If you love OneDrive and can’t wait to trust Microsoft with your data, download the OneNote 2016 for Mac preview here. Hope springs eternal that the ability to “go local” with OneNote is forthcoming. The rest of Office 2016 for Mac Word, Excel and PowerPoint, work just fine offline and with local storage. But in the words of John Locke, “don’t tell me what I can’t do.” Time will tell if Microsoft continues to force their cloud-centric vision and de-feature OneNote. Gmail is solid cloud email if a little creepy. Store and share your notebooks on OneDrive with your free Microsoft account. These aren’t the droids you’re looking for.” Capture thoughts, ideas, and to-dos and sync them to all your devices. How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat? Cloud is The Way. Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac at Walmart for 129. Why is it that when Microsoft tries the same thing and denies the ability to use local files, it’s just maddening ? It seems unnecessarily heavy-handed - taking away something that has been a part of the feature set since inception - and for what purpose? Errant strategery. When Apple adheres to a singular vision despite the naysayers and produces what Apple thinks the customer needs instead of what the customer wants, it’s somewhat annoying and sometimes a little endearing. It might as well be replaced with a button: It comically has only One Option: OneDrive. The “Where” drop-down list above, historically a “Save As” location selector, is not a list at all. But don’t worry… it’s “free.” Don’t you feel the freedom? The initial Preview is version 15.8, a minor step forward from the crippleware version in the app store, and that’s exactly what it feels like. Eat Your OneNote and Like Itīeginning with OneNote 2013, Microsoft nudged users in the direction of Microsoft’s cloud products, but with OneNote 2016 Mac they demand a Microsoft sign-in and Microsoft cloud storage. And they will tell you where: your Microsoft OneDrive account. Keep up to date on all the latest news about OneNote for Mac on The Office Blogs. If you submit and use a Microsoft account, you might think freedom awaits. Get free technical assistance from experienced OneNote users and from members of the OneNote product team by viewing and posting your OneNote for Mac questions or issues on the OneNote for Mac Community forums. After searching discovered it is only available on OneNote 2016 for windows. Either you can log in to Microsoft, or you can quit the app. OneNote 2016 for Mac I have downloaded OneNote version 15.31 but it doesn't have the option to save to computer. Like version 15.7 currently available in Apple’s App Store, the spanking-new OneNote 2016 Preview heavy-handedly coerces the user to log in with a Microsoft account. Thank goodness for alternatives like Outline.
Update : The standalone version is finally out and incredibly, as of version 15.14, still no local Save As in OneNote.