SideNotes Features

Opening and Positioning

Left Right

  • Side Changing

    Move the app easily between the left and the right side of your screen. To do this, right-click the Open Bar and choose the side there.

  • Opening the App

    You can open SideNotes in three ways:

  • With a Click - Click the Open Bar button on the side of your screen
  • With a Shortcut - Press ⌃ ⌥ ⌘ to show SideNotes window
  • From the Menu Bar - Just click the icon and your notes are here.
    Learn how to activate this option.

Creating Notes

Notes
  • Markdown Markdown
  • Files & Folders File & Folder Shortcuts
  • Pictures Pictures
  • Tasks Tasks
  • Colors #rrggbb Colors
  • Formatting Various Ways of Formatting

You can click + button, but you can also:

  • Drag and Drop By Drag and Drop
  • Pasteboard Pasting Pasteboard Content
  • Shortcuts Using Global Shortcut

Organization

Note Colors

Note Colors

By default notes have no color. To choose one, click the gear button and select a color. Check here how to change the way of showing note colors.

Folders

There are lots of things to keep in SideNotes: project materials, snippets, screenshots, links, and much more. Organize your folders the way you like.

Moving Notes to Another Folder

You can move a note to another folder manually or use a shortcut.

Reordering Notes and Folders by Drag & Drop

You can easily move notes and folders up or down by drag & drop.

Folders List

Look and Feel

Themes

Install one of our themes or create your own set of colors.

Dark and Light Mode

Change it to make your notes stand out or adjust to the time of day.
Check here how to do it.

Text settings

Choose your best font and text size.

Themes

Automation & Integration

Integrate SideNotes with other apps, automate your tasks using Shortcuts Actions and Apple Script API.

Shortcuts

Shortcuts Actions

Automate your daily tasks. Create notes and folders and integrate SideNotes with other apps. Read more

Apple Script

Apple Script

Create and modify notes and folders, search for them and get their content. You can use Apple Script to integrate SideNotes with other apps. Read more

Alfred Workflow

Alfred Workflow

Download our Alfred workflow and take notes even faster, quickly search for them, use snippets and more. Read more

iCloud & iPhone

Now you can have your notes auto-synced between Mac, iPhone, and iPad

iPhones

iCloud Note Storage

By default SideNotes backups your notes automatically and keeps them in the SideNotes data folder. But we recommend storing your backups in iCloud. Check here how to do this.

Syncing iOS and macOS Versions

Enjoy your notes synced between your Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

More Features

  • Share Extension

    Share Extension

    There are a bunch of ways you can share your notes, i.e. Messages, Notes, Reminders, and more. Click the Share icon on the bottom of a note and choose one.

  • Global Shortcuts

    Global Shortcuts

    Use SideNotes like a pro with global shortcuts. They let you work with SideNotes window invisible.

  • Exporting to Images

    Exporting Notes to Images

    You can export any of your notes to a nice image. Check here how to do it.

  • URLs

    Note and Folder URLs

    You can link to your SideNotes notes i.e. in your task manager or your main note-taking app. Click the share button, copy the note's link and paste it anywhere you need.

  • Automatic Backups

    Automatic Backups

    SideNotes backups your notes automatically and keeps them in SideNotes data folder.

  • Importing

    Importing Text Files

    You can easily drag & drop text files to your SideNotes from the desktop or any folder.