My aim was to create links to lots of my local documents so that I could tag them and add a few notes as to their contents and purpose. However I have found another option some might find useful. Very useful thread, but I'm disappointed Evernote just won't do for what I want. Though I don't recommend having files permanently live on your desktop (they clutter your desktop and use up processing power), so I'd put them in a folder first, for better file management. In that case, enter the file name after "/Users/sampleusername/Desktop". + V) will not work.ĥ) FYI #2: this method doesn't show the full location if your file is on your desktop. It doesn't appear to need the file type (in my case, an Excel file). FYI: you end up with three forward-slashes after "file:".Ĥ) Open Evernote and click "Cmd. A sample file location looks like: " /Users/sampleusername/Documents/2014/work_mileage_2014"ģ)Paste that file location after " file://" to create something that looks like " file:///Users/sampleusername/Documents/2014/work_mileage_2014". + i (i as in "iceberg"), to reach the "Get Info" window.Ģ) About 4 lines down in the window, copy the file location from the "Where" row. I also found another way to find the file location (on a Mac):ġ) Type Cmd. + K" to create the link, NOT just paste the link.įYI: I'm on a Mac, and the shortcut ("alias") did not work for me, either. I may implement nro's idea in the future. When i create a shortcut as Contlmprovement suggested, i now have a clickable link but instead of opening the file, my computer wants to download it :/
When i "copy as path" and paste the link, i can not click on the path to open file. Unfortunately, some amount of discrepancy and divergence will come with the market niche Evernote has created, but hopefully we will see efforts to minimize this in the coming years.
In fact, Evernote is as much a platform as an app these days, so it has morphed into something that is quite a bit more powerful than just the sum of its parts. However, it is laughable outside of its native OS of Windows. Few people would say the Evernote app is the best notetaking app on their respective OS or device, but even fewer would say there is a better notetaking app on every OS/device OneNote, for example, is arguably one of the best notetaking apps ever made (I don't actually think so for my use case, but I respect the product). Personally, I enjoy the variety, and if you think about it, the profusion of OSs and devices created the market for Evernote to come into existence and thrive.
Do you think that will happen in our lifetimes?Īs soon as we have a single soft drink, a single car maker, or a single ice cream flavor! What we really need is a single platform, guys.
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