Google Keep, Why I use it every day.

Table of Contents 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Where to find Google Keep 02:18 Checklists and Text Notes 02:58 Adding images 03:22 List and Grid View 03:33 Pinning Notes 04:00 Using labels 04:30 Search 05:20 Converting Note Types 05:45 Sharing and Collaborations 07:10 Backgrounds 07:50 Reminders 08:10 Location-based reminders 09:10 Mobile version 10:05 Capturing images 10:50 Voice Memos 12:50 Converting Email to Notes

As a daily user of Keep, I only have one beef: If you accidentally delete part of your text, it's likely to be gone forever - there's no backup or saved history. If it's anything important, use the "copy to google docs" feature frequently to make a backup.

We have been using GKeep in our family for several years. The sync speed is perfect, so we have a shopping list pinned in Keep shared between me, my wife and my daughter. It's amazing that my wife is already at the store and I can add more items to that list for her in real time. Or, it's lovely when my wife is grocery shopping, to open that shopping list and watch with delight as each goodie moves from top to bottom and I can see what I can look forward to in just a moment. Yum!

I just scrolled down to the bottom of my lists and saw I have been using Keep since 2014! This is definitely one of my most useful tools. Since I work across 4-5 different devices, it is a really good shared clipboard, accessible from anywhere. Another small useful feature you missed was the ability to nest items in lists (indents) and easily move items in the lists. It is a really great tool to quickly find an image you need. I keep a picture of all the keypads (TV/AC/Cable remotes, microwave, DECT phones,. etc) at my 90 year old mothers' home, which really comes in handy since most of my conversations with her involve some kind of remote tech support.

I have been keeping a digital journal in plain text for several years, but i still enjoy writing on nice paper with a fountain pen. Google Keep's grab image text feature lets me convert those handwritten entries to plain text and add them to my digital journal. The OCR capability is amazing.

What I love about Google Keep is I can reuse the same checklists over and over and if I need to add something to my grocery list its so easy to do. This app has saved me so much time. I live with ADD and this has helped me tremendously in my personal life and on the job.

The collaborative option, first thought was it would be great for a family dinner where everyone might need to bring specific items. The host could make original list of what items for dinner are needed. Through collaboration each person could add their name as they tick off an item. This would be a good easy way to have everything covered and who's going to make/bring specific items. 👍

Love the checkboxes when shopping and the ability to uncheck when item is needed the following week or month so they come back to list

When I need to understand anything tech related, I like to have a charismatic man explaining it to me. And that’s why I subscribed to this channel.

I use keep as a simple notes book. Didn't think it could do so much. Excellent.

I have been using Keep for years and you still taught this old dog a few new tricks. Great video! Thanks!

I agree. The voice dictation feature is a good reason to use on a daily basis. Thanks for sharing with us.

I've been using Google Keep for years. Thanks for introducing me to features I didn't know existed.

I am constantly writing notes in Keep. Shopong lists, blog post notes, long lists for my newsletter, notes about my day trips for my photography, and more. My favorite way to use it however is to share links to content into a folder (or label) where it can reside until I'm ready to use it in my newsletter or my website. It's the perfect content collector for me.

I recommend a browser extension called "Category Tabs for Google Keep" - it's an add-on that allows you to rename colors to categories. For example, I'm used to having shopping lists in yellow, work-related notes in red, personal notes in blue, family and household notes in green, and so on. In that browser extension I can rename these categories so that Green is no longer Green, but Family, red is Work, and so on. When I open Keep in the browser, these colors and the changed category names appear at the top as a sort of horizontal menu. Those who like a sophisticated organization of notes will achieve this by combining labels, colors and these categories.

Thank you for all of your content, I your passion for business reminds me of my late father. The comfort in your content is like being home for the first time in many years. Keep it up! I’ve used google keep since 2016 to keep track of notes on the go. This was a beautiful tutorial so thanks again.

I have been using Keep for shopping lists and other simple lists for years, but I never looked further to see the other features. I will be taking advantage of the labels and the audio notes for sure. Thank you for this video!

Thanks Steve. Adding notes to to Google Keep via Google Nest had been disabled for a year or more. Recently , I discovered the feature is once again available. It's a game changer. Now, I can add notes and lists and list items without touching my phone just by talking to Google Assistant via Nest speaker, and view them on my pc. Easily and elegantly getting stuff from anywhere to my pc (not my phone) is an ongoing quest, and now Nest-to-Keep is a big part of the solution.

I have been using Keep for several years too, I use it on a daily base for random notetaking on the go and my meal planning amongst other things. Now here comes the awesome part, while I do my meal planning, I can do my grocery list at the same time , and then go straight to the store and tick those items off. Loove that feeling 😁 Apparently I have the add-on that Miroslaw is talking about because now I see I can categorise my list ...that's pretty neat ❤ And I do need to use the feature with recording notes way more.

Thank You! You should also tell your viewers how to easily sort by dragging each line up or down (if using check boxes) and also the ability to uncheck an entry that has been deleted and put it back in the list. A perfect example is a grocery shopping list. Appreciate the video!