I took the jump this month and bought a MacBook so I’d have a small computer to travel with that came with Linux tools. I wanted to migrate my Outlook Notes to a similar application on the Mac. I installed trial versions of
I looked and but did not install
Of course, first, I had to move my data off the PC.
Outlook offers a variety of export formats for notes, but when a group of notes are selected, a single output is produced. Selecting 10 notes and choosing to output in RTF, say, creates one big RTF file. Probably not what you want.
Another option is to select all notes, use Edit/Copy and paste them into a folder. They come out as .msg files, which can then be opened (using double click) and saved as .rtf files. Probably manageable if you have a small number of them.
The most scalable option is to export all notes as an Excel spreadsheet, and then use AppleScript to generate an entry per item from this spreadsheet. This can be done in DevonThink Pro (but not DevonThink Personal Edition) and probably in OmniOutliner. This post on the DevonThink forum was instructive in this regard.
I’m leaning towards DevonThink – I like the SOHO Notes interface, but the web is replete with horror stories about Chronos and SOHO Notes. I’ll keep you posted!
