Evernote 5 for Mac Beta is Here [Updated]

Product updates | 01 Nov 201201 Nov 12 | By Andrew Sinkov

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Last week we announced our completely redesigned Evernote 5 for Mac and showed you many of the new features on our What’s New page. Today, we’re excited to bring you the beta. Below you’ll find instructions on installing the Evernote 5 Beta. But first…

A note on Beta Software
BETA software is not final, which means that using it comes with some risks. These can range from corruption of your notes to data loss. If you’re not comfortable using beta software, we recommend waiting a bit for the general update to go live.

Installing the Beta

First, launch Evernote for Mac and go to Preferences in the Evernote menu and click on the Software Update tab. If you see a checkbox labeled “Update to Beta versions when available”, then check it. Close the Preferences window and click on Check for Updates in the Evernote menu. You’re all set.

If you do not see the beta checkbox, then you have a Mac App Store version of Evernote and cannot update to the beta prior to the official public release.

Office Hours: We’re Here to Help

Evernote 5 is a major new version of our application, so we expect that you will have some questions. We’re here to help. Our team will devote several hours today to answer as many of your questions about Evernote 5 as possible. Ask your questions and let us know what you think in the comments.

Also, be sure to also check out our helpful Getting Started Guide.

http: Anthony

I am pushing for a iAWriter-style full-screen note mode.

I want absolutely nothing on the screen except white and text. This is huge when I’m writing and no visual distractions.

Throw it in!
Mike

I’m enjoying the new Evernote 5 on my iMac and took advantage of the excellent new Shortcuts feature.

But was disappointed to find that when I loaded it onto my other Macs, my Shortcuts were nowhere to be found!

Are there plans to sync shortcuts to other devices or will I be required to remember which shortcuts I created and re-create them as I move from Mac to Mac?

Thanks!
Andy

I don’t have that ‘tab’ in my preferences. Strangely, Evernote can send notifications to Growl… Running Mountain Lion 10.8.2 with Evernote 3.3.1
Dan

I really hope Evernote 5 includes two of the features many have been requesting for a long time (1) collapsable outlines and (2) in-line text tags… ala OneNote. These are the two features that prevent me from dumping OneNote altogether. Please say these will be included.

Thanks!
Régis

I like the new interface, downloaded it and tested it for two days. Practical, I gain time using Evernote but I had a sync issue, modified notes just won’t sync with my iPad or iPhone. Instead Evernote creates several new versions adding (2), (3) after the original file of the note. I’m too busy with my thesis to risk using the beta version so I went back to 3.3.1 and will wait until those bugs are fixed.

But overall great job guys. Sad I will have to wait.
Casey

I would like to add my voice to the loss of easy tag management in this new version. Like many have already voiced they use Evernote to implement GTD and the older ability to see your tag (and notebook) hierarchy on the far left and the ability to select different combinations of tags (and notebooks) was key. I have seen recommendations to use the saved search feature, but this is limited at best as in order to get back to previous functionality one needs to save many searches. And it is not easy to save a search for that matter! I think the solution is simple, have the option to keep the far left pane look like the old far left pane. And really instead of clicking on “notebooks” and having the main window list all your notebooks or clicking on “tags” and having the main window list all your tags. Just have them expand so that one can see all of their notebooks and tags all there listed on the left pane and then allow us to select what we need.
Thomas Evans

Those who are hungry for the beta (like me) could always revert to an older no mac store version of the software, then update following the process above
Lenny Pier Ramos

+ Drag and Drop a note on the Sidebar.
+ Allow the Sidebar icons to work as a sort of traditional folder, so I could double click on them to show all Notebooks, or Tags, etc… I know you can right-click to show them, but double clicking would be nice to have as well.
+ Show Note count when showing all Notebooks/Tags in Sidebar.

yes please…
BMestre

I have been using EN5 and – to my regret – the company still hasn’t paid attention to the claims of its clients. I believe that EN is a fantastic program and definitely one of the best document organizers around; however I still do not understand why it has such a lousy text editor. It is absolutely unbelievable that a program such as EN does not allow its users to do line spacing within texts. This is where Onenote wins because it is much more user friendly and a much better editor for someone who has to write down loads of text in seminars, meetings, etc. I have been trying to get around the issue by means of a combination between Word and EN (I write down notes in Word and save the document to EN) but this is simply a remedial situation; if EN could have a decent text editor comparable to Onenote then it would be the most important tool of the market!!
http://www.naturopatica.com Miguel

Really disappointed that, as a premium user, I can’t get the beta cos I get my Evernote versions from the App Store… Surely you should have thought that most OS X users (and ALL on Mountain Lion) are getting their apps from the App Store?

Sorry, short sight! :/

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