Windows’ native note taking app – Sticky Notes – was appealing at first, but the novelty steadily wore off when you see the mess it makes of your desktop. Find out how the alternative ‘Notes’ – a kind of Mac notes for Windows – can help you manage your notes better!
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When Sticky Notes made its way to Windows Vista, it was heralded as a great utility for people to get more value out of their desktops. With the passage of time, however, it soon became obvious that Sticky Notes clutters up your desktop, and isn’t powerful enough.
While Windows 10 does have alternative methods for note-taking through OneNote and third party apps, this is easily going to be a crowd favorite.
Being an occasional Mac user, I am a big fan of its native Notes app which is clean, powerful, and easy to manage. An independent developer has taken the initiative to replicate the Mac notes for Windows for Windows AND Linux!
Notes is the go-to app for all your note taking needs. You can readily download it [Official Website] for the following OSes:
- Linux (Fedora, Ubuntu / Debian, and OpenSUSE) – Currently, of the 3, only Ubuntu / Debian build is available. The other variants are currently ‘Work in Progress’, but if you are familiar with Fedora or OpenSUSE and want to help the developer, you can reach out to him.
- OS X
- Windows 32 / 64 Bit.
Considering that the current Sticky Notes already takes up one slot on the taskbar, the Notes app offers a cleaner and better management by putting all your content in one location and accessing all your notes with a single click to navigate from one to the next.
Here is a sample of the control you have over navigation options. You will notice that unlike Sticky Notes, a search option helps you sort and find your information in a cinch!
As you can see, this is a brilliant replication of the Mac variant of the app, right down to the layout and design of the app. We have to admit that it does look fitting in a modern OS like Windows.
Take this Mac notes app for Windows for a spin and forever rid yourself of the ugliness of sticky notes once and for all!
If you are currently using Notes, let us know in the comments with your thoughts!
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Notes User Guide
If you keep notes in internet accounts—for example, iCloud, Google, Yahoo, or AOL—you can add those accounts to Notes on your Mac.
You may also have a Managed Apple ID account from your school or business that allows you to keep notes.
Note: You don’t need an internet account to use Notes. You can store notes only on your Mac, but these notes won’t appear on your other devices.
Add an account
For information about using iCloud with Notes, see About using iCloud Notes. To add other types of accounts, follow these steps.
- In the Notes app on your Mac, choose Notes > Accounts, then select an account type.If you don’t see your account type, click Add Other Account, then select the account.
- Enter your account information and sign in.
- Make sure the Notes checkbox is selected for the account.
Each account you add is listed separately in the sidebar. If the sidebar isn’t showing, click the Sidebar button .
Be sure to set up your iOS and iPadOS devices to use the same notes accounts, so that your notes stay up to date across all your devices. See the “Set up and get started” section of the user guide for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. For a device that doesn’t use the latest iOS or iPadOS version, get the user guide from the Apple Support manuals website.
Temporarily stop using an account
- In the Notes app on your Mac, choose Notes > Accounts.
- Select the account, then deselect the Notes checkbox.The account’s notes aren’t available until you select the checkbox again.To use the account again in Notes, select the Notes checkbox.
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Remove an account
- In the Notes app on your Mac, choose Notes > Accounts.
- Select the account, then click the Remove button .When you remove an account, the account’s notes are deleted and no longer available on that Mac. Copies of the notes remain in your internet account (for example, iCloud.com or Yahoo) and any other devices you had already set up.
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Tip: If you use Handoff, you can switch between your Mac and other devices while creating, modifying, or viewing notes. To open a note handed off to your Mac, click the Handoff Notes icon that appears in the Dock.
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See alsoChange preferences in Notes on MacApple Support article: Use Notes on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch