Export Apple Notes to Markdown

What you get

• One Markdown file per note, in the same folders as in Apple Notes
• Images, PDFs and drawings copied into an attachments folder beside the note, and embedded where they were
• Checklists as tasks, and your #tags kept in the text
• Link previews as the page’s title, linking to it
• Each file starts with its title, created and modified dates, and a notes:// link that opens the note in Apple Notes; pinned, shared and cover when they apply

Where the files go

alto-index/notes/Travel/San Francisco trip.md
alto-index/notes/Travel/attachments/golden-gate.jpg

What you choose

• Organize by folder, by tag or by smart folder, and tick the ones to export
• Markdown, or HTML pages, one format at a time
• Wikilinks or standard Markdown for images and links, in Options… or Settings › Markdown

Left out

• Locked notes and Recently Deleted
• A note not yet downloaded from iCloud: open Apple Notes and let it download, then sync

Free and paid

Your first 100 notes export and keep syncing free. Then one purchase unlocks Apple Notes: on its own, as one of any three apps, or with all of them. See pricing.

With Claude

/altoindex:notes in the Claude plugin browses and searches your notes, and the MCP server lets Claude Desktop search them.