# exporter.dev

> Exporter is a Mac app (Exporter: Notes to Markdown on the App Store) that reads Apple Notes, Messages, Contacts, Screen Time, Bear, Logseq and a folder of documents directly off your Mac and keeps them as plain Markdown files (Apple Notes, Bear and Documents also as HTML), in sync as you keep using the apps. It also serves the export to agents over a built-in local MCP server. Local and private, no account. Every app has a free allowance; unlimited is a one-time purchase per app, priced per country (https://exporter.dev/pricing), never a subscription.

Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its url, or send `Accept: text/markdown`. All pages in one file: https://exporter.dev/llms-full.txt

## Home

- [Your notes are trapped. Let's get them out.](https://exporter.dev/index.md): A Mac app that exports Apple Notes, Messages, Contacts, Screen Time, Bear, Logseq and your documents as Markdown files, kept in sync, ready for any agent.

## Apps

- [Export Bear notes to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/bear.md): Exporter reads Bear's database and keeps your Bear notes as Markdown, one folder per tag, attachments beside them. Free, no limit.
- [Export Contacts to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/contacts.md): Exporter writes every contact card as a Markdown file, with phones, emails and groups in the front matter, kept in sync. First 100 contacts free.
- [Convert documents to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/documents.md): Turn Word, PowerPoint, Excel, EPUB and PDF files into Markdown in the same folder shape, kept current. Scans are read on your Mac. 10 documents free.
- [Export Logseq pages to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/logseq.md): Exporter writes your Logseq graph as Obsidian-ready Markdown: journals and pages in folders, namespaces as folders, tasks as checkboxes. Free.
- [Export iMessage conversations to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/messages.md): Messages has no export. Exporter turns every conversation into a Markdown file with a heading per day, reactions and photos, kept in sync.
- [Export Apple Notes to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/notes.md): Export Apple Notes to Markdown on your Mac: notes, folders, tags and attachments, kept in sync as you write. First 100 notes free.
- [Export Screen Time data](https://exporter.dev/screen-time.md): macOS keeps about four weeks of Screen Time. Exporter writes one Markdown file per day with app time, websites and sessions, and keeps every day.

## Guides

- [Guides](https://exporter.dev/guides.md): Step-by-step guides for Exporter, app by app: Apple Notes to Obsidian, backups, Claude, Wander, Messages, Contacts, Screen Time, Bear, Logseq, documents.
- [Bear guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/bear.md): Guides for Bear in Exporter: keep your Bear notes in an Obsidian vault as Markdown, one folder per tag, while you keep writing in Bear.
- [Bear to Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/bear/bear-to-obsidian.md): Keep your Bear notes in an Obsidian vault as Markdown, one folder per tag with attachments beside them, while you keep writing in Bear. Free, no limit.
- [Contacts guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/contacts.md): Guides for Contacts in Exporter: turn every card into a people note in Obsidian, with each field as a Property, linked to your conversations.
- [Contacts as people notes in Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/contacts/contacts-to-obsidian.md): Turn every Contacts card into a people note in Obsidian: each field as a Property, groups and companies as folders, linked to your conversations.
- [Documents guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/documents.md): Guides for Documents in Exporter: convert a folder of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files to Markdown on your Mac and let Claude read them.
- [Word, PDF and slides to Markdown for Claude](https://exporter.dev/guides/documents/documents-in-claude.md): Convert a folder of Word, PowerPoint, Excel and PDF files to Markdown on your Mac, scans included, and let Claude read them over the local MCP server.
- [Logseq guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/logseq.md): Guides for Logseq in Exporter: turn your graph into an Obsidian-ready folder with front matter, journals as daily notes and namespaces as folders.
- [Logseq to Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/logseq/logseq-to-obsidian.md): Turn a Logseq graph into an Obsidian-ready folder: front matter from page properties, journals as daily notes, namespaces as folders, tasks as checkboxes.
- [Messages guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/messages.md): Guides for Messages in Exporter: back up every conversation as Markdown with its photos, and search your conversations with Claude.
- [Back up your Messages](https://exporter.dev/guides/messages/back-up-messages.md): Back up every Messages conversation as a Markdown file with its photos, kept current as messages arrive, and every older one after unlocking.
- [Search your Messages with Claude](https://exporter.dev/guides/messages/messages-in-claude.md): Ask Claude about your conversations: export Messages as Markdown, start the local MCP server in Exporter and connect Claude Code.
- [Apple Notes guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes.md): Guides for Apple Notes in Exporter: keep an Obsidian vault in sync, back up your notes, use them in Claude, and read them in Wander.
- [Use Apple Notes in Claude](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/apple-notes-in-claude.md): Let Claude search and read your Apple Notes: export them as Markdown, start Exporter's local MCP server and connect Claude Code with one command.
- [Read Apple Notes in Wander](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/apple-notes-in-wander.md): Open your Apple Notes export in Wander, our free Markdown editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad: folders as the sidebar, Properties, images and live reloads.
- [Apple Notes to Obsidian, kept in sync](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/apple-notes-to-obsidian.md): Keep an Obsidian vault in sync with Apple Notes: export into a folder of its own inside the vault, with dates as Properties and ready bases.
- [Back up Apple Notes](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/back-up-apple-notes.md): Back up Apple Notes as Markdown files: a live mirror that follows every edit, plus dated snapshots from the exporter command and cron.
- [Screen Time guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/screen-time.md): Guides for Screen Time in Exporter: keep a Markdown file for every day, long after macOS deletes its history at about four weeks.
- [Keep Screen Time history past four weeks](https://exporter.dev/guides/screen-time/keep-screen-time-history.md): macOS keeps about four weeks of Screen Time. Keep every day as a Markdown file with apps, websites and notifications, long after macOS deletes it.

## Docs

- [Docs](https://exporter.dev/docs.md): How Exporter works: getting started, one page per app with its folders, fields and fixes, the command line, the MCP server, and help.
- [Bear](https://exporter.dev/docs/bear.md): How Exporter exports Bear: connecting, one folder per tag, what is skipped, attachments, Markdown and HTML, full resync and fixes. Free, no limit.
- [The exporter command line](https://exporter.dev/docs/cli.md): Reference for exporter, the Exporter command line: install, sync, export, list, status, log, doctor, report, JSON output, exit codes and cron.
- [Contacts](https://exporter.dev/docs/contacts.md): How Exporter exports Contacts: connecting, the tabs that set the folders, what is left out, every front matter field, unlocking, full resync and fixes.
- [Documents](https://exporter.dev/docs/documents.md): How Exporter converts a folder of documents: connecting, the file types, scanned PDFs, Markdown and HTML, every front matter field, full resync and fixes.
- [Get started](https://exporter.dev/docs/getting-started.md): Install Exporter, connect an app, choose an export folder and run the first export; then what keeps syncing, unlocking, and what a full resync removes.
- [Help](https://exporter.dev/docs/help.md): Fixes for what goes wrong in Exporter, in the words you would search: the wrong folder, nothing exported, the free limit, full resync, MCP and the CLI.
- [Logseq](https://exporter.dev/docs/logseq.md): How Exporter exports a Logseq graph: connecting, pages and journals, namespaces as folders, tasks, every front matter field, full resync and fixes.
- [The MCP server](https://exporter.dev/docs/mcp.md): Connect Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code to Exporter's local MCP server on localhost:8744: setup, the folders it serves, six tools.
- [Messages](https://exporter.dev/docs/messages.md): How Exporter exports Messages: connecting, the first pass, one file per conversation, media, every front matter field, unlocking, full resync and fixes.
- [Apple Notes](https://exporter.dev/docs/notes.md): How Exporter exports Apple Notes: connecting, where the files land, what is skipped, attachments, HTML, every front matter field, full resync and fixes.
- [Screen Time](https://exporter.dev/docs/screen-time.md): How Exporter exports Screen Time: connecting, one file per day and a summary, the free days, the archive past four weeks, every field and fixes.

## Doors

- [Exporter for agents](https://exporter.dev/agents.md): What an AI agent can do with Exporter on a Mac: export notes and messages with the exporter CLI, and search them over a local MCP server.
- [Every app Exporter reads](https://exporter.dev/apps.md): The seven apps Exporter reads on your Mac and keeps in sync as Markdown: Apple Notes, Messages, Contacts, Screen Time, Bear, Logseq and documents.
- [Download Exporter for Mac](https://exporter.dev/download.md): Get Exporter from the Mac App Store: macOS 15 or later, no account, every app free up to its allowance, and the command line after you install.
- [Pricing](https://exporter.dev/pricing.md): Every app exports free up to its allowance, Bear and Logseq with no limit. Each other app unlocks once, priced per country. No subscription.

## About

- [Contact](https://exporter.dev/contact.md): How to reach the maker of Exporter: feedback from inside the app, email to Anton, a rating on the App Store, and updates on YouTube.
- [Privacy](https://exporter.dev/privacy.md): What Exporter reads, what it writes, and the little that leaves your Mac.
- [Terms](https://exporter.dev/terms.md): The terms for exporter.dev and the Exporter Mac app, which is sold through the App Store under Apple's standard license. The site has no accounts.

## Agent skills

- [apple-notes-to-obsidian](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/skills/apple-notes-to-obsidian/SKILL.md): Put the user's Apple Notes into an Obsidian vault as Markdown and keep them in sync, using the Exporter Mac app and its exporter command line. Use when asked to move, import, migrate or sync Apple Notes to Obsidian, open Apple Notes in Obsidian, or keep an Obsidian copy of Apple Notes current. macOS only.
- [backup-apple-notes](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/skills/backup-apple-notes/SKILL.md): Keep a current Markdown backup of the user's Apple Notes on disk with the Exporter Mac app and its exporter command line, as a nightly cron job, dated snapshots or a backup tool pre-flight step. Use when asked to back up Apple Notes, schedule a notes backup, snapshot notes to a folder or drive, or check that the last notes backup ran. macOS only.
- [export-apple-notes](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/skills/export-apple-notes/SKILL.md): Export the user's Apple Notes to Markdown (or HTML) files on a Mac with the Exporter Mac app and its exporter command line. Use when asked to export Apple Notes, convert notes to markdown or .md files, get notes out of Apple Notes, or save notes as HTML. macOS only.
- [export-messages](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/skills/export-messages/SKILL.md): Export the user's iMessage conversations from the Messages app to Markdown, one file per conversation with attachments, using the Exporter Mac app and its exporter command line. Use when asked to export, save, archive or back up iMessages, text conversations or Messages chat history as markdown or files. macOS only.
- [notes-as-claude-context](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/skills/notes-as-claude-context/SKILL.md): Search and read the user's Apple Notes, contacts and iMessage conversations as context through the Exporter Mac app's local MCP server at http://localhost:8744/mcp. Use when asked to search my notes, answer from my Apple Notes, find what I wrote about something, look up a conversation or contact, or connect Apple Notes to Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor or VS Code. macOS only.

## App

- [Exporter: Notes to Markdown](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/exporter-notes-to-markdown/id6741618455?mt=12): the Mac App Store listing, macOS 15+
- [Changelog](https://exporter.dev/changelog.md): what changed in each version, newest first
- [MCP server card](https://exporter.dev/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json): the app's local MCP server and its six tools