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What’s the latest trend for Mac and PC users? Data synchronization between devices. In my never ending quest as the resident Mac360 Value Vixen™, I’m sworn to uphold the search for Frugal Apps which do more, cost less.

My latest find is a note taking, snippet keeping, idea bucket, a document grabber, and web clipper tool that goes about anywhere you go, and runs on about any device you’ll use. Even better, if you don’t mind an advertisement or two, it’s free.

Capture, Clip, Store, Free, And Green

First, the problem. Note applications abound for Mac and iPhone users. We have apps that collect and store and retrieve about any kind of information you can grab from the screen.

Second, most of them have one thing in common. Few features, no price tag. Or, price tag for more features.

Look, the world’s economy is in a shambles. What we need is a paradigm shift of practical proportions.

I’m in favor of Mac note apps, utilities that capture and store everything I can think of, but I want all those collected pieces on every device I’ve got.

We’re already into the 21st century, so as much as some utilities are nice in standalone mode, I’m not in standalone mode. I move around. So, give me the tools that move with me, already.

That means I want to capture and store and sync stuff from my Mac to my iPhone, perhaps to my husband’s new Android gizmo, to the PC at the office. How hard can that be?

Every Note Goes Into Evernote Everywhere

Free to the rescue. I’m deep into trying that which I haven’t tried before, a single system for capturing and storing all my stuff, an app, nay, an entire system that does it from everywhere and every which way but the moon.

Evernote to the rescue. How did I find this little gem? An alert Mac360 reader dug through my Top 12 Tools Your New Mac Must Have Now and wondered why it wasn’t on the list.

There are two reasons. First, I hadn’t tried Evernote. Second, that list was for commercial tools, not free (look for the Top 12 FREE Tools on Friday). Evernote—drum roll, please—is free.

Getting started with Evernote is a breeze. Sign up online. Hey, I said it was free. That’s something close to with not obligation, but it costs less.

Painless, right?

Much More Than Mere Mortal Notes

Here’s the skinny. Evernote is really a system. It’s an application that runs on almost anything. And it syncs to Evernote which means it syncs to whatever apps you’re using.

For example, if you’re on your Mac (I’m betting you are—raise your hands!), Evernote lets you create note, capture snippets, grab a web page or screenshot, save a document, even snap and save a photo.

Evernote keeps all your stuff safe and sound, stored away on various devices, or, just on your Mac or Windows PC.

Evernote does something like what Spotlight does on your Mac. All your stuff is indexed and processed, and it becomes searchable. You can create multiple notebooks, add tags to make items easier to find. Do it all from your Mac (or PC, or someone else’s Mac or PC), even your iPhone or iPod touch, and—dungeon music, please—even on Android phones, BlackBerry phone, the Palm Pre and Pixi, or even the dreaded, dreary, and oblivion bound Windows Mobile Phone (or, whatever they’re calling ‘em these days).

What does Evernote look like? How does it work. Read on to Page 2 for the walk through, the Unofficial Step-by-Step, and examples of how Evernote shows up on this or that device (and the secret that makes it green).