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GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by ampersand5 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 2:37 pm

Just seeing what new 1L's on macs have decided to use for note taking this coming year.

If someone feels strongly about their software, please feel free to advocate for it.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by Lacepiece23 » Wed Sep 12, 2012 7:04 pm

ampersand5 wrote:Just seeing what new 1L's on macs have decided to use for note taking this coming year.

If someone feels strongly about their software, please feel free to advocate for it.
microsoft word notepad view i like it simple easy and reliable

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by zozin » Wed Sep 12, 2012 9:26 pm

Tried Circus Ponies' Notebook, it's not that great. So I got virtualization software so I can run OneNote.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by gregfootball2001 » Thu Sep 13, 2012 10:51 am

Using the Word Notebook view as well. Seems to give me everything I need, which isn't much. I only wish I could get rid of the title part at the top to give myself a little more room. Otherwise it works.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by Lincoln » Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:08 am

Pen and paper. Try explaining to the partner during your SA that you need to bring your laptop into a client interview because you're used to taking notes on GrowlyNotes.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by truevines » Sat Sep 15, 2012 7:28 pm

Lincoln wrote:Pen and paper. Try explaining to the partner during your SA that you need to bring your laptop into a client interview because you're used to taking notes on GrowlyNotes.
In fact, I did that. Most of the associates I worked with were doing that too.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by sidhesadie » Sat Sep 15, 2012 8:19 pm

I used growly notes last year, and I liked it ok, except that I somehow overwrote all my notes from first semester. I still don't know how I did it, and it definitely wasn't on purpose, but they're all gone. Wouldn't matter except I have advanced K's from the same prof I had first semester of 1L K's, and the notes would've been useful on some things.

I'm using Microsoft word notebook now, if growly notes did anything that ms word notebook doesn't do...whatever it was I didn't use it.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by dextermorgan » Sat Sep 15, 2012 9:16 pm

I use Evernote. I was a huge OneNote user throughout UG and I love Evernote. It's nice to be able to access notes on my phone if I need them too. The free account is more that adequate, and the organization features are similar to OneNote, especially once you get into merging and tags.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by Redamon1 » Mon Sep 17, 2012 4:01 am

Word in notebook view. Works better than I thought it would. I tried Growly Notes for a while but found it less intuitive and it didn't give me enough confidence that the software wouldn't crash on me mid-semester, so I'm sticking with Word.

If you use Dropbox or other cloud software you'll be able to access the Word file from your phone and/or tablet.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by ampersand5 » Fri Oct 05, 2012 12:21 am

After reading threads in previous years, I thought this would be a much bigger deal.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by shepdawg » Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:10 pm

I just switched over to mac, and Evernote is really disappointing compared to OneNote.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by 5ky » Fri Jan 04, 2013 2:44 am

I ran a virtual machine for a year and a half to use OneNote, and then just got tired of that and use Word.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by Redamon1 » Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:05 pm

I gotta say, I tried Growly and Word's notebook layout on Mac and got tired of it. I've reverted to simple Word layout. With the right tools (TOC, headings, fonts, index), it's easy to navigate and search. I have one Word file per class and insert headings, boxes, tables etc. as I go. All in one place. Works better for me.

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by ampersand5 » Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:30 pm

wow, so onenote or bust eh

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by ampersand5 » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:52 am

for the upcoming 1l's. what is everyone using?

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by paintbynumbers » Thu Aug 01, 2013 10:57 am

EVERNOTE!!

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Re: GrowlyNotes-Circus Ponies 2012 what are you using? (mac)

Post by zozin » Thu Aug 01, 2013 11:01 am

After virtualization turned out to be a bitch, I found Scrivener. It's pretty awesome. The number of features is mind boggling.
http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scriv ... atform=mac

It does cost money, but I think it's worth it.

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