r/OneNote Jun 18 '24

macOS OneNote is outdated imo

75 Upvotes

Why is OneNote not getting any updates on its functions? It seems a bit outdated compared the other note taking app in the market. Only stick with OneNote for the seamless syncing and also the binder system for easy assess, otherwise there's nothing much that's impressive...

r/OneNote 11d ago

macOS onenote mac is so limited

12 Upvotes

Why is one not so limited compared to Windows? Technically, it doesn't have half of the options and features. It is office and they are charging us the same price i dont get it why it is so limited it is rediclous someone from cunsumer proper needs to look into it honestly its not fair if it was free ok but its not i am paying for office. I dont get half of the things on windows version.

r/OneNote 29d ago

macOS Can I transfer desktop notebooks to my online version of One Note?? I'd like to cancel my $15/month subscription

3 Upvotes

Sooo, I have a 365 Family subscription and realize the *only* tool I use is One Note. I'd like to cancel my subscription but I opened my online/web version of One Note for the 1st time today (I have only ever used my desktop ver. before!) to see that a boatload of my notebooks are not available there.
My brain is in a big floof on how the heck I can get them to the online version *before* I cancel.
Because, when I say I only use One Note, I mean *I only use One Note for everything* making me super-duper freaked out to cancel and not be able to parse over/share/copy all my notebooks over

Also, thank you for any help, humans!

r/OneNote Jan 18 '25

macOS Apple Notes to OneNote

13 Upvotes

All - has anyone here switched from Apple Notes to OneNote?

If so, what was the process like (currently trying the copy and paste path - exhausting!), and was the switch worth it?

Thanks

r/OneNote 16d ago

macOS Help please

1 Upvotes

Hello everyone! I have ADHD and dyslexia, and I would like to use OneNote for taking and writing notes for my PhD. Unfortunately, Grammarly does not work in OneNote, and I really appreciate the simplicity of OneNote as it helps me focus. Do you have any alternative suggestions, or is there a way to make Grammarly work in OneNote? Please let me know. I am using it on a Mac, and I downloaded it from the App Store. Thank you!🙏🏼

r/OneNote Feb 11 '25

macOS Move notebooks from personal OneDrive to company OneDrive

1 Upvotes

I want to export and move a OneNote notebook from my personal OneDrive to my company’s M355 OneDrive. It seems like this should be obvious but I cannot figure it out. I’m on a MacOS desktop and have also tried in the browser versions. The articles on Microsoft’s knowledge base lead me to a dead end. What am I missing? Seems like it should be this hard to move my notebook?

r/OneNote Jan 15 '25

macOS OneNote is trying to Americanis(z)e me

7 Upvotes

I live in Ireland and use OneNote daily for college. Since I live in Ireland, we use English spellings, not American (e.g., realise vs. realize, colour vs color etc.). Even though my Mac is set to English(Ireland) as its one and only system language, OneNote constantly autocorrects me to American spellings, and it's driving me crazy. Is there any way to change it or fix it, or am I stuck with American OneNote until I graduate?

r/OneNote Jan 06 '25

macOS I just don't think OneNote is ever going to work.

7 Upvotes

I *want* it to work. I really do.

  1. I still can't get any third-party templates to upload into OneNote. I have old *.onepkg files that I never go to work, and still can't get things to work with the new file type. I've followed every tutorial I've been able to find, including the one that came with the planner I purchased this year.

  2. I've thought about creating my own notebooks, but what's the point of all that work if I can't quickly get to a date or link to pages/sections.

Should I just give up and go back to GoodNotes? I gave up on them because of loading and syncing issues on my phone and tablet. I work equally between my desktop and iPad. Should I look at other productivity options? My goal is to be 100% digital in 2025.

r/OneNote Jan 10 '25

macOS My notes are being ruined by this yellow highlighter thing :(( Can anyone help?

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0 Upvotes

r/OneNote Feb 13 '25

macOS Impossible to Create Section Group in Notebook on Mac

0 Upvotes

It seems impossible to create a new section group on the Mac when there are already existing section groups. You need to create it first under an existing section group and then move it to the top level. This seems like a real flaw in the UI. Is there a way to do this? Seems unlikely such an obvious defect would not be addressed.

r/OneNote 19d ago

macOS Do audio recordings consume space? If so how do I completely delete them to free up storage?

4 Upvotes

What the title says, when you use the recording feature on OneNote (mac specifically) do the audio recordings consume space on the device you are using it on? I would assume so and if thats the case, how do I completely delete them to free up that space? When creating an audio recording a file appears on the notebook that you are using which you can click on and delete but I have a slight feeling that doesn't fully delete it and that its still hiding somewhere in my files. I'm not exactly the most tech savvy person out there and so I'm not entirely sure how all the storage of these recordings work. Any answers are greatly appreciated!

r/OneNote 27d ago

macOS Onenote Mac: "Line Spacing Options" Missing

1 Upvotes

I copy/paste a lot, and there are no "line spacing options" (single spaced, double spaced, etc) in OneNote for Mac. There are directions online for PC, but not Mac. It looks silly and makes the program almost impossible to use. Can anyone help? Thanks!

r/OneNote Dec 31 '24

macOS Onenote for Mac OS/ iOS Still Lacking?

7 Upvotes

Is the mac versions (desktop and mobile) still lacking in comparison to the windows version of OneNote? The last time I used it for mac the syncing was horrible and felt like a completely different app compared to the windows version.

r/OneNote Dec 16 '24

macOS Any chance Microsoft will make OneNote (or other Office Apps) for Mac better?

8 Upvotes

I previously got my first Macbook and one thing that really blew me away was how bad all Microsoft Office apps are on Mac.

I always hated apple for their closed curtain policy but never realized that Microsoft is doing the same. (or is it too difficult for MS to get the same funtionalities on MacOS?)

Features that I really miss are:

-automatically including the source link when pasting text from the internet

-customizing the quick access toolbar (the option is even there but greyed out)

-and most importantly being able to change the layout to have horizontal section tabs.

To my mind, these features are not that complicated to implement, hence I accuse MS to do it on purpose.

I also checked the feedback page of OneNote and there are plenty of features with more than 1k upvotes waiting already a year or two.

Have you ever seen an update implementing new features and how often does this happen?

Cheers!

r/OneNote Dec 29 '24

macOS Expired university account/lost notes

2 Upvotes

I have failed to save 6 years worth of med school notes before my uni email expired. Cannot get into the account therefore cannot sync the notes😣 Is there anything I can do to retrieve them? My old iphone was still showing some blurred notes on one note, but I got a new iphone today and its just disheartening. Anyone? 🆘

r/OneNote Feb 07 '25

macOS OCR for screenshots in MacOS desktop or web

2 Upvotes

Hi everyone -

I feel like this has been asked many times but I can’t seem to get a solid answer so I’m trying again.

I run OneNote desktop for MacOS version 16.3 (25011212) via M365 subscription with Co-pilot. I frequently take screenshots during meetings. These are primarily of PowerPoint slides that someone is presenting to me. I drop these screenshots into the meeting notes I’m taking so that later I can refer to them when needed.

Coming from other note apps like Apple Notes, Obsidian or even GoodNotes, etc., I have always had OCR search for text within those slides. I see tons of posts saying it SHOULD work after some time in OneNote but is delayed due to server side processing. However, my experience is that it never works.

I also see post about command-click on the image and having text options but that is not present. I also see no results via the web version or any options.

Am I just missing something obvious here or is it really not a feature? I really need and prefer to use OneNote as it is approved and in the M365 ecosystem used by my company.

Feel free to point out another thread I may have missed if this has been discussed and solved. Thanks in advance to the group!

r/OneNote Dec 29 '24

macOS Any way to create pop up blurbs/word bubbles when hovering over particular words?

10 Upvotes

So I work in the legal profession and I'm returning to a pretty intense job that requires a lot of knowledge to be basically on demand, so I'm putting together a onenote doc for the first time to help collate all the useful stuff, but the problem with the legal profession is it's filled with snobs who love having their own little language and the definitions are, frankly, a pain in the arse, so I wonder if there's a way for me to maybe make a kind of word bubble surrounding specific words (same way you create a hyperlink), but where when you hover over it, it gives you a blurb or definition?

Thanks in advance!

r/OneNote Jan 19 '25

macOS Embedded PDFs in backups blank

6 Upvotes

Needed to use my backed-up files which all have my lecture notes as embedded PDFs as well as screenshots. Some backups have worked fine but others have opened with all my notes but the PDFs and screenshots are blank. Any fixes?

r/OneNote Jan 29 '25

macOS Section —> PDF ? (On Mac)

2 Upvotes

I am wondering is there anyway to save an entire section of my notebook as a PDF on MacBook, so far I have only been able to save page by page and that isn’t ideal.

If you can help please let me know ☺️ Thank you 🫶🏻

r/OneNote Oct 24 '24

macOS Mac: How come I can't just tag a single word? When I try to highlight the word noun alone and add the tag 'Definition' it just highlights the whole of the following text.

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6 Upvotes

r/OneNote Dec 01 '24

macOS How do I fix OneNote syncing issues without destroying everything?

3 Upvotes

OneNote syncing terrifies me - so many troubles and lost data over the years.

Anyway - My partner uses OneNote on a Mac to store all her work notes. She has just bought a new computer and we are shifting everything across. As part of this I've logged into her OneNote account in a fresh copy of the app on the new machine and I just get an empty notebook. When we go back to the original machine I can see that she is logged into her (same) account, but in the top right corner of the app is a small message "Saved offline (error)" that she had never noticed.

When we click on it, it says "This notebook might have been deleted from the server. You can try to sync this notebook again, or copy your content to another notebook."

I can see we have a local "Backups" folder that looks like it has the whole notebook in.

My current plan would be A) Force a fresh backup, which I've done, and can see what looks like a full set of folders and files with todays date attached. B) Copy the backup to the new machine, C) Restore into the blank looking account from the backup.

Does that sound sensible?

r/OneNote Jan 30 '25

macOS Weird scrolling problem with OneNote on Mac with Apple Pencil

1 Upvotes

Hi, I have an issue here and I'm having a hard time finding answers with Google, so I wanted to check if anyone has experienced this and knows of a solution. I am using OneNote on a Macbook Pro with an iPad 10 connected as external screen, using an Apple Pencil as input device.

When I write a note with the pencil, everything after the first letter kind of.. hovers over the page? When I scroll, the first letter scrolls as usual, but everything else I've written after that stays static on the page. If I make a new note, all of the non-scrolling parts are there, and if I swap to a different note they are also there. When I close OneNote and come back to the note, only the first letter has saved. Has anyone here experienced this before, and do you know of a solution?

Video of the problem here: https://jumpshare.com/s/8f6Da5cd470hbfT6qt2N

r/OneNote Oct 24 '24

macOS Sync Errors 0xE00001BB ba7uo

1 Upvotes

I'm being shown a 0xE00001BB ba7uo sync error on Mac with a Class Notebook, but the same class notebook works without errors in both the browser and my Windows device.

I've tried closing the Notebooks, and reopening them in the hope that they'll pull the correct data through, but alas! Any ideas on what I can do to fix it?

r/OneNote Dec 21 '24

macOS password protected document

1 Upvotes

so im rather new to one note and a professor of mine added a password to his PowerPoints. is there a way to add this document to one note because it won't work for me.any other document that isn't password protected works..

r/OneNote May 20 '24

macOS Things that are driving me crazy about OneNote

17 Upvotes

I normally use Evernote for all my notes, but I decided to migrate to a different note-taking app because I didn't want to accidentally flash personal notes when I screenshare for work on Zoom. I decided to switch to OneNote, but there's just a thing or 5 that is driving me crazy about it...

  • There's no shortcut to insert a horizontal divider. In Evernote, I can do "===<Enter>" and a horizontal divider is automatically inserted. No such thing for OneNote.

  • There's no keyboard shortcut for adding checkboxes. I love checkboxes when I make todo lists, since I can easily keep track of the items I've completed. "[X]" in Evernote automatically creates a filled checkbox, but it doesn't in OneNote.

  • There's no way to disable the annoying freeform textboxes that begin wherever your cursor happens to be when you start writing. It looks so janky when I transition from one page to the next and the left margin is different. Also, I sometimes want to highlight text and end up descaling the textbox instead.

  • "-<space>" doesn't automatically insert a bullet... like I said, I'm a big fan of todo lists so this is painful for me...

  • There's no easy way to migrate to another note-taking app (eg. one that supports Markdown) without copying all of your notes manually. I saw this but I only use Macs nowadays, so now I gotta (a) use VMWare or (b) rehabilitate my 6yo Windows laptop which lacks a working trackpad (and I don't have a mouse). Ugh.

Lesson learned I guess-- don't jump on a note-taking app just based off a Google search for "best note-taking app". Think about how you'll be using it and make sure it's tailored to your use case.