Evernote has been something of a mainstay in the computing world for a decade, somewhere to stick miscellaneous notes and snippets that was accessible from any phone, tablet or computer. However, following Evernote's much publicised pricing changes (summary: you can only have two devices synced for free now - it was unlimited before), some people will be looking for something that's free and infinitely extensible. Google has its rather underdeveloped Keep utility/system, but Microsoft's OneNote is now arguably the leader in this space. And, as an ancillary feature to Windows and Office, has the right price, i.e. totally free. 

Why am I mentioning this now? Well, I wanted to report that I'd now tried Microsoft's new 'importer tools' for Mac and Windows, each of which aims to be able to take your Evernote content and get it all neatly into OneNote's cavernous folder system. It does work, too - eventually!

Microsoft's welcome importer tool page...

29 days to go before Evernote locks free users down to 2 devices. Gulp!

You can grab the OneNote Importer tool here, by the way. I'm going to cover the Mac version because the procedure is slightly more involved - I'm sure Windows users will have a simpler time of it!

1. If you have the App Store version of Evernote installed, then you need to uninstall it! Microsoft's importer only works with the standalone 'old' Mac native download. Don't worry, all your data is in the Cloud.
     
2. Install the version of Evernote for Mac (or PC) directly from evernote.com
     
3. Sign in and sync everything up so that the notes are on your Mac (or PC). This will take a few minutes.
     
4. Install and run the Microsoft Importer tool. This will auto-run and auto-export from Evernote to a '.enex' file in a predefined location.
    
    
    
    
    
   
    
5. You'll be asked for your Microsoft credentials and then the Evernote content will be uploaded to your signed-in OneNote account in the Cloud.
    
   
    
6. Run the Microsoft OneNote application on your Mac (or PC) and after a short delay your old Evernote content should appear in its own 'notebook' in OneNote.
    
   
   

You may find that you have to manually sync and/or wait and/or search for something that you know was in Evernote before OneNote plays ball and shows the imported content. Patience!!

It's a valid way forwards and completely free, of course, plus works across all devices and platforms. Comments welcome if this has helped you too.