

So there’s not much lost in creating a notebook as a local one instead of synced if you have any doubts about wanting to sync it with Evernote’s servers. Note that you can’t change the notebook type after you’ve created it, but you can easily copy notes between folders. Of course, it also won’t be available via Evernote’s Web service or synced with your other clients if you’re using Evernote on mobile devices or other computers. But if you choose “Local Notebook” instead of “Synchronized Notebook,” your new folder won’t be counted against your quota. When creating a new folder, the default is for a synced folder. Whatever the reason, you can create a local folder for Evernote that won’t be synced.

This might be because you have huge files that would put you over quota, or because you have sensitive files that shouldn’t be stored elsewhere. In some cases you may want to use Evernote, without uploading your data to Evernote.

For some reason, the Favorites Bar doesn’t appear in earlier versions of Mac OS X. Simple, no? One caveat, though – this feature is only in Windows or Mac OS X 10.7 or later. You can create new favorites by dragging a note, folder or tag to the Favorites Bar.
