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Evernote for Mac Update: Save Time with Quick Note

Product updates | By Andrew Sinkov
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Sometimes it’s the small features that can make all the difference. Today, Evernote for Mac gets one of these little things that we think you’ll really enjoy: a completely redesigned Menu Bar Helper that includes our new Quick Note functionality.

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Create a note, any time

The new Quick Note feature lets you create a note at any time, no matter what you’re doing on your computer, by clicking the elephant in the menu bar at the top of your screen or using the keyboard shortcut Control-Command-N.

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Quickest text notes ever
The simplest thing you can do is pop open Quick Note and start typing. Once you’re done with your thought, click Save to Evernote or Command-Return, then continue doing what you were doing. If you don’t save to Evernote, then your content will stay in the Quick Note window waiting for you to add more stuff.

Images, audio, attachments, and screenshots
Create audio notes and screenshots by clicking on the relevant icons in the Helper. You can also add images or attachments by simply dragging them onto the elephant icon in the menu bar. Every new item will be added to the same note until you save it to Evernote.

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We love the Helper’s new functionality. It’s the perfect on-the-go complement to your normal Evernote use, and once you get the hang of the keyboard shortcuts, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it. Let us know what you think.

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  • amuramoto

    The note will be saved to your default notebook. To view or change which notebook is set as your default, open the app preferences and click the General tab in Evernote for Mac or Evernote for Windows Desktop.

  • http://www.geckoandfly.com/ Ngan Tengyuen

    awesome, love the new design

  • amuramoto

    That is correct. As a possible solution, you can drag and drop the clipped content from the Quick Note viewer on to Evernote to create a new note in-app that can be tagged.

  • http://www.facebook.com/scottlunt Scott Lunt

    please please please add the ability to tag. thx

  • amuramoto

    You can open a new note in-app using the following keyboard shortcut: command-control-option-N

  • amuramoto

    Quick Note is a fast way to create new notes to your Evernote account. You can use it to quickly capture images, text and more.

  • susy noah hensel

    I removed the Quick Note shortcut, and changed the clip shortcut to CTRL+S, but when I clip, the Quick Note box comes up. I want the old New Note. How did you manage that?

    • amuramoto

      To open a new note directly in Evernote, use Command+Control+Option+N

  • amuramoto

    You can still create a note in a new window using control+option+command+N

  • amuramoto

    We are working on a fix for this. Please be sure to download future updates of the app to get the fix when it becomes available.

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