New App: Import your notes from Evernote or Google Notebook to Springpad
We’re excited to share with you one of the first apps built with the publicly-available Springpad API.
The Evernote to Springpad Converter and the Google Notebook to Springpad Converter were developed by our friends over at Most Media.
In developing this app, Robert Moskal and Alvar Sirlin took a cue from the Springpad user base and built a feature that was in high demand. So far, the importers have been well-received and are being used by numerous users each day. Check it out for yourself!
More about the Springpad API
With our rich set of structured data and enhanced information, we’re excited to see what developers will do to further enhance the experience for the Springpad community. For existing applications, the API gives developers ways to save data into Springpad and ways to tap into the notes, bookmarks, products, recipes and places that users have already saved to enhance and personalize their applications, including recommendation services, deal and coupon sites and more. Learn more about the Springpad API
16 Responses to “New App: Import your notes from Evernote or Google Notebook to Springpad”
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Nimue says: One question before I start: Will it import the pictures in the notes? I have over 8000 tutorials and a tutorial without pictures is not usefull 
I love springnote. I really do. And the new clipper is marvelous. I moved from evernote to springpad. I just wish for a desktopapp and an importer and I will be the luckiest girl alive 
Scuttle says: @Nimue: You can test it out by selecting which notes in the Evernotes desktop app that you want to export. Choose one or two notes with pictures. Then use the “Check it out for yourself” link above to import the notes into a test Notebook in Springpad.
Whatever happens, the notes will stay in Evernotes until you delete them.
With 8000 notes, you may want export only a fraction of your notes at a time as the exported file from Evernotes that you need to upload to the above link is likely to be humungous and take yonks to upload.
Nimue says: I tried 2 notes, not text and no pictures 
Tim says: I tried to use the app to export Google notebook to Springpad, but I couldn’t figure out how to export an atom file to my computer for the app to use. There is no help or support related to this app that I could find. (I also searched Google help but only found lots of people having problems not finding the export option or not able to get the atom file format to work.)
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Hi Tim – this is a bug with Google Notebooks – there are some workarounds posted here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web%20Search/thread?tid=6f9d466742c550eb&hl=en
Thomas Moore says: Looks like the import loses the dates of the original entries, and I end up with an extraneous line of html in front of most every item. Extraneous stuff is not so bad, but loss of date information is a show stopper, it seems to me…
David says: Hi Springpad Team,
I have collected some ideas for improvement. What is the best way to send them to you? By comment in this blog? Or by mail?
Kind regards
David
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David – I suggest sending an email to feedback@springpartners.com and/or getting involved in our user forum at http://getsatisfaction.com/springpartners
KD says: useless for me.. I tried it with a few different file types and in every case, it only transferred titles of files. Staying with goodreader for now. sigh.
I appreciate the importer…
But have been waiting for Springpad for Windows, and Ubuntu, applications so I can access data when offline.
I might try the Android version, even though…
Mark Richards says: There are absolutely no instructions as to what export format the importer requires. Also, nothing that says you can export all of your Evernote notes in one batch and if so how to do.
I figured it out.
1. HTML format works
2. Highlight notes to export
3. Right-click and select Export…
4. Save to desktop or other location that makes sense
5. Select file via the converter (step 3)
There is no statement as to the privacy of these notes. Do they go somewhere other than Springpad? Are they retained in other than my Springpad notebook?
Mark Richards says: All the transfer application did (and I tried it twice) was to create a new category.. none of the items that I set up for import appeared.
Could this tool be broken?
[...] If you use Evernote a lot or want premium features, you have to pay $45/yr. Next step: View Evernote’s Getting Started or Springpad’s Feature guide and sign-up to check them out. If you want to move from Evernote to Springpad, Springpad has a free import tool. [...]
Springpad seems very socially useful and personal stuff works well but for business and most usability to me I will gladly pay the 45/year for premium services. I will keep spring pad just for fun things and personally useful i.e. movies and stuff. Very interesting…I am sure as spring pad develops you cannot afford to give away much space to very many users so I am also sure you will in the future charge a small fee for your premium Springpad cloud services. Thats only fair as it costs you to server all those people…will have to compare how it saves photos as compared to Evernote. I am an artist and keep lots of graphics and photos available on Evernote. but spring pad is useful:>)
Eleonore says: Would be great to get a Pinterest importer!
Itamar says: I tried to use the Evernote to Springpad Converter and after some hours the new items did not show up in Springpad.
Then, I mailed the developer and received an answer that something is broken at the Springpad side. I hope this’ll be fixed soon.
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One question before I start: Will it import the pictures in the notes? I have over 8000 tutorials and a tutorial without pictures is not usefull
I love springnote. I really do. And the new clipper is marvelous. I moved from evernote to springpad. I just wish for a desktopapp and an importer and I will be the luckiest girl alive
@Nimue: You can test it out by selecting which notes in the Evernotes desktop app that you want to export. Choose one or two notes with pictures. Then use the “Check it out for yourself” link above to import the notes into a test Notebook in Springpad.
Whatever happens, the notes will stay in Evernotes until you delete them.
With 8000 notes, you may want export only a fraction of your notes at a time as the exported file from Evernotes that you need to upload to the above link is likely to be humungous and take yonks to upload.
I tried 2 notes, not text and no pictures
I tried to use the app to export Google notebook to Springpad, but I couldn’t figure out how to export an atom file to my computer for the app to use. There is no help or support related to this app that I could find. (I also searched Google help but only found lots of people having problems not finding the export option or not able to get the atom file format to work.)
Hi Tim – this is a bug with Google Notebooks – there are some workarounds posted here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/Web%20Search/thread?tid=6f9d466742c550eb&hl=en
Looks like the import loses the dates of the original entries, and I end up with an extraneous line of html in front of most every item. Extraneous stuff is not so bad, but loss of date information is a show stopper, it seems to me…
Hi Springpad Team,
I have collected some ideas for improvement. What is the best way to send them to you? By comment in this blog? Or by mail?
Kind regards
David
David – I suggest sending an email to feedback@springpartners.com and/or getting involved in our user forum at http://getsatisfaction.com/springpartners
useless for me.. I tried it with a few different file types and in every case, it only transferred titles of files. Staying with goodreader for now. sigh.
I appreciate the importer…
But have been waiting for Springpad for Windows, and Ubuntu, applications so I can access data when offline.
I might try the Android version, even though…
There are absolutely no instructions as to what export format the importer requires. Also, nothing that says you can export all of your Evernote notes in one batch and if so how to do.
I figured it out.
1. HTML format works
2. Highlight notes to export
3. Right-click and select Export…
4. Save to desktop or other location that makes sense
5. Select file via the converter (step 3)
There is no statement as to the privacy of these notes. Do they go somewhere other than Springpad? Are they retained in other than my Springpad notebook?
All the transfer application did (and I tried it twice) was to create a new category.. none of the items that I set up for import appeared.
Could this tool be broken?
[...] If you use Evernote a lot or want premium features, you have to pay $45/yr. Next step: View Evernote’s Getting Started or Springpad’s Feature guide and sign-up to check them out. If you want to move from Evernote to Springpad, Springpad has a free import tool. [...]
Springpad seems very socially useful and personal stuff works well but for business and most usability to me I will gladly pay the 45/year for premium services. I will keep spring pad just for fun things and personally useful i.e. movies and stuff. Very interesting…I am sure as spring pad develops you cannot afford to give away much space to very many users so I am also sure you will in the future charge a small fee for your premium Springpad cloud services. Thats only fair as it costs you to server all those people…will have to compare how it saves photos as compared to Evernote. I am an artist and keep lots of graphics and photos available on Evernote. but spring pad is useful:>)
Would be great to get a Pinterest importer!
I tried to use the Evernote to Springpad Converter and after some hours the new items did not show up in Springpad.
Then, I mailed the developer and received an answer that something is broken at the Springpad side. I hope this’ll be fixed soon.