# Does Apple Notes export Markdown?

Yes, since macOS 26, a note at a time. For the whole library, kept current, use Exporter.

Yes. Since macOS 26, Apple Notes itself exports Markdown: Apple's help says to click the note and choose File › Export To › Markdown. It describes one note at a time, copied once.

## Steps

1. One note: click it in Apple Notes, choose File › Export To › Markdown, and save the file.
2. Every note: in Exporter, press "Connect" beside Apple Notes, then "Open Apple Notes Folder", and press "Select This Folder" without opening anything.
3. Choose where the files go, like `~/Documents/notes`, and press "Use This Folder".
4. Press "Sync Now". After that, each edit in Apple Notes is written to its file.

## What you get

Apple's export gives you the note you clicked, as it was when you saved it. Exporter writes every note in the folders you tick as its own `.md` file, in Apple Notes' own folder tree, or one folder per tag or smart folder. Attachments are copied into `attachments/` and embedded where they were, checklists become `- [ ]` lines, your #tags stay in the text and links between notes become wikilinks. Each file opens with front matter: the title, the created and modified dates, and a link that reopens the note in Apple Notes.

## Pitfalls

- Exporter leaves locked notes out until you remove the lock.
- Notes that Apple Notes has not downloaded from iCloud to this Mac yet are left out until it has.
- Your first 100 notes are free. The one-time unlock exports the rest.

Every field is in [the Apple Notes docs](https://exporter.dev/docs/notes).

## Related

- [Export Apple Notes to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/notes): Apple Notes as Markdown, kept in sync
- [Apple Notes](https://exporter.dev/docs/notes): Folders, fields, HTML and fixes
- [Apple Notes to Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/apple-notes-to-obsidian): A vault that follows Apple Notes

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human version: https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/apple-notes-markdown-export
every page: https://exporter.dev/llms.txt