Photo: Christian Tietze The Archive is for taking notes, and for searching notes. That may seem obvious, but both of these functions are equally important. In fact, you do both tasks the exact same ...

My new note-taking philosophy was focused on two standards: Plain text and Markdown. After all, they represent true longevity and portability. A simple text file — a .txt or a .md file will be ...

Note-taking might seem like a basic task, yet every app has a different concept of the best way to do it. Some focus on simplicity, with nothing but plain text pages in chronological order. Others ...

Google Keep allows users to record plain-text notes and organize, edit, or share them with others using a suite of collaboration tools. You can also use Google Keep to create voice notes, or set time- ...

Unlike iOS’s Notes, OS X’s built-in app for quick notes, Stickies, goes beyond simple text. Still, it feels dated these days, and perhaps its biggest flaw is that it doesn’t sync across Macs or with ...

A lot of productivity systems become almost useless once you try to move your data somewhere else. You can spend as much time ...

Editor’s note: The following review is part of Macworld’s GemFest 2013. Every day (except Sunday) from mid-July until late September, the Macworld staff will use the Mac Gems blog to briefly cover a ...

Note taking apps for Mac are a fun category to look at because of the variety of options on the market. There are apps like Evernote which aim to be an “everything” bucket and apps like SimpleNote ...