SideNotes Features

SideNotes combines the simplicity of sticky notes with the organization of advanced note-taking apps.

Opening and Positioning

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

Creating Notes

Markdown

File & Folder Shortcuts

Pictures

Tasks

#rrggbb Colors

Various Ways of Formatting

To create a note you can click + button, but you can also:

Drag and Drop

Paste Clipboard Content

Use a Global Shortcut

Organization

Note Colors

By default notes have no color. To choose one, click the gear button and select a color. You can 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

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

Reordering by Drag & Drop

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

Fold Notes

Collapse long notes to save screen space. Expand them only when you need to see the full content. Clean and organized.

Pin Notes and Folders

Keep your most important notes and folders at the top of the list. Perfect for quick access to frequently used content.

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.

Text Settings

Choose your best font and text size.

Automation & Integration

Integrate SideNotes with other apps and automate tasks using Shortcuts actions and the AppleScript API.

Shortcuts Actions

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

AppleScript

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

Alfred Workflow

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

iCloud & iPhone

Your notes are automatically synced across Mac, iPhone, and iPad. SideNotes keeps your notes in iCloud and synchronizes them between your devices.

Take your notes with you. SideNotes is also available for iPhone and iPad.

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More Features

Share Extension

There are a bunch of ways you can share your notes, i.e. Messages, Notes, Reminders, and more.

Global Shortcuts

Use global shortcuts to work with SideNotes even when its window is hidden.

Exporting Notes to Images

You can export any of your notes to a nice image.

Note and Folder URLs

You can link to SideNotes notes, for example in your task manager or your main note-taking app.

Automatic Backups

SideNotes automatically backs up your notes and stores them in the local SideNotes data folder. You can also store your backups in iCloud.

Importing Text Files

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