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Microsoft OneNote for Mac 15.1

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Microsoft OneNote for Mac Microsoft has updated OneNote, the very popular “digital notebook” that they released for Macs back in March. OneNote became free with that release. Prior to that, when it was Windows-only on the desktop, it was not free.

Similar to Evernote, it allows you to add and edit notes across multiple platforms. LifeHacker had a very comprehensive comparison between Evernote and OneNote. I can see the appeal for OneNote, and I know a lot of genealogists who have been using it on Windows for quite some time.

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Who Do You Think You Are Magazine for iPad/iPhone/iPod touch – $0.99 Back Issue Sale

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Who Do You Think You Are Who Do You Think You Are Magazine (behind the TV series) is running a huge sale on back issues of the magazine through the iPad/iPhone/iPod touch Newsstand app for $0.99:

Who Do You Think You Are? – Immediate Media Company Limited (iTunes)

Single issues normally sell for £4.99 / €5.49 / $6.99, with normal subscriptions costing £3.99 / €4.99 / $5.99 per month, or with a 1 year subscription, £44.99 / €49.99 / $64.99.

I believe the back issues stretch all the way back to April of 2012, at least going by what I see in Newsstand.

There is a also a free 1 month subscription trial, which includes the latest issue. The app itself is free. This is the same “Who Do You Think You Are” that is behind the popular genealogy series in the US, UK, Canada, and elsewhere.

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Evernote 3.1.1 Released for Macs

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Evernote 3.1.0 and now 3.1.1 have been released. Evernote 3.1.1 is labeled as build 248775, and it’s a very significant release in this popular cross-platform note-taking and journaling software. A lot of genealogists use Evernote – you can access and add to the data on your Macs, iPhones, iPads, and … Read more

Evernote 3.0.6 Released

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Evernote is a note-taking/journaling/research software/scrapbooking application, actually there are lot more ways to describe it, but those are the main ones. It’s available on several desktop platforms – Macs, PCs/Windows, and Linux, not to mention a variety of mobile platforms – iPhone, Android, etc. Even though Evernote 3.0.6 may not … Read more

FAQ Added, Note-Taking Software Updated

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Over the past few days, I’ve done a large update/revision of the Mac note-taking and journal software page. There was very little there before and now there is hopefully an up-to-date guide of sorts that can point you in the right direction if you are looking for information on applications … Read more