Export

Send a note to Apple Notes, Obsidian or Bear, or export it as plain text, Markdown or PDF. Covers quick export, custom export via URL scheme, and exporting everything at once.

Updated for v2.0

Export

Design Intent: Make it as easy as possible to collaborate with other note apps to encourage permanent note-taking elsewhere. Antinote should be a companion to them, not competition.

Turn destinations on and off in Settings > Export > Destinations — every enabled destination appears as an export command in the File menu.

Settings
  • Omit keyword in exported notes On | Off
  • Use first line of note as title On | Off

    • Quick export

    • One-shortcut export or send to your dedicated notes app.
    • Pick any enabled destination as the "Quick Export destination" in Settings > Export (or None). Disabling a destination clears it as the Quick Export target.
    • ⌘ + S Quick export
    Settings
  • Quick Export destination None | any enabled destination

    • Export to Plain Text

    • Allows you to save the note as a .txt file.

    Export to Markdown

    • Allows you to save the note as a .md file.

    Export to PDF & Print

    • File > Export Note > PDF (.pdf) saves the note as a PDF. This destination is always available.
    • File > Print… opens the standard macOS print dialog.
    • ⌘ + ⇧ + P Print note

    Send to Obsidian

    • Uses URL Schemes to create a note in Obsidian.
    • You can specify which vault you want the note in.
    Settings
  • Obsidian vault Anything

    • Send to Bear

    • Uses URL Schemes to create a note in Bear.

    Send to Apple Notes

    • Uses Apple Shortcuts to launch Notes and add the content. Shortcuts should automatically close afterwards.
    • You can download the premade Antinote Shortcut in settings, or here.

    Custom Export via URL Scheme

    • Allows you to export to any app that supports URL Schemes.
    • Use {CONTENT}, {TITLE}, {DATE} in the URL to insert the current note's content, title, and date.
    • Note that schemes where the content is in a url path instead of a query parameter will replace "&" with "+" and "%" with " percent".
    Sample URL Schemes
    • Append to existing Obsidian note:
      obsidian://new?vault=Main&name=AppendingNoteTitle&append=true&silent=true&content={CONTENT}
    • Notebooks:
      notebooks://addnote/{CONTENT}&title={TITLE}
    • Any Apple Shortcut
      shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=sendToChatGPT&input=text&text={CONTENT}
      shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=createEvent&input=text&text={CONTENT}&date={TITLE}

    Export all notes

    • Will export all notes as a .zip of .txts