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by simonlondon 924 days ago
Worth pointing out that MacOS (all versions) has a built in application called “stickies”, which I have found many proficient Mac users to not be aware of.

It supports translucency, “float on top”, and is generally great for jotting things down without using a dead tree :)

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/stickies/welcome/mac
3 comments
Erratic6576 923 days ago
On the new versions there’s something popping up whenever you move your cursor to the bottom right corner of the screen. I’ve so far managed to avoid it
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tomashubelbauer 923 days ago
That just opens a dialog that saves the draft to the Notes app. You can configure whether it goes to the same note each time or a new note every time.
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Crontab 923 days ago
You can turn that off.
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mock-possum 923 days ago
Windows has Sticky Notes, same story basically -

https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9NBLGGH4QGHW?hl=en-US&gl=U...

Essential for whenever I’m starting a new job.

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stephenr 923 days ago
Or Notes.app.. or Reminders.app, both of which are available by default on every Mac, iPad and iPhone. Heck Reminders.app is even on Apple Watch.

I get that not everyone uses a Mac (I'd imagine HN audience is probably more likely to than the average population though), and I haven't used a Windows machine for anything besides browser bug testing since XP was relatively new... is there really not a basic note taking/reminders app built in on Windows.. whatever?

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stronglikedan 923 days ago
There's something built in somewhere. I accidentally press the wrong keys sometimes and a yellow box pops up where I can take a note. But then I close it and don't know what keys I pressed. I should write it down in my paper notes somewhere.
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dbtonez 923 days ago
there is Sticky Notes and Microsoft To Do. though, depends on the definition of basic in this context.. To Do requires a 365 subscription i believe.

EDIT: i guess you could also add OneNote to the list, but again not sure how “basic” we could call it since it also requires a subscription

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StevePerkins 923 days ago
> To Do requires a 365 subscription

It does not. I was briefly using MS To Do as a desktop interface for my Alexa todo and shopping lists, before I decided that I prefer Todoist instead. But To Do and OneNote are free-as-in-beer for all. 365 could have some extra integration features with the other Office apps, I'm not sure.

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stephenr 923 days ago
> To Do requires a 365 subscription i believe.

Requires to use, or requires for syncing/extra features?

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