Take Control of Notes

Description

Unlock the potential of Apple's Notes app! Updated December 28, 2018 Apple's Notes has come a long way since it was first introduced with the iPhone as a simple note-taking app, but many users are still unaware of its expanded capabilities. Now available on Macs, iOS devices, and on the web at iCloud.com, Notes has become a surprisingly powerful tool for writing, sketching, organizing, and sharing information of all kinds. In Take Control of Notes, TidBITS Managing Editor Josh Centers provides a quick but thorough guide to this deceptively simple app, showing you how to master its many tools—and avoid or work around its limitations. Among many other things, you'll learn how to: Choose where to stores notes (iCloud, IMAP, or a device) and whether or how they syncImport notes from other apps and servicesApply and modify character-level and paragraph-level formatting in a noteMake lists (including checklists and lists with multiple levels of indentation)Work with tables in notesEncrypt notes with a passwordAdd photos, videos, audio, maps, and other content to your notesScan printed documents into Notes and save them as PDF attachmentsDraw and sketch using your finger or an Apple PencilShare notes with other usersOrganize your notes into folders and search their contents