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I am sorry. I never had this problem so there is nothing I can tell you to resolve this.

@@patrickstoeckmann It's still doing it. Any handwriting I do on my iPad looks fine on the iPad but is mirrored and reversed when brought into the board on my MacBook. Can't see any options to undo the issues once it comes into my Mac. This only seems to happen if I'm working on my Mac and try to add handwriting. If I create the board on my iPad and then access via iCloud all handwriting looks correct. Odd! I updated to the latest versions of MacOS and iPadOS but the problem still remains. I'll reach out to Apple and see if I can find a resolution. If you have any thoughts, please share. Thanks.

Unfortunately no. You can edit shapes and therewith create new shapes on a Mac (only) using the menu Format - Shapes and Lines - Make Editable, but you can't add these to the shape library. What you could do as a workaround is create a board, call it "Shape Templates" and collect them there. Then you can copy paste them into your other boards. Not really elegant and I hope Apple adds this functionality, since Numbers for instance has the ability already to add shapes to its library.

No. Only on the iPad Pros from 2018 and after.

For the video production I use Final Cut on a MacBook Pro.

The undo button only undos the last steps (one step with each click) but I suppose since you saved it, that your edits are not undoable any longer. If it is a color with an object you can simply select the object and change the color though.

Great I could surprise even you. So glad you as an expert numbers user even learned something new.

You can. The Export to PDF option is in the drop down menu right to the board name - in the top left corner (on iPad).

@@patrickstoeckmann Oh, great! Many thanks. I did not notice this to be a menu and only tried the share button in upper right.

I can only agree and there is nothing that I can bring as an excuse for Apple. I wished for it to be there 2 years ago. The current state of board organization is utter neglect. Agreed.

Here is what I think you wanted, which I explain in an example. In column A I have the name of the person, in column B the average number of appointments this month, in column C I have the average duration in hours. In column D I calculate the total minutes using the formula B*C*60 (so for row number 2 that would be B2*C2*60). In column E I might calculate a score. I don‘t know how you calculate your score. I went for average minutes per workday. Assuming you have 22 workdays (as a weighted average per month) I would use the formula E/22 (so for row 2 that would be E2/22). Hope that helps.

Thank you appreciate it!

Yes, it does.

Exactly. It‘s not an either or, it can be a symbiotic relationship. Whatever tool works best for a task. It is the same for me with text. Lots of notes start with Apple Notes and sty there. Some I might turn into an Email ( especially longer ones), some I bring into Obsidian or Pages or even (if it is something I need to share with a client) Microsoft Word. But Apple Notes is great for just getting stuff down and out of my head. Same with Freeform for quick drafts etc.

Glad you enjoyed it although you were "spoiled" with the answer ;-) Yes, Numbers also has the yellow lines alignment and snap feature. Just try it out.

Like I told you in the other comment - updating to the latest MacOS OS 14 (Sonoma) - if possible - is probably the best way to remedy this. With IOS17 and Sonoma Apple fixed most Freeform bugs (including the lag - so I don't switch off the grid any longer even at 400%). Also, the edges do snap when I use the yellow lines. For this make sure that in the "View" menu you have "Snap to Grid" and under "Guides" you have "Center Guides" and "Edge Guides" enabled.

@@patrickstoeckmann Thanks again. Under view menu I don't have 'snap to grid' and 'center guides' that you have stated. What options shown to me are the 'Guides' category are: Center guides. edge guides, Relative sizing, relative spacing, and use haptic feedback; I have selected all of them. Does this mean that snap to grid, center guides and edge guides are not available in the 1.2 version of Freeform that I have?

@garudasomanna could be that “snap to grid” came later. But I often disable it anyway. But when you have under Guides category the center and edge guides enabled you should see the lines and it should then snap into alignment once the lines show.

@@patrickstoeckmann I do have the yellow guide lines appearing all over the place and give me information that I am still on the process of learning and understanding. What is my chief frustration is this: when I want two lines to meet at right angles, thet just don't snap perfectly, but either overlap the other or come a bit short. If I ignore these defects, I will have problems when I start to colour fill the boxes/areas in Patina. However, as stated in an earlier post, I have learnt how to work with a lowe zoom level on [about 200] and able to precisely position the line end upon the other line end accurately, chiefly on account of the guide lines. Regards and take care. Dr. Somanna

Switching off the grid helped me with lag (you've already found this video). Never experienced a shake though. But most problems for me have been resolved by updating to the newest OS versions (IOS 17 and MacOS 14 Sonoma). If possible by your devices update to these versions.

@@patrickstoeckmann Thanks you for your speedy reply. I am afraid I am not able to proceed further than Ventura since my intel based iMac 27-inch model is a 2017 model.😒

I thought so. Unfortunately for you, Apple is bringing new features as well as most bug fixes to its included apps with new OS releases. So, you might not get these newer features as well as the fixes which might solve your problems then. You can try and see whether there is an OS independant Freeform version in the App Store for you (check in the App Store under Updates) but I doubt it. So, you have to live with what you currently have.

@@patrickstoeckmann Thanks for this advice. If it is God's will and I go for a Mac mini, would I be able to use my 2017-inch iMac as a display and get all the additional features and bug fixes?

@garudasomanna Unfortunately now. Apple doesn’t support using the iMac as an external Display any longer. So, if you go for a Mac mini you need also a new Display.

Glad it helped!

Unfortunately you are right. Which is quite a bummer from Apple. There is however a free 3rd party solution. falcon.star-lord.me/exporter/ allows you to copy your notes to either Markdown or HTML, which worked fine for me.

I am not talking about the Windows or Mac version of Word which is way more capable (albeit complicated for novice users) than Pages. I agree and I use Word if need be (have been using it in Business for over 25 years). But on the iPad (which the video is talking about) it is another game and Word is clearly missing out on features. And for most novice and private users Pages is a way more pleasant way to get to writing. For business, academia and power users there is no denying that word might be the only real option.

@@patrickstoeckmann you are right Patrick, I use a PC for creating word documents in the main then iPad for editing on the go. Probably why I don’t gel with Pages as it’s a start from scratch document generator that for me would be on the go, I don’t usually do that. Doing anything infrequently doesn’t engender easy familiarisation. As I should have realised, my instant reaction keyboard warrior comment had little solid ground in light of your clarification. I will listen more attentively in future and consider the whole videos message rather than the individual points. More power to your elbow.

That is actually not my experience any longer. Especially with the new IOS version dictation (especially in English) has been very solid. I estimate that I need to edit about 2 Words in a longer paragraph for general content. If there is lots of specialized vocabulary this of course increases. Of course good pronounciation is key.

Honestly, you shouldn‘t use Freeform for this. That is not what it was build for. There are more specialized apps for Mind Mapping. Freeform doesn‘t have templates (and I don‘t know when or even if this will ever come). You can‘t collapse branches like in Mind Map apps. Also multilayer is also not really feasible. You can only create multiple boards and create jump points between them via the link option. So, I would choose a different and specialized Mind Map app for that.

I heard (and tested) that including to much handwriting produces lag. Not sure, whether the new iPads with bigger RAM behave better there. I have no problem with big boards, as long as most of the elements are shapes, text or images. But including lots of handwriting seems to still be a problem. Sorry.

@@patrickstoeckmann Thank you for your kind reply!

No, for photorealistic you should use other apps like Procreate. Freeform’s focus is more on brainstorming and collaborating on ideas. And it still has a problem with lots of pencil strokes - either in drawing or handwriting a lot. Sad to say, but that is my experience. So, if you are an artist, use specialized apps

So glad to hear that you have a lovely experience. I always think that this is an underrated think of Apple apps, they might not be as powerful (especially on the desktop) but they are so much nicer to use.

So glad I worked for you and you got a pleasant surprise. Hope your usage of Numbers is now becoming more flexible. Great that you kept an open mind. Love it.

Sorry, not sure how I could help you. Haven’t had these problems. I get why you are infuriated about data loss. I would be too. Are you working on multiple devices on the same board. Maybe you updated on one device before it had synced all changes from the other device and that corrupted it? Just a thought you might check. Looks like the iCloud sync went wrong and often these problems occurred because of multiple versions not integrating correctly. And other than Numbers Freeform has no good version system where you can retrieve older versions. Sorry.

As far as I can see in the current betas of IPADOS 18, Apple will bring Math Notes to Freeform. But this will be more the ability to calculate input from your handwriting or within text fields, not so much adding math symbols as shapes. Sorry, I guess you need to either draw those by hand or import them from an external source.

Unfortunately these won’t be imported. So, if you depend on this and would like to leave Evernote, you need to search for another app. Check out Joplin (joplinapp.org) I think I read somewhere that they are importing source URLs.

@@patrickstoeckmann Wow, thanks for the instant reply! Sadly this will make moving my notes from Evernote to Apple Notes so much more time consuming, if not even impossible 😢

Yes it is on the iPhone. You need the Shortcuts app from Apple, which should be preinstalled. If somehow you removed it, you can download it from the App Store.

Well you can add them via X-SOCIALPROFILE. Here an example for Facebook: X-SOCIALPROFILE;type=facebook:facebook.com/myusername. So after the : you enter the URL to your profile page. This works for Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc. But not for WhatsApp since you don’t have a URL to your profile page there. In WhatsApp you are connected via your phone number. You can find out this and more by entering the fields in a contact on your IOS device, then share/export it to files app and then open the VCF file with a textviewer (I used Textastic).

@@patrickstoeckmannThanks indeed man. You’re very responsive, and you put time and efforts. I really appreciate and you got a sub. I actually tried socialProfile= Tried several variable, non worked and it was frustrating. Then I tried to exporta VCF file of a contact, I’ve done on Mac and opened it with TextEdit l, saw the X- thingy, and could replicate Facebook, twitter and LinkedIn. I need to try on a contact with instagram and RUclips. I tried to export on the phone but didn’t realize I could save it with Files, so you were very helpful especially that I have Textastic (bought long ago, I’m a programmer), and replicated what you did. Thanks again, I’ll make sure to watch every video you publish, your channel is underrated and deserves much more recognition. Keep up the great work and tips you’re providing. Cheers. Frank.

@@patrickstoeckmannI wrote a long message thanking you but for some reason it’s not showing! Thanks indeed. Although I figured it out by exporting contact from my my MacBook as VCF file and opened it using Text Edit, but you brought Textastic which I bought it long ago as a programmer and I didn’t know you can export a contact from the iPhone! Nice tips. Thanks again. I subbed. You deserve much more recognition for the unique helpful content, the way you explain things making them easy and putting lots of efforts in your research and then how your responsive in the comments and the rich answers. That’s unique and you do deserve all the appreciation and recognition. You gained an avid follower. I’ll wait for new videos and tips while I go through your previous ones. Cheers man.

Thanks for the nice feedback. Glad I could help you with that. About the channel, I am a bit slow currently with new content, but I will pick up soon. Until then, hope you get some more nuggets from my other videos. Cheers back.

No, you can only put text in a QR code. So the way you could achieve it is by linking to a website from the QR code and on the website you have a form where they enter their contact details and on the confirmation page of your form you present a contact card (VCF file) as a download.

Which 4 things, bro?

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Thank you. Glad I could help you.

You‘re welcome. Glad I could help you.

Yes, you can drag and drop the recording to any folder in the files app, where you can play it and link to it using iCloud (or Dropbox, Google Drive etc.) sharing. I actually save most of my long term recordings in the file system not in the voice memo app. Here are more things you can do with drag and drop on an iPhone or iPad. 20+ Things You Can Drag and Drop on the iPhone ruclips.net/video/RkKsCapm0f8/видео.html

No, it is not possible to replicate that. There is currently no auto-aligning like with all these Mind-Map Tools. You can quickly create any diagram by dragging on the connectors and selecting any of the basic shapes, but you must align them by hand. So, while you can do Mind Maps with Freeform, you should go for other tools if you really want to have the Mind Map experience.

Exactly, I use a 12.9” iPad so it is on by default.

Glad I could teach you some new tricks. Thanks for subscribing.

Sorry, you are true. That must have been an error at export. Unfortunately RUclips doesn't allow me to re-upload a video, so there is nothing I can do now.

Sad to hear that. This is not my experience but if Notability works better for you use that.

Glad I could teach you something new.

Well, most people never use Numbers in that way, so I wanted to show them unbiased what Numbers is also capable of. Agreed, that not all might like the setup, it wasn’t for increasing watch time it was for opening peoples minds up.

I was with you, but stopped using Evernote for scanning years ago, when I needed to share lots of scans (receipts) with a tax consultant on a regular basis. Exporting scans from Evernote is actually a nightmare. So, I reprogrammed my original Evernote ScanSnap (still have it with the Evernote logo on it) to scan to a folder. There I would give it a proper file name using YYYY-MM-DD - Sender name - Type of document as a format and keep it in monthly folders. Then I can easily zip the month and send it to the tax consultant. And since Mac has the excellent Spotlight search I find all documents just as quick as with Evernote. I switched something like 8 years ago and never regretted it.

I am open. What do you propose? You can contact me under request@citc.de.

@@patrickstoeckmann Thank you, business -inquiries Email was sent.

Well maybe that will come at WWDC. 😉

Hope that video helped you a bit.

Sorry for not pausing on this point. The video was more about the thought process behind selecting what you should and shouldn‘t import. The actual steps (although shown in the video) are described as an example here (www.macrumors.com/how-to/migrate-from-evernote-to-apple-notes/).

It should not. You should bring it to Apple or an authorized repair center.

@@patrickstoeckmann i did, they said: this is normal, you are too sensitive!!!

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

You’re welcome. Glad you’ve found it useful.

Not any more with this mentioned zoom problem. That has been fixed by now. There are however still problems with lag when using lots of handwritings or drawings. Looks like the rendering of these is still taxing the system pretty hard. When it lags depends on the individual config, but I had people who switched their forms from purely handwritten to mostly shaped based and it runs much smoother.

@@patrickstoeckmann that’s very helpful. I use a lot of handwriting. Does an upgrade to M2 help?

Probably, but I can’t compare. However even with an M2 there is lag once you reach a threshold.