apple_cloud_notes_parser VS markwhen

Here's a Python script that takes the JSON output from https://github.com/threeplanetssoftware/apple_cloud_notes_pa... (needs master), and rebuilds Notes in Markdown format, with links, attachments, lists, etc.:

https://gist.github.com/vszakats/5a3bd939721d1dde6142d9ea3b2...

And simpler, standalone JXA script, that outputs HTML, but loses some data, such as links:

I use this https://github.com/threeplanetssoftware/apple_cloud_notes_pa... and it works extremely well.

A brief googling showed that the encryption is on point, but there are password brute-forcing tools out there, such as this: 1, 2. If you have at least a vague idea of what your password was supposed to be, you can use it to build a password dictionary (again, there should be tools to produce passwords based on an initial wordlist and various permutations, like character substitutions), feed it to a tool like the one above, and wait (maybe a year or two, heh).

The creator of this (Chee Aun) is quite prolific and creative with their work (https://cheeaun.com/projects/).

They created https://cheeaun.life, a timeline of their life, more than 10 years ago (which looks to be kept up to date), which was my inspiration for markwhen (https://markwhen.com).

Markwhen

Looks like markwhen[0]. When making it, which initially started out as a strictly timeline-making tool, I realized it is essentially a log or journal language - write a date, any date, and add some stuff to it. Good for notes, blogging, a calendar, etc etc.

[0] https://markwhen.com

https://markwhen.com

I’ve had a lot of these thoughts when working on markwhen. It’s basically turning into a calendar and planning IDE, pretty excited about where it’s heading.

https://markwhen.com - very cool. however, If I could share with you, I would see the value in following case: if I could connect my calendar(s) to it and see what is going on and overlay it with the data here in comment. Use case is both - for retrospective and for planning (for example if you're preparing the meeting and don't want to share content just yet, or jotting something for time in-between meeting what to do, etc)

I realized just over the weekend that the side project I'm working on is in fact a kind of journaling language. It has passed through a number of iterations, started out as a timeline maker (and still does that best), but at the end of the day is a spec for writing what happened when. Or indeed what you hope will happen in the future - I find it's a good planning tool too.

I find myself actually journaling now that I don't have to think about where I'm going to do it, or in the case of most note-taking apps, which note I should put my current thought in. Journal it first, and if it deserves to be somewhere else, move it later.

The project is https://markwhen.com

https://markwhen.com

Timelines in markdown (gantt, calendar, map, other views)

It's open source (https://github.com/mark-when/markwhen) and there are some paid options for storing markwhen documents in the cloud.

Straddling paid SAAS and open source is a bit tricky and I still haven't figured it out completely yet. I have some sponsors as well as some paid saas clients but it's not quite paying the bills yet... I like working on it though, hopefully I can find the right balance or a different revenue model that works better.

Are you familiar with markdown? If so, try markwhen.