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Attach photos, links and more in Notes on Mac
You can attach photos, videos, audio files and other items to your notes. If you use upgraded iCloud notes or notes stored on your Mac, you can also attach map locations and website previews. (If you haven’t upgraded your iCloud notes or are using an account other than iCloud, you may not be able to attach map locations.)
If your notes are in an Exchange account, you can’t attach any files, map locations or website previews.
Attach files, website previews, map locations and more
In the Notes app
on your Mac, click a note in the notes list.
If you select a locked note, you can’t attach a video, audio file, PDF or document to it.
Do any of the following to add an attachment:
From the desktop: Drag a file into a note.
From your Photos library: Drag a photo directly from your Photos library into a note, or click the Media button
, select Photos, find the photo or video, then drag it to the note.
Directly from your iPhone or iPad camera: Click the Media button
, then select Take Photo or Scan Documents to take a picture or scan a document with your iPhone or iPad and insert it in your note. (Requires macOS Mojave or later and iOS 12 or later.) See Insert photos and scans with Continuity Camera.
From within another app, like Maps, Safari, Photos and more: Click the Share button
, then choose Notes.
The Share button
doesn’t appear in all apps.
You can also select some text or images, Control-click your selection, then choose Share > Notes.
To change how large an image, sketch, scanned document or PDF attachment appears in a note, Control-click the attachment, then choose View as Large Images or View as Small Images. You can’t change how large inline drawings appear in notes.
View attachments from all your notes
You can view attachments from your notes in a single window, making it easy to browse them and find just the one you want. You can only view attachments from notes stored on your Mac or upgraded iCloud notes.
In the Notes app on your Mac, click the Attachments button
, then do any of the following:
View attachments: Click the category buttons to view different kinds of attachments. To return to the list of notes, click the Attachments button
again.
Note: This view doesn’t show inline drawings or attachments in locked notes, even if you have entered your password to unlock your notes.
Preview an attachment: Select the attachment and press the Space bar.
View the note that an attachment is in: Select the attachment, then choose View > Show in Note (or use the Touch Bar).
Open an attachment in its default app: Double-click the attachment.
Save an attachment: Control-click the attachment, then choose Save Attachment.
You can’t used this method to save some attachments, such as maps and website previews.
Rename an attachment: Select the attachment, choose Edit > Rename Attachment, then type a new name.
Share the attachment with another app: Select the attachment, click the Share button
, then choose an app.
You can mark up images (including scanned documents) and PDF documents after you attach them to a note.