HOW TO Use the Notes app
1 Create a note
Launch Notes and click the new note icon (paper with a pen across it). Type a heading, which will also be the title. Press ® and start typing your note. Use the ‘Aa’ button to style it or the Format menu for more options.
4 Add a table to a note Click the grid in the toolbar. A 2x2 table will appear. To add more rows, click the three dots icon to the left of the table, then hover over the orange bar, click the down arrow and choose Add Row Above or Add Row Below.
7 View note attachments
You can browse all the images, scans, documents and websites in all your notes in one place. Click the View menu and choose Show Attachments Browser (ç+3). Click on a tab to see attachments in that category.
2 Add an image
Click the picture button and choose Photos. Wait for the photo browser to load, locate the one you want and drag it on to your note. To add a photo from elsewhere on your Mac, drag it from the Finder on to the note.
5 Lock a note
If you want to secure a note with a password, select the note, then click the padlock in the toolbar and choose Lock Note. Type in a password, verify it and type a hint. Click the padlock again and choose Close all Locked Notes.
8 Create a new folder
Hover the mouse pointer over iCloud or On My Mac and click the three dots icon on the right. Choose New
Folder. When the Folder appears, type name for it and press ®. You can create nested folders the same way.
3 Scan using your iPhone
Click the picture button and choose Scan Documents under the name of your iPhone. The viewfinder on your iPhone will open. Hold it over the document and wait for the shutter sound. Press Save to save the scan.
6 On My Mac
Click the Notes menu and choose Preferences. Check the box next to ‘Enable the On My Mac account’. If you want to set On My Mac as the default for new notes, select that from the Default Account menu.
9 Pin a note
Notes are automatically ordered with the most recent at the top in any folder. To pin another note to the top of the list, ≈-click it and choose Pin Note. You can also duplicate and delete notes from the same menu.