Mac guide

Move your notes from Evernote

Export each notebook from Evernote as an .enex file, then import the files in Remindly for Mac. Your notes keep their dates, tags, checklists, images, attachments and reminders, and links between them keep working.

  • 10 minutes
  • Works on Mac
  • Remindly for Mac
  • The Evernote desktop app

Export from Evernote

Evernote saves each notebook as an .enex file. You'll need the Evernote desktop app on a Mac or PC.

  1. Open the Evernote desktop app.

  2. Right-click a notebook and choose Export Notebook…

  3. Pick ENEX as the format and save the file.

    Each file becomes a Remindly notebook with the same name, so name them the way you want your notebooks.

  4. Repeat for every notebook you want to bring.

Notes that link to each other? Export every notebook involved. Links keep working once both notes are in Remindly, whether you import them together or one after another.

Import into Remindly

  1. In Remindly for Mac, choose File → Import from Evernote… (⇧⌘I).

    It's also in Remindly → Settings… under Import.

  2. Click Choose .enex Files… and select your files.

    Select several at once to import them in one go.

  3. Let it run.

    You'll see which file is being imported and a running count of notes and attachments. Large exports take a while. Stop keeps everything imported so far.

  4. Read the summary, then click Done.

    Attachments upload in the background while you work, and your notes appear on your iPhone and iPad as they sync.

Safe to run twice. Importing the same file again skips the notes that are already there, so you can retry after a stop or add a notebook you missed.

What comes over

Kept

  • Notebooks: one for each file, named after it
  • Dates: when each note was created and last changed
  • Tags
  • Checklists and tasks, as checklists with finished items ticked, and each task's due date
  • Tables, headings, lists, links and code
  • Images and attachments, with their file names
  • Reminders, one per note, under Reminders in the sidebar
  • Web clips' original addresses
  • Links between notes, when the link's text is the other note's title

Left behind

  • Notebook stacks
  • Nested tags (tags come over flat)
  • Colors, fonts, sizes, underline and alignment
  • Encrypted text, marked where it was
  • Reminder times on tasks after the first (each task keeps its date)

Text that Evernote recognised in your images comes along, so search finds it, and Remindly reads the text in PDFs too.

Still deciding? See how Remindly compares in Remindly vs Evernote.

If something's not right

Can I import on my iPhone or on the web?
No, importing is in Remindly for Mac. Once it's done, your notes sync to Remindly on iPhone, iPad and the web.
Some links still open Evernote
A link is matched when its text is exactly the title of one other note. Links whose text differs, or matches several notes, keep pointing at Evernote. Importing the missing notebook later fixes links to notes that weren't there yet.
It says "The Evernote export is damaged"
The file was cut short or isn't an Evernote export. Notes read before the damaged part are kept. Export that notebook from Evernote again and import the new file.
The summary shows warnings
Click the warnings to see them. Most are about a single attachment that couldn't be read; the rest of the note is imported.
A big attachment doesn't show up on my iPhone
Attachments over 30 MB stay on your Mac and don't sync to your other devices.

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