile device bound by one account iCloud and in settings cloud service the sync notes option is activated.

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