Notes

What it solves

Jotting something down right now without losing what you were doing. Notes is the blank sheet that asks for nothing: you open it and write, with no title to fill in and no choosing where it goes. It saves itself, with no save button.

Who it is for

For each person on the team, for their own things: ideas, drafts, things to remember from a call. They are private: only you see them, and nobody sees another person’s.

What you can do

Write a note by starting to write: the first line is the title, as in Apple’s notes, and the content is markdown. On the desktop, ⌘⌥N opens a box on top of any screen to jot something down without going to the dock; it also opens from ⌘K and from the desktop background menu.

Search by a word from inside: the search box in the bar looks at the whole body, so a word from the third page works. Pin to the top the note you use every day, so it does not move down as you write others; the rest are sorted by the last time you touched them.

Archive what you no longer look at to take it out of the way without deleting it. With “View the archive” you see what is archived: either you see what is in front, or what is archived, never mixed.

What to keep in mind

A deleted note is not destroyed: it waits in the trash in organization Settings —only yours— and from there it comes back. Archiving deletes nothing, and pinning is undone with “Unpin”. Notes is for jotting down and nothing more: for a text that has to last, with versions, comments and team permissions, there is Documents.