# 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): Export Apple Notes, Mail, Messages, Contacts, Calendar, Reminders and more from your Mac as Markdown files, kept in sync and ready for Obsidian or AI.

## 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 Apple Calendar to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/calendar.md): Exporter writes your calendar as Markdown: one file per month, a heading per day, every event with its time, calendar and place, kept in sync. First 100 events free.
- [Export Claude Code sessions](https://exporter.dev/claude-code.md): Claude Code deletes a session log after thirty days. Exporter turns every session into a Markdown note, keeps the original and syncs as you work. 50 free.
- [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 Apple Mail to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/mail.md): Exporter writes every email in Apple Mail as a Markdown file on your Mac: sender, recipients, account and Mail's own kind in the front matter, kept in sync. The newest 1,000 are 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 Reminders to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/reminders.md): Exporter writes every Reminders list as a Markdown checklist, a reminder per line with due date and priority, kept in sync. First 100 reminders 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.
- [Export Apple Wallet Passes to Markdown](https://exporter.dev/wallet.md): Exporter writes every Wallet pass as a Markdown file: boarding passes, event tickets and store cards, with their fields and barcode, kept in sync. First 20 passes free.

## 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.
- [Calendar guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/calendar.md): Guides for Apple Calendar in Exporter: every month as a Markdown file, a heading per day, repeats on every day they happen, on your Mac.
- [Keep your calendar as Markdown](https://exporter.dev/guides/calendar/keep-your-calendar.md): Every month of your calendar as one Markdown file on your Mac: a heading per day, every event with its time, calendar and place, and no permission prompt.
- [Claude Code guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/claude-code.md): Guides for Claude Code in Exporter: every session as a Markdown note with the original log beside it, kept after Claude Code deletes it.
- [Keep every Claude Code session](https://exporter.dev/guides/claude-code/keep-claude-code-sessions.md): Claude Code deletes a session log thirty days after its last line. Keep every session as a Markdown note with the original beside it, synced as you work.
- [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): Move a Logseq graph to Obsidian: journals as daily notes, namespaces as folders, properties as front matter, tasks as checkboxes. Free, and kept in sync.
- [Mail guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/mail.md): Guides for Apple Mail in Exporter: let Claude search and read your email as Markdown files, served from your own Mac.
- [Use Apple Mail in Claude](https://exporter.dev/guides/mail/email-in-claude.md): Let Claude search and read your email: export Apple Mail as Markdown, start Exporter's local MCP server, connect Claude Code. Nothing leaves your Mac.
- [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): Move Apple Notes to Obsidian: every note as Markdown in your vault, with folders, attachments, links and dates as Properties, kept in sync.
- [Back up Apple Notes](https://exporter.dev/guides/notes/back-up-apple-notes.md): How to back up Apple Notes on a Mac: what iCloud, Time Machine and Export as PDF miss, and every note as Markdown with a live mirror and snapshots.
- [Reminders guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/reminders.md): Guides for Reminders in Exporter: every list as a Markdown checklist, kept in sync as you tick things off.
- [Reminders as checklists in Obsidian](https://exporter.dev/guides/reminders/reminders-to-obsidian.md): Turn every Reminders list into a Markdown checklist in Obsidian: due dates and priorities as Dataview fields, subtasks nested, synced as you tick.
- [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.
- [Wallet guides](https://exporter.dev/guides/wallet.md): Guides for Apple Wallet in Exporter: every boarding pass, ticket and store card as a Markdown file, with its fields and barcode, on your Mac.
- [Keep every Wallet pass](https://exporter.dev/guides/wallet/keep-wallet-passes.md): Wallet has no export at all. Keep every boarding pass, ticket and store card as a Markdown file on your Mac, with its fields and barcode.

## 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.
- [Calendar](https://exporter.dev/docs/calendar.md): How Exporter exports Apple Calendar: connecting with no permission prompt, one file per month, repeats, how far back it reads, the free 100, and fixes.
- [Claude Code](https://exporter.dev/docs/claude-code.md): How Exporter exports Claude Code sessions: connecting, one note per session, the original log, the free 50, live sync while a session runs, and fixes.
- [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, organizing files by group or company, what is left out, every front matter field, unlocking 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 where its files go 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.
- [Mail](https://exporter.dev/docs/mail.md): How Exporter exports Apple Mail: connecting, choosing emails by kind and account, organizing the files, the free 1,000, the command line, 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.
- [Reminders](https://exporter.dev/docs/reminders.md): How Exporter exports Reminders: connecting, one file per list, the checkbox lines, the free 100, sync and full resync, every field 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.
- [Wallet](https://exporter.dev/docs/wallet.md): How Exporter exports Apple Wallet: connecting, one file per pass, the fields and the barcode, dates on undated passes, the free 20, sync and fixes.
- [Questions](https://exporter.dev/faq.md): Every question answered across exporter.dev in one place: what Exporter reads, what stays free, how the export is kept in sync, and what to do when something goes wrong.

## 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