Evernote Mac Open PDF From a Url
2013-10
zgirod
Is there a way to add a pdf file to Evernote on Mac directly from a url. Either using the web clipper or the full application.
Say there is a url at www.fakeurl.com/file.pdf (this is not a real url) I either want to be able to open the url directly in evernote or navigate to the url and use the web clipper to add the pdf to evernote.
Currently, I have to download the pdf and then add the file to Evernote, I would just like to do it in one step.
zgirod
After days of trying to figure this out, all you have to do is drag the url from your browser to the Evernote application icon and it will download the pdf directly into Evernote.
Jaydles
I currently use Evernote as a catch-all storage system, note-taking app, and file transfer system.
What, if anything, would Dropbox add to my capabilities?
(If it matters, I'm an OSX/iphone/ipad user.)
Doug Harris
Evernote's strong suit is capturing notes, ideas, web snippets and such and then making it easy to synchronize and search that stuff.
Dropbox is all about automatically synchronizing one directory/folder. You save stuff to the Dropbox folder under your home directory -- any files. The Dropbox app synchronizes the files with its server and then with any other devices running Dropbox with your account.
Dropbox cannot grab arbitrary snippets or notes. Evernote does not interact directly with a folder on your disk.
They're complementary applications.
KeithB
I've never used Evernote so I don't know if it can do this, but an important feature of DropBox is sharing. You can selectivly share files and folders with other DropBox users. This is useful for collaborating on documents with other people, especially on an ad-hoc basis for just a single project.
DropBox also keeps a history of your files, so you can revert to older versions or get back deleted files.
Sable
I use Dropbox to sync profiles for programs accross Macs. TextExpander, Google Chrome, and a lot of other apps act the same thanks to Dropbox.