# Your notes are trapped. Let's get them out.

Exporter reads Apple Notes, Messages, Contacts, Screen Time, Bear and Logseq live off your Mac and hands them back as plain Markdown, yours to keep, in any app, ready for any agent.

[Download for Mac](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exporter-notes-to-markdown/id6741618455?mt=12) · 100 notes free · $4.99 once · macOS 15+ (US price, set per country)

## The apps Exporter reads.

Exporter reads each app's data where the app keeps it on your Mac, and updates the files as you keep using the app.

### apps

- [Apple Notes](https://exporter.dev/notes.md): Notes with their folders, tags and attachments, drawings included. (free for your first 100 notes)
- [Messages](https://exporter.dev/messages.md): One file per conversation, with a heading per day, reactions and photos. (free for your 10 most recent conversations)
- [Contacts](https://exporter.dev/contacts.md): One file per card, with every field in the front matter. (free for your first 100 contacts)
- [Screen Time](https://exporter.dev/screen-time.md): One file per day, kept after macOS deletes it about four weeks later. (free for your 10 most recent days)
- [Bear](https://exporter.dev/bear.md): Tagged notes, one folder per tag, read from Bear's database. (free, no limit)
- [Logseq](https://exporter.dev/logseq.md): Pages and journals, namespaces as folders. (free, no limit)
- [Documents](https://exporter.dev/documents.md): Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF and more, from a folder you pick. (free for your 10 most recently modified documents)

## Start on your own or with your agent.

You need the app and a folder. An agent also needs the command line and the MCP server.

### for you

1. Get Exporter: From the Mac App Store. macOS 15 or later, no account.
2. Open it and pick a folder: Connect the apps you want. For each one a panel opens in the app's folder: press Select this folder. Then choose an export folder.
3. Export free: Each app has a free allowance: 100 notes, 100 contacts, your 10 most recent conversations, 10 days of Screen Time, 10 documents. Bear and Logseq have no limit. What you export keeps syncing free.
4. Unlock an app once: To export everything from an app, unlock it in Exporter with a one-time purchase.
5. Use it: The files update as you use the apps. Open them in Obsidian or any editor.

[Getting started](https://exporter.dev/docs/getting-started) · [Download](https://exporter.dev/download) · [Pricing](https://exporter.dev/pricing)

### for your agent · Terminal

1. Install the skills: Five skills teach an agent to export, back up and search with Exporter.

   ```sh
   npx skills add https://exporter.dev
   ```

2. Install the command line: The app is sandboxed, so you paste one line in Terminal once, from "copy install command" on the Command Line card. Then the agent can check what is connected.

   ```sh
   exporter status --json
   ```

3. Connect Claude: For Claude Code, run the command below. Cursor and VS Code connect from buttons on the app's MCP Server card; the claude desktop button copies an entry for Claude's config.

   ```sh
   claude mcp add --transport http exporter http://localhost:8744/mcp
   ```

4. Ask: “Find my notes about the kitchen renovation and summarize where we landed.”

[For agents](https://exporter.dev/agents) · [Command line](https://exporter.dev/docs/cli) · [MCP server](https://exporter.dev/docs/mcp)

## Claude can search your exports.

Exporter runs a local MCP server, so Claude can search your exported notes, messages and contacts on your Mac. [Set it up](https://exporter.dev/agents).

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http exporter http://localhost:8744/mcp
```

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