The note ends up in Evernote looking like this: Furthermore, it files the note in my “Ideas” Notebook in Evernote and tags the note with the keyword “Ideas." The action automatically derives a title from the first line of the text and appends the date and time. When I’m done, I route the information to Evernote using the following custom action: When I want to capture an idea, I merely open Drafts and type or dictate my idea into the app. I wrote about one way I use Drafts to capture and process meeting notes. Once the text is captured, Drafts routes the information wherever I choose. Drafts is an essential program on my iPhone. Drafts allows me to capture without thinking about what app I need to open. I use Drafts on my iphone and iPad to capture / brain dump just about everything. I’ve found capturing snippets of text into Evernote is even easier than the method I described a few years ago using plaintext. I can select a note in Evernote and then invoke Launchbar, then I select “Evernote – Copy Link of Selected Note.” This copies the URL of the slected note to my clipboard to be pasted into any other app.Įvernote extends its great power by linking to many other applications. As I mentioned, I now use Launchbar extensively. Then, even when I change devices, I have access to my reference material.Īnother method of grabbing URLs is with Launchbar. I then paste the URL into the note field of Omnifocus or into the appropriate field of my Calendar. I have different ways of linking depending on the situation.īy control-clicking on a note in Evernote and then selecting “More Sharing” I copy the web-based URL to my clipboard. I use this feature extensively to link reference material to OmniFocus and my Calendar. Once information is captured Evernote, each note has its own unique URL. Linking to reference material for Omnifocus or Calendar Using this method, I can kill 3 birds with one stone (responding to the email, keeping the reference material, making an Omnifocus entry to keep up with the item). I most commonly use this method when I’m answering an email, placing my unique Evernote email address and Omnifocus MailDrop Address in the bcc field of my email.
To learn more about this premium feature, read the excellent overview of Evernote email features (including naming the file, placing the file directly into a specific notebook, or tagging the file with a keyword or reminder time). Sometimes, I’m unable to use either of these methods and will choose to email a note into Evernote. Postbox, unlike Mail.app, has an Evernote clipping tool embedded into the interface. I have transitioned my personal email client to Postbox. When I’m on my iPhone or iPad I use the Action Button (the square with the arrow emerging from the top) to get items into Evernote.Įmailing notes directly into an Evernote NoteBook (premium feature) Using the “Share” menu in the web clipper, I copy a link to the note directly as a reference in OmniFocus or Calendar entries. Using the clipping tool I easily capture, attach keywords, and annotate pages from the web.
#LAUNCHBAR REMINDER TIME MAC#
The first thing I installed when I started using Evernote was the Mac Clipping Tool. I’ve found Evernote to be a flexible and reliable tool readily available on all my devices - both for capture and to find information when I need it. I started using it in so many ways, I finally subscribed to theP remium service. Over the last year, I’ve overcome my fear and have increasingly built Evernote into my life. I was using plaintext to capture everything, but had to work out a complex syncing system to be efficient. A few years ago I was hesitant to use Evernote because of its proprietary nature.
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