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Evernote for Mac Update: Improved Search, Better Shortcuts and More

Product updates | By Andrew Sinkov
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Today, Evernote for Mac (5.0.5) gets several great improvements to shortcuts, search and more. Let’s take a look.

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Syncing Shortcuts

Shortcuts are a great way to quickly jump to content that you frequently access simply by dragging a note, notebook, tag, or search into the Shortcuts area at the top of the Sidebar. As of this update, Shortcuts sync with the Evernote Service, which means that if you use Evernote for Mac on more than one computer (home and office), your shortcuts will go with you.

We know you’re wondering, and the answer is: yes, shortcuts are coming to other platforms soon. And when they do arrive, everything will be in sync.

Control Your Search

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When you perform a search, you can now choose whether to search within only your notebooks or everything that you have access to, which may include Joined Notebooks and Business Notebooks (if you’re an Evernote Business user). You’ll be able to do this by clicking into the search bar and choosing a search option from the top of the drop down menu that appears.

Great Looking Evernote Clearly Notes

Evernote Clearly is our browser extension that lets you simplify webpages to create a beautiful online reading experience. If you don’t have time to finish reading the article or want to save it for later, you can always clip it directly into Evernote. For this update, we made those clips look better than ever inside of Evernote for Mac.

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And More…

There are a bunch of other improvements.

  • When in Expanded Card View, press ‘return’ on a selected note to open it
  • Advanced feature: AppleScript can create checkboxes
  • When viewing a note, a button appears on rollover near the notebook name to jump to that note’s notebook

We have also made sync more reliable, improved PDF printing, fixed issues with tags in Joined Notebooks, and added numerous other enhancements throughout the app.

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  • Jack Hirsch

    Shortcut syncing can be disabled from the Evernote preferences under the Sync section.

  • Jack Hirsch

    We won’t. What would you like to see added there?

    • http://vatark.tel/ Robert Killington

      I’d like to be able to customise it so that what is there is what I use most. Just like I can include or exclude elements in the sidebar.

  • Phil Yanov

    Now available in the Mac store.

  • Phil Yanov

    Why is “Empty Trash” not a menu option on the Mac?

  • http://www.facebook.com/stefan.arisona Stefan Müller Arisona

    Was URL auto-recognition fixed? Doesn’t seem so…

  • http://www.facebook.com/rusadrianewald Rus Adrian Ewald

    Evernote Clearly for Safari … any news about this ?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=612540340 Thomas Egeland

    I’d really like support for searching within powerpoint-files as well!

  • amuramoto

    To empty your trash, ctrl-click on the Trash Notebook, then click ‘Empty Notebook…’

  • amuramoto

    Evernote Clearly for Safari is in the works. Stay tuned!

  • amuramoto

    Adding this feature back to Evernote for Mac is in the works. Stay tuned for future updates!

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