Thank you, Gary for another incredibly useful tip. I have been wanting to link notes to notes because I have scattered similar information across multiple notes. When I did not remember I already had a note in a particular subject. Rather than taking the time to consolidate the notes, I’m going to use your technique to collaborate with myself. This is brilliant! Also, as a sidenote: when I am in Safari and collaborating with others, on a social app, I find the command K and the command V is very useful, and allows me to highlight a sentence or part of it and take the other user right to the link that I intended. Thank you for everything! Your extensive knowledge benefits me every time!
Notes, limited as it has been, is my most used Mac app. Currently around 400 and an instantly available reference on all my devices. It’s my store of thoughts, to-dos, lyrics, essays and plans. Once a Note has outgrown its app it becomes a Pages or CAD document or whatever suits. My iCloud Notes is pretty much the breeding ground for my creativity and the reason is simplicity of use and access.
Exactly what I wanted to do to link all my info into my Project Manager app! And then link all the supportive docs to the main Note! Yay! Thanks so much, Gary!! 😊
Thank you so much for this! Whenever I mark up pdfs in Notes, iCloud never syncs and loses all my markup. Pretty much renders pdf markup useless in Notes. I was looking for a way to add a link to the original file in a note so I can just mark it up directly in the Files app and you're the only person I've found that has a solution for this!!! Also, clicking on the link in the Notes app on the iPad directly opens up the pdf in the Files app! So happy I found this video, thank you!!
Gary, you have this fantastic ability to keep testing /exploring about how to maximise the utility value of anything that is Mac OS! :-). Linking a note to a note...like how its going to be done like with a 2ndBrain...Notion, Evernote and all those similar apps!
Interesting. I hope with Sonoma's native Note Link feature that it's a sign Apple plans to expand it to other documents as you showed. That way it is built-in system wide and not so much a trick. I think it'd promote Pages more, which would be nice. And it would enhance people's workflows with more options. Thanks for sharing.
Something else for me to try. I love the idea of linking notes and documents as it saves time hunting around for information that I know is ‘somewhere’ but can’t really remember where.
I didn’t know that was possible. However in google that runs more smoothly. There I use it all the time without sending invite to myself. There I use it to build my file structure. Thanks Gary
Thanks a lot Gary. Would you also know if Sonoma will also allow linking cells between seperate 'Numbers' sheets, something that was possible in Excel on Windows?
Depends on what you mean. Do you mean a link where you click on some text and it takes you to another sheet? Or do you mean a link where you can use values from one sheet in another. You can do both right now.
@@macmost Thank you Gary, I meant the latter scenario. As far as I can see, it is not possible to link a cell value of one 'Numbers' spreadsheet with another cell in another 'Numbers' spreadsheet, something I used to do when I was still living in the 'Windows world'. I know that this is possible if the cells are on the same spreadsheet file. Having totally transitioned from 'Excel' to 'Numbers' now, I don't know if the Apple 'Excel' version would allow this function? Thanks as always, for responding to rather complex scenarios that I occasionally come across in my 'Apple discovery journey'.
@@macmost Thanks Gary, Yes I meant different documents/files. At times difficult for me to describe things accurately. I have just downloaded the free Mac version of 'Only Office' and created to seperate files for experimentation purposes. And the copy cell content between these 2 files works. So hopefully, Apple will make some advancements in this area and I might just have to abandon 'Numbers' for the time being. Thanks again for responding.
Hello, thank you for the great video. I also use this link to organize and utilize notes, files, etc. I'm curious if this link has an expiration date set like the Photos app's shared albums, where it expires after 30 days. It's frustrating to think that the organized links will disappear after 30 days. Do you know a way to create a permanent link? Thank you.
Is there an updated version of this video for Sonoma? Has any better method become available through Sonoma for linking to live iCloud documents in a Note? I know you can drag and drop a document onto a note but it saves an archive version of it there in it's state at that time so if you edit the original document later you won't see those edits when you open that embedded version from the note.
I run a public burial ground and use a Numbers sheet as a 'map' showing each grave. A cell represents a grave and contains various bits of data referring to legal documents which I have scanned as PDFs. I really want to link each piece of text in each cell to the relevant PDF so that I can find the information I need quickly. Is this possible using this method or is there a better way?
This is good for a few links, but it sounds like you have a lot. I would just use a good naming system. Have a folder for each grave and name it with whatever designation you use for each one.
@@Fahodinho That's for Note to Note, not Note to document. I have a detailed video on Note to Note links at Patreon, but I do show it here in a more general video too: ua-cam.com/video/EMuAIYNI6I0/v-deo.html
@@macmost Sorry Gary, I didn't explain my intentions clearly enough. With Apple Notes: I'd love to be able to either; 1. be able to set the font to Avenir And the colour to blue size 18 as a default or 2. be able to run a short cut to change my note configuration to this on Mac and/ or IOS/ iPadOS? Do you have a way to make this possible? Thanks again Mike
Now that we have links to notes in Sonoma, perhaps the idea here is to not have a large note, but use the new links to do what you need in a series of smaller notes.
I don't know if linking in the Calendar would make sense. If it were me, I would use the Files app to scan receipts and save them as files instead of cluttering up the Notes App Library with them. Then you can use those file names to put dates and other information, and folders to organize further.
@@macmost let’s say when I have a hyperlink to “Note 2” within “Note 1”, I want Note 2 to open in a new window so I can see both Note 1 and hyperlinked note 2 on the same screen for cross reference. Without having to leave Note 1 to find Note 2 in the side menu to open it in separate window. I hope that makes sense 🙈
When I follow the demonstrated workflow, I don't get the "Collaborate" choice or drop-down field. In that area, it just shows other people to which I can share using Messages. Is there something in settings that enables this? Both of my Macs are like this and are on the latest public Ventura release.
@@macmost Yes, all my Apple notes are in iCloud and I even verified they show up on the web version of iCloud. Ironically (after further review), it seems when using the Notes app on Mac, the collaborate option does NOT show for any notes that are already being shared with someone, but it does show for notes that aren't shared. On the web version of Notes, they all show the "copy link" option regardless of whether they are already shared.
Adding a simple link should do that. Try a restart. If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support. In the meantime you can always access your iCloud notes at the iCloud web site (or your other Apple devices).
Well, I might argue that Notes wasn’t originally created to be a text editor. That’s what TextEdit is for - although TextEdit doesn’t have Markdown functionality either!! I’ve always treated Notes like a memo pad and not a place where I would do long form writing necessarily. Having said that, though, I think Markdown functionality in Notes would be a cool feature and I could see how many people would like that.🙂
Oh how much I have been wanting to do this on my notes. Super thanks, Gary for showing us this. Really appreciate your works.
Thank you, Gary for another incredibly useful tip. I have been wanting to link notes to notes because I have scattered similar information across multiple notes. When I did not remember I already had a note in a particular subject. Rather than taking the time to consolidate the notes, I’m going to use your technique to collaborate with myself. This is brilliant! Also, as a sidenote: when I am in Safari and collaborating with others, on a social app, I find the command K and the command V is very useful, and allows me to highlight a sentence or part of it and take the other user right to the link that I intended. Thank you for everything! Your extensive knowledge benefits me every time!
Notes, limited as it has been, is my most used Mac app. Currently around 400 and an instantly available reference on all my devices. It’s my store of thoughts, to-dos, lyrics, essays and plans. Once a Note has outgrown its app it becomes a Pages or CAD document or whatever suits. My iCloud Notes is pretty much the breeding ground for my creativity and the reason is simplicity of use and access.
Exactly what I wanted to do to link all my info into my Project Manager app! And then link all the supportive docs to the main Note! Yay! Thanks so much, Gary!! 😊
Thanks very much, Gary, for this very informative video today! This will definitely come in handy for linking long notes to Calendar appointments.
Thank you so much for this! Whenever I mark up pdfs in Notes, iCloud never syncs and loses all my markup. Pretty much renders pdf markup useless in Notes. I was looking for a way to add a link to the original file in a note so I can just mark it up directly in the Files app and you're the only person I've found that has a solution for this!!! Also, clicking on the link in the Notes app on the iPad directly opens up the pdf in the Files app! So happy I found this video, thank you!!
Gary, you have this fantastic ability to keep testing /exploring about how to maximise the utility value of anything that is Mac OS! :-). Linking a note to a note...like how its going to be done like with a 2ndBrain...Notion, Evernote and all those similar apps!
A very useful and informative video tutorial today! Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
Great work Gary, another illuminating presentation by you!
Interesting. I hope with Sonoma's native Note Link feature that it's a sign Apple plans to expand it to other documents as you showed. That way it is built-in system wide and not so much a trick. I think it'd promote Pages more, which would be nice. And it would enhance people's workflows with more options. Thanks for sharing.
Great insight Gary, thanks very much. The usage concept does have some subtle implications, useful, in certain situations.
Great information, Gary. Nothing like collaborating with yourself. 🤔
BEST Video to me ever on topic MAC !!! Thanks a lot
Something else for me to try. I love the idea of linking notes and documents as it saves time hunting around for information that I know is ‘somewhere’ but can’t really remember where.
This is really nifty! Thanks, Gary 🤗👍
I didn’t know that was possible. However in google that runs more smoothly. There I use it all the time without sending invite to myself. There I use it to build my file structure. Thanks Gary
Great video , another powerful tool.
Thanks a lot Gary. Would you also know if Sonoma will also allow linking cells between seperate 'Numbers' sheets, something that was possible in Excel on Windows?
Depends on what you mean. Do you mean a link where you click on some text and it takes you to another sheet? Or do you mean a link where you can use values from one sheet in another. You can do both right now.
@@macmost Thank you Gary, I meant the latter scenario. As far as I can see, it is not possible to link a cell value of one 'Numbers' spreadsheet with another cell in another 'Numbers' spreadsheet, something I used to do when I was still living in the 'Windows world'. I know that this is possible if the cells are on the same spreadsheet file. Having totally transitioned from 'Excel' to 'Numbers' now, I don't know if the Apple 'Excel' version would allow this function? Thanks as always, for responding to rather complex scenarios that I occasionally come across in my 'Apple discovery journey'.
@@60beats44 Oh, you mean in a different document. In your previous comment you said "sheets" which are pages inside the same document.
@@macmost Thanks Gary, Yes I meant different documents/files. At times difficult for me to describe things accurately. I have just downloaded the free Mac version of 'Only Office' and created to seperate files for experimentation purposes. And the copy cell content between these 2 files works. So hopefully, Apple will make some advancements in this area and I might just have to abandon 'Numbers' for the time being. Thanks again for responding.
Apple has sooooooo much work to do with linking and, more importantly, backlinking
Hello, thank you for the great video. I also use this link to organize and utilize notes, files, etc. I'm curious if this link has an expiration date set like the Photos app's shared albums, where it expires after 30 days. It's frustrating to think that the organized links will disappear after 30 days. Do you know a way to create a permanent link? Thank you.
I don't think it expires.
Great video. Word could do this years ago - why has Apple taken so long to do this?
Word is a huge, complex, feature-filled word processor. Notes is a lightweight note-taking and storage app. Very different types of apps.
you can put serial number on it Sir its your document, your mil spec document. have a nice day
Thanks bunches
Is there an updated version of this video for Sonoma? Has any better method become available through Sonoma for linking to live iCloud documents in a Note? I know you can drag and drop a document onto a note but it saves an archive version of it there in it's state at that time so if you edit the original document later you won't see those edits when you open that embedded version from the note.
No, this is the same.
I run a public burial ground and use a Numbers sheet as a 'map' showing each grave. A cell represents a grave and contains various bits of data referring to legal documents which I have scanned as PDFs. I really want to link each piece of text in each cell to the relevant PDF so that I can find the information I need quickly. Is this possible using this method or is there a better way?
This is good for a few links, but it sounds like you have a lot. I would just use a good naming system. Have a folder for each grave and name it with whatever designation you use for each one.
How can I create a link to a file in my iCloud Drive, to add to a note; so I can avoid making notes with large attachments?
How about the method I show you in the video. Does that not work for your situation?
Hi Gary, can you share how to do this in Sonoma using the native method?
Native method? There is no native method to link from a Note to a document. But maybe you mean something else?
you said in the video that there's still no native method, but it will be released in sonoma @@macmost
@@Fahodinho That's for Note to Note, not Note to document. I have a detailed video on Note to Note links at Patreon, but I do show it here in a more general video too: ua-cam.com/video/EMuAIYNI6I0/v-deo.html
Great info, thanks; Do you know if there are shortcuts to format Apple Notes, e.g font, font size and font colour? I'd love to be able to do this.
Yes. Look in the Menu Bar, Format, Font and you'll find those commands and the keyboard shortcuts.
@@macmost Thanks for the quick reply Gary. I meant the Shortcuts App, not keyboard shortcuts?
@@mikebedford4362 OK, but you don't need the Shortcuts App for "font, font size and font color" as they are already things you can do in Notes.
@@macmost Sorry Gary, I didn't explain my intentions clearly enough. With Apple Notes: I'd love to be able to either; 1. be able to set the font to Avenir And the colour to blue size 18 as a default or 2. be able to run a short cut to change my note configuration to this on Mac and/ or IOS/ iPadOS? Do you have a way to make this possible? Thanks again Mike
@@mikebedford4362 No, if you need to create nice documents with specific fonts and everything, use Pages not Notes. Notes isn't meant for that.
THANKS-> it would be nice to have a link to a specific place in a text e.g. table of contents in a large note !!!! :-)
Now that we have links to notes in Sonoma, perhaps the idea here is to not have a large note, but use the new links to do what you need in a series of smaller notes.
thanks a lot !!!! this is what I am gonna do now (unfortunately) @@macmost
If I am on travel and save receipts in notes, can I link an event in calendar to gather all my receipts in one place?
I don't know if linking in the Calendar would make sense. If it were me, I would use the Files app to scan receipts and save them as files instead of cluttering up the Notes App Library with them. Then you can use those file names to put dates and other information, and folders to organize further.
is there a way to open linked notes in a separate window without giving the original note?
Not sure what you mean, but you can open notes in separate windows in the Notes app from the Context menu or the Window menu.
@@macmost let’s say when I have a hyperlink to “Note 2” within “Note 1”, I want Note 2 to open in a new window so I can see both Note 1 and hyperlinked note 2 on the same screen for cross reference. Without having to leave Note 1 to find Note 2 in the side menu to open it in separate window. I hope that makes sense 🙈
@@tatianaleroy6814 I can't think of any way to do that.
This doesn't seem to work for notes that are already in shared folders. The link brings you back to the shared folder but, not to the actual note.
Interesting. The solution would be to not share folders, but only individual notes. At least for notes where you want to link to them like this.
When I follow the demonstrated workflow, I don't get the "Collaborate" choice or drop-down field. In that area, it just shows other people to which I can share using Messages. Is there something in settings that enables this? Both of my Macs are like this and are on the latest public Ventura release.
Are the notes in iCloud?
@@macmost Yes, all my Apple notes are in iCloud and I even verified they show up on the web version of iCloud. Ironically (after further review), it seems when using the Notes app on Mac, the collaborate option does NOT show for any notes that are already being shared with someone, but it does show for notes that aren't shared. On the web version of Notes, they all show the "copy link" option regardless of whether they are already shared.
@@stevem1200 If a note is already shared, then you should be able to use Manage Shared note to get the link.
@@macmost Thanks for that info, and for all your very helpful videos!! 😀👍
Must the notes you wish to link to be in i-cloud once Sonoma is released?
They have to be in iCloud to share them, which is the cornerstone of this technique. Nothing to do with Sonoma though.
Looked like it was really useful until it was all tied to iCloud. Would be great to have this feature but applied to all files on the mac.
I tried this and now my Notes won't open at all. I lost my letter in there.
Adding a simple link should do that. Try a restart. If that doesn't work, contact Apple Support. In the meantime you can always access your iCloud notes at the iCloud web site (or your other Apple devices).
MacMost Sonoma notes
So ridiculous that Notes doesn't have proper mark down capabilities. I've recently switched to UpNote. Apple is their own worst enemy at times.
Well, I might argue that Notes wasn’t originally created to be a text editor. That’s what TextEdit is for - although TextEdit doesn’t have Markdown functionality either!! I’ve always treated Notes like a memo pad and not a place where I would do long form writing necessarily. Having said that, though, I think Markdown functionality in Notes would be a cool feature and I could see how many people would like that.🙂