Upnote may be one of the best note-taking app available on the market

Word-taking apps are available in all sizes and shapes, however they are not all created equal. Jack Wallen gave Upnote a try to discovered it rapidly grew to become his go-to app for the duty for 2 easy causes.

For the longest time, I’ve been utilizing Google Preserve as my go-to note-taking app. For probably the most half, that software has been serviceable. I can take fast notes and know that they’ll be in sync with any machine I take advantage of.

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Nonetheless, there are a few issues that trouble me about Preserve. First, it’s very fundamental. You’ll be able to take fast notes, do a little bit of formatting, share them, pin them, archive them and never way more. The second concern I’ve is that there is no such thing as a desktop utility. Certain, I primarily work inside a browser, however with the variety of tabs I maintain open every day, “only one extra tab” can change into an issue.

Alongside comes Upnote, with extra options than Preserve and an app for Linux, macOS, Home windows, Android and iOS. Already, I’ve to ask, “What’s to not love?”

It solely took me a couple of minutes (after putting in Upnote onto my every day drivers Pop!_OS and Android) to comprehend that this app will most probably usurp Google Preserve as my go-to note-taking utility.

Upnote consists of options comparable to:

• Wealthy textual content formatting
• Help for Markdown
• A number of notebooks
• Hashtags
• Offline mode
• Help for lists, photographs, hyperlinks, attachments, quotes, code blocks
• A number of fonts
• Textual content highlighting
• Focus mode
• Computerized backup
• Bidirectional linking
• Word export
• Import from Evernote and Simplenote
• Word pinning and starring
• Theming

You should use Upnote totally free however are restricted to solely 50 notes with fundamental options. The Premium model is just obtainable for iOS, Android, or macOS, however must be made obtainable for Linux sooner or later. And seeing as the way it doesn’t have a web-based model, if you’d like the Premium plan, it’s essential to set up it on one of many at present supported platforms.

Let’s get Upnote put in on Linux (because the set up on the opposite platforms is dealt with by their respective app shops) after which see simply how simple the software is to make use of.

What you’ll want

The one factor you’ll want is a working occasion of a Linux distribution that helps snap and a consumer with sudo privileges.

Let’s make this occur.

How one can set up Upnote on Linux

There are two methods to put in Upnote by way of snap. The primary is from the command line. Log into your Linux machine, open a terminal window, and concern the command:

sudo snap set up upnote

That ought to do the trick. If you end up putting in lots of snaps, you may additionally need to set up the Snap Retailer, which is a GUI for finding and putting in snaps. To put in the Snap Retailer, concern the command:

sudo snap set up snap-store

As soon as the Snap Retailer installs, you’ll discover it in your desktop menu, the place you possibly can seek for Replace and Set up with a single click on (Determine A).

Determine A

How one can use Upnote

When you open Upnote, the very first thing you’ll need to do is create an account (so you possibly can sync throughout units). That is accomplished in-app. From the welcome display (Determine B), click on Signal In to Sync Notes.

Determine B

Click on to create an account after which, within the ensuing display (Determine C), sort an e mail tackle and add a robust/distinctive password. Comply with the phrases and click on Signal Up.

Determine C

When you’ve created your account, the upnote window will open (Determine D), the place you may get to work.

Determine D

When you’ve used any note-taking app, you should not have any downside getting on top of things with Upnote. One of many good issues about utilizing Upnote is that most of the keyboard shortcuts you already know and love already work, so [Ctrl]+[k] inserts hyperlinks to highlighted textual content, [Ctrl]+[b] will daring textual content, [Ctrl]+[i] units italics, [Ctrl]+[C] (be aware the capital C) will begin a line of code, and so forth.

When you’re not a fan of keyboard shortcuts (however who isn’t?), or simply need to rapidly discover out what key combos do what, click on the three-dot menu close to the underside proper nook to disclose the varied shortcuts (Determine E).

Determine E

One factor to remember with Upnote is that you may create a number of notebooks after which add notes to them. When you create notebooks after you’ve began creating notes, you possibly can transfer notes to a pocket book by right-clicking the be aware and choosing Transfer to One other Pocket book. Within the ensuing popup (Determine F), choose the pocket book to deal with the be aware and also you’re good to go.

Determine F

And that’s just about the gist of Upnote. If the likes of Google Preserve can’t sustain along with your want for extra, I extremely suggest this note-taking app. You’ll discover the characteristic record far surpasses Preserve and the convenience of use can’t be overwhelmed. And having a desktop app for many platforms is a giant bonus.

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