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Brett Terpstra

nvALT is a fork of the original Notational Velocity by Brett Terpstra and ElasticThreads (David Halter) with some additional features (MultiMarkdown preview and source views, public note sharing, customizable colors…) and some interface modifications (bookmarks HUD, fullscreen view and more).

What's New

Version 2.2b106:

New

Numbered list auto-continuation
nvALT is now based on NVb5 (link)
Doesn't require ".txt" extension when exporting

Fixed

"Open In Marked" command available in localized versions
nvALT was launching and staying in the background, fixed
Cmd-Return now works with list completion
Multiple note tagging works better
Interim note-changes is now in ~/Library/Caches/ where it belongs. This fix improve some Dropbox sync issues
Lots of scrollbar fixes both for nvALT scrollers and the default (OS X) ones
Long formatted dates no longer truncated in horizontal layout
Fixed a lot of bugs with how the UI is drawn. The interface should be a little snappier, and less buggy
Fixes to the limit text to a maximum width feature
Fixed highlighted notes being unreadable depending on various color combinations
Fixed tooltips from links hanging around when nvALT is in the background
Lots of fixes for snow leopard all around. Sorry 10.6 support had fallen into disarray. Seems pretty good now, but neither developer uses 10.6 on a regular basis so keep the bug reports coming
Some fullscreen fixes
Find and Replace working better
Insert Link command is smarter
The holding-down-option-or-ctrl for word count or markdown preview tricks work better
The URL scheme should work better. For the record: nvALT's URL scheme is "nvalt://" not to be confused with "nv://" everything else is more or less the same, but its important to have different schemes for different apps
Improved TaskPaper handling
Smarter auto-pairing of quotes, parens and brackets

Version 2.2b106:

New

Numbered list auto-continuation
nvALT is now based on NVb5 (link)
Doesn't require ".txt" extension when exporting

Fixed

"Open In Marked" command available in localized versions
nvALT was launching and staying in the background, fixed
Cmd-Return now works with list more...

Requirements

Intel
OS X 10.6 or later
(optional) SimpleNote account for online sync

Notational Vel...

+9
Free

Store and retrieve notes.
Metanota

+4
Free

Free SimpleNote client.
Justnotes

+3
Demo $9.99

Simple note taking.
NotesTab

+2
Free

Take notes from the menu bar ...
NotesTab Pro

+1
Commercial $4.99

Take notes from the menu bar.
Matilde

+1
Free

Store your ideas and notes.

nvALT User Discussion (Write a Review)

ver. 2.x:

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jmrx reviewed on 26 Aug 2013

Simple, fast, beautifully executed with shortcuts for everything.

[Version 2.2b]

-4

cka3o4h1k reviewed on 21 Aug 2013

It would be great to add the ability to open different folders like in Nottingem (and accept from command line)

[Version 2.2b]

+16

IloveBurma reviewed on 25 Jul 2013

Thanks for this app! I use it almost everyday.

[Version 2.2b]

+152

hced reviewed on 21 Nov 2012

Super useful. I'm using it for just about any kind of notes, including code snippets. To keep normal notes separate from code snippets, I prepend snippet filenames withing brackets, e.g. "[unix] Find out what shell I'm using".

Its searching feature is pretty competent as well, searching both the names of your text files -and- their text content.

[Version 2.1]

+177

Stormchild reviewed on 11 Jul 2012

Notational Velocity is a brilliantly simple note-taking app, and this version takes it to the next level with a bunch of great enhancements. With a single hotkey you can hide and show the app, and it's so lightweight you'll never have to wait for it (this is critical when trying to jot down ideas before you forget them).

What really makes this a killer app is the ability to sync with various iOS note-taking apps via Dropbox. I'm currently using it with Elements for iPhone/iPad; it's a great fit, because this app and Elements both support Markdown preview, which means you can actually format text on iOS instead of being stuck with plain text.

It's awesome and it's free.

[Version 2.1]

+50

Alex reviewed on 29 Feb 2012

It is Notational Velocity on Steroids!

It supports Markdown and simplenote tags!

[Version 2.1]

+19

S/ash reviewed on 07 Jan 2012

I am using this awesome app for about a month. And this is simply amazing! I use it solely to create plain text notes (no Markdown/HTML). I store almost everything in it, and yet it is so blazing fast! I love the low contrast theme of nvALT and it's beautiful interface.

There is one thing I can't figure out. As I don't use any HTML/Markdown tags in my notes, I have to basic text formatting, i.e., Bold and Italics. My notes look sort of like UNIX man pages. I use a monospaced font for all my notes. But I am not able to print to PDF properly because, the alignment is not proper at line breaks. I have set max width as 80 chars, but the app doesn't put hard line returns after the line overflows. Is there any fix around this? Also, I would like to have Underline font style, although it won't make any sense for HTML.

Thanks to the developers of nvALT and Notational Velocity.

[Version 2.1]

Max Roach reviewed on 11 Oct 2011

This NV fork adds missing features to the original one. Mardown support is welcome and if you choose to stock as plaintext in a folder it's possible to synchronize with some text editors on iOS like PlainText or WriteRoom. Love it but I miss an opportunity to sort strictly by tag name.

[Version 2.1]

2 Replies

Norz replied on 22 Nov 2011

The tags you set in nvALT are based on openmeta, so you can also search them in Spotlight or Leap.
And Leap allows to sort documents by tags.

http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26019/leap

Max Roach replied on 22 Nov 2011

@ Norz

Thank you for the info. I had no success searching by tags in Spotlight. It doesn't work despite I use this kind of query “tag:some-tag” but I found a little utility that works: TagLists.

http://hasseg.org/tagLists/

Anyway I'd like to perform this kind of query in nvALT search field and if possible on multiple tags.

+363

Nontroppo reviewed on 01 Aug 2011

I normally use the main NV build, but the addition of the Simplenote tag sync here is too much to resist. Thanks to all those who work on NV and its derivatives, an amazing tool!

[Version 2.1]

+850

Negritude commented on 09 Apr 2011

FYI, but this still appears to be a universal Intel/PPC binary, despite what the requirements and platform indicate.

[Version 2.0]

DPoncy had trouble on 28 Jul 2013

When I click on "hide the icon" I lose all ability to access the application menu / preferences. There is no button to reverse this. The only way I can figure out how to get back to the preferences is to delete the preferences file in my user Library. But I can't find the preferences file either.

Mountain Lion - Latest stable version of nvAlt.

[Version 2.2b]