Whenever I have a need to jot something down, I create a note in DEVONthink using the Sorter as I can bring it up with a quick key combination. My notes can be created in various forms including Markdown, and as long or as short as I need them to be. I haven’t yet upgraded to MacOS 12 (Monterey) which has Quick Notes, which may ultimately be something that I use as well. But in thinking about Quick Notes, I remember that MacOS has Stickies! Remember those!? I used to love them, and use them frequently, and then I didn’t, and I don’t remember why.
Do you still use Stickies? What do you love about them, and why not use (Quick) Notes instead?
We talked about this recently in another thread, somewhere. I use Tot (used to use Stickies) on my Mac all the time just for quick notes. Nothing long-term. It’s just handy for what it is and is always right there on my screen. I use a Drafts hotkey for anything long-term.
I like Quick Notes on my iPad quite a bit though and use it a lot. Just doesn’t seem to be needed on a Mac for me.
I’m on my Mac most of the time as it’s much easier to have multiple things going. I find myself using DEVONthink notes for things like jotting down facts from a call to my doctor’s office, talking to a vendor about particular products, random things from a phone call, etc. that would be much harder to contend with on my iPad.
Why Tot (I’m not familiar with it) vs Apple’s built in Stickies?
It’s just a fancy version of Stickies, more options, better looking. it’s free on Mac, but won’t sync with the iOS version unless you pay for the iOS version.
It’s just as easy as Quick Notes, but it’s existed longer. And it has a “shelf” type place too where you can dump files. And clipboard history. I don’t use the clipboard history, but the other stuff I use quite a bit.
Do you have it set up right? The hot corners thing, I mean. My iMac defaulted to command-corner for some reason, while my MBP I just move to the bottom corner and the button pops up. Or you can use fn-Q.
