1. A simple text editor and a file system. Then I can create notes and folders at will, and mix in other file types like PDFs, emails, images, MS Office docs, whatever. I can search them, and if they’re in my iCloud I can view them from the phone or iPad, and edit them from iOS in a pinch (this is last resort).
2. I do pay for MacOS hardware since it has a good stable shell (compared to Windows, or Linux) and by “stable” I mean feature set and interface, rather than crashiness. But there’s not a single note taking app or feature I would pay for, and I’ve tried many. None are worth paying for in my view. They suffer from problems such as lock-in and portability, and while I will occasionally accept lock-in and non-portability, I need to get something really good in exchange. None of the paid note-taking apps even come close to offering anything that good.
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1. A simple text editor and a file system. Then I can create notes and folders at will, and mix in other file types like PDFs, emails, images, MS Office docs, whatever. I can search them, and if they’re in my iCloud I can view them from the phone or iPad, and edit them from iOS in a pinch (this is last resort).
2. I do pay for MacOS hardware since it has a good stable shell (compared to Windows, or Linux) and by “stable” I mean feature set and interface, rather than crashiness. But there’s not a single note taking app or feature I would pay for, and I’ve tried many. None are worth paying for in my view. They suffer from problems such as lock-in and portability, and while I will occasionally accept lock-in and non-portability, I need to get something really good in exchange. None of the paid note-taking apps even come close to offering anything that good.