Converting to Onenote Mac

Question

How do you bring files from a previous Onenote package to Onenote Mac?

Answer 1

Rourke ~ Welcome to the Community. What exactly is your "previous OneNote package"? ...Is it Office 2007, 2010 or 2013 for PC? The key is to "share" your notebooks to OneDrive — then OneNote for Mac will "see" them there and sync them down to your Mac. Here are the steps:

1. If your notebooks are in Office 2007, on your PC in OneNote 2010 or 2013, convert your 2007 notebooks to the new format (see HERE.)
2. On your PC in OneNote 2010 or 2013, "share" those new format notebooks to OneDrive and wait for the automatic sync "up" to complete (see HERE.)
3. On your Mac, open OneNote for Mac and add the MS account you used in the previous step. (That's done via OneNote menu > Add Account...)
4. Wait for the automatic sync "down" to complete.

Note: The sync process in OneNote for Mac will save your notebook files in a special system location on your Mac — which shouldn't need to be known by the user. On OneDrive, your notebooks will be stored in the Documents folder where they can be managed here:

https://onedrive.live.com/?gologin=1

…and can be optionally viewed & updated in OneNote Online here:

https://www.onenote.com/notebooks

Answer 2

Thanks for being here 😊

On the PC, Win8-- OneNote was 2010, then I thought if I upgrade to Online vs. it might work better since that's how it looks on the Mac. so I did that. Share went well, but going to Info spot, type reads folder, not OneNote. This for one folder or whole set. 

On the MacBook Air-- when I open OneNote either in app or in Safari, I add Account. 

I downloaded files from OneDrive; they came in zip, I unzipped, but the app still does not read them.

i think that's where I left off.  And yes, I finally figured out I have two accounts. 😖

Tonight, I opened OneNote online on the Mac, and found my folders (as I should). 

What should I do next? I think if I download, I'll have what I already got (zipped), but if I'm missing a step, let me know. I think this will help you see where I am. I look forward to your next post. Thank you!

 I can certainly delete and start over if needed. Done that a few times in my life. 😜

Answer 3

C ~ Welcome to the Community. What version of Office/OneNote for Windows created the .onepkg file?

Was the "Share" (not simply an upload) to OneDrive you did from OneNote for Windows successful? ...If it was successful, you should be able to see your notebooks in the Documents folder on OneDrive here:

https://onedrive.live.com/?gologin=1

If you then select one of those notebooks in OneDrive's Documents folder and click the "Information" icon at upper right, you should see:

Type         Microsoft OneNote Notebook

On your Mac, are you signed in to OneNote using the same MS account as above? 

Answer 4

I hope you are still monitoring this post. I've done as you suggested above, plus a few variations, but I can't get the Mac to recognize the one files. Any other tips?

Answer 5

Alancito-thanks for this tip-maybe I'll merge some older OneNote before totally leaving Dropbox...appreciate your idea.