Migrate Data From Evernote to Org

Although I generally avoid committing data to proprietary applications, I find Evernote useful for capturing Web articles that I might want to revisit. If it’s really important, it goes into my journal, perhaps with a link to the original site but some articles are interesting but not essential. For those, it makes sense to use Evernote because it captures a copy of the HTML so even if the site goes away, the article is still available.

Recently, Evernote announced a price increase and some folks are looking for alternatives. I don’t mind a modest price increase but there’s been some disturbing speculation about the longevity of Evernote. That’s another reason why you might want to get your data off Evernote and installed someplace else.

I’m not there yet but some people are and for them, AshyIsMe has a simple script to download your data from Evernote to Org mode. It’s not yet full featured—images are not supported, for example—but it’s a good start. If you have important information on Evernote, it’s probably a good idea to back it up to Org mode even if you have no plans to leave Evernote.

I like Evernote and hope it survives but, as I say, if you have critical data on it, it makes sense to back it up somewhere else. I hope AshyIsMe continues work on his script and makes it better. Choice is always good.

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