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Jot a Quick Note
With Quick Note, you can easily start a note from anywhere on your Mac, without leaving the app you’re currently using.
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Find that one note when you really need to
With gallery view, you can see all your notes as thumbnails, and easily scan the images in them to find the note you want. Or use powerful search features to find objects in attached images, text in a scanned document, and more.
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Take notes wherever you go
When you add your internet accounts to Notes, you can keep your notes with you no matter which device you’re using. So, you can save that team roster on your Mac, then have it handy on your iPad when you’re on the field.
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A picture is worth a thousand words
Drag and drop pictures, movies, and other files into your notes. You can also add content to notes right from Safari, Photos, Maps, and many other apps.
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Collaborate with ease
Invite others to view or make changes to a note or to an entire shared folder of notes. If you share a note with a group conversation in Messages, you’ll see updates in the conversation whenever someone makes a change to the note.
To explore the Notes User Guide, click Table of Contents at the top of the page, or enter a word or phrase in the search field.