Start a Quick Note on Mac

If you’re working in another app and want to write something down, you can easily start a Quick Note. Do one of the following:

• Use the keyboard shortcut: Press and hold the Fn key or Globe key , then press Q.

• Use hot corners: Move the pointer to the hot corner for Quick Note (by default, the lower-right corner of the screen), then click the note that appears. See Use hot corners.

• Use Safari: See Add Safari links to a Quick Note or Add selected content from Safari to a Quick Note.

After you start a Quick Note, you can open it again by using any of the methods above. If you want to always start a new Quick Note (instead of opening the previous one), open the Notes app on your Mac, choose Notes > Preferences, then deselect “Resume last Quick Note.”

1. In the Safari app on your Mac, open the website you want to link to.

2. Click the Share button , then choose New Quick Note or Add to Quick Note.

   When you return to the linked content in the website, a thumbnail of the Quick Note appears in the corner of the screen to remind you of what you noted earlier.

You can also add links to websites and other apps in Notes.

Keep track of content from websites you’ve visited by highlighting text in Safari and adding it directly to a Quick Note.

1. In the Safari app on your Mac, open a website, then select the text you want to highlight.

2. Control-click the text, then choose New Quick Note or Add to Quick Note.

   A link appears in the Quick Note, and the text in Safari is highlighted. When you visit the website again later, the text is still highlighted.

To remove the highlights, delete the Safari link from the Quick Note.

Your Quick Notes appear in the Quick Notes folder in the Notes app. You can edit them to add tables, tags, and more. See any of the following:

• Write and format notes

• Add a table

• Add lists

• Add links

• Attach photos, files, and more