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Which version survives when two devices edit one note
Three approaches resolve a sync conflict and each gives something up. Why the clock makes a poor referee, and where an edit disappears without a trace.
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Forgetting your password under end-to-end encryption
A password reset link means the server can read your data. Under end-to-end encryption that link does not exist, and what replaces it is worth checking.
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Tags or folders: finding a note again six months later
A folder puts a note in one place and a tag puts it everywhere, and neither is enough alone. A small rule set that depends on the question you will ask.
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Where a note app running in the browser stores data
A workspace in a browser tab spreads across three separate stores, its quota is a percentage of the disk, and some conditions make the browser clear all of it.
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Where an attachment lives and whether backups include it
The difference between an embedded file and a linked one shows up in backups, in exports and in the storage quota. How to check all three in five minutes.
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How far an encrypted workspace protects a stolen laptop
Encrypted storage protects a locked machine and nothing on an open session. Which layer does what when a laptop walks off, and what to do in the first hour.
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Four questions to answer before switching on AI help
AI help ships switched off. The decision comes down to four things: what travels with the question, whether the answer cites a note, and who the provider is.
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The cost of keeping tasks in a separate app from notes
The real cost of two apps is not the subscription: a decision made in a note loses its reason on the way to becoming a task. Splitting them is sometimes right.
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Why dotless ı and dotted i don't match in Turkish search
Lowercasing İSTANBUL produces a nine-character string, and stripping accents never touches ı. Where Turkish search breaks and which normalisation fixes it.
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What a nightly snapshot on the same device can restore
A nightly snapshot brings back what you deleted by accident. It leaves with the machine it protects. The single test that separates a snapshot from a backup.
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The four things an app can mean by "encrypted"
In transit, at rest, on device and end-to-end are four different protections. What each one means, and the single question to ask any app: where is the key?
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What you're left holding when you leave a note app
An export button tells you nothing; what comes out tells you everything. The ten-minute exit test to run in week one, and the part archives usually drop.
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What a local-first note app buys you and what it costs
Keeping data on the device buys you one search and no silent uploads, and hands you the recovery job. Both sides of the trade, and the routine that makes it safe.
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An API key belongs in the vault; a recovery phrase doesn't
The vault is built for secrets you can replace. Which strings earn a place in it, which are safer elsewhere, and why a short vault protects you better.
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Where your data lives when sync ships switched off
Context ships with sync off, so your data stays on the device. What that buys you, what it costs, and the two habits worth setting up either way.
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