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Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by eviks »

gcr wrote: post #83
eviks wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No goal posts move when the original issue is not resolved with the proposed solution Like, without any menu you can export your notes to a screenshot, but you wouldn't accept it as an export option, would you? Similarly, PDF is an awful format for notes, so the fact that it exists doesn't solve the issue that you can't export your notes (which at a minimum you need to be able to do in batches, not individual notes)

Most users interpret "Export" as an operation that lossily finalizes a project from its native representation to a common third-party format. "Export" is one-way, "Save As" is bidirectional. - Audacity "Saves" audio projects to its native .aup, but can "Export" them to .mp3 or .wav - Photoshop "Saves" .psd files, but "Exports" them to .jpeg - Gimp "Saves" an .xcf, but "Exports" to .png - Apple Notes "Saves" notes to…

This is not a project, and your examples are just the same biased multimedia project example, which is very much not rich text

Export/import is about comm/direction, it does not (technically, just as you like it) imply loss. Also, technically we're discussing a comment from a specific person here, not from "most users".

(Joplin also uses sqlite database for storage, that's another very interesting internal detail)

So even technically you're wrong, but more importantly, you're missing the forest for the technicality tree

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by some_guy_in_ca »

techdragon wrote: post #45
oneearedrabbit wrote: post #11

I am excited to see more solutions that work with Apple Notes database directly. This is my go-to application to capture unstructured memos while researching various topics. Last year I got carried away and built a simple site generator for Notes [0]. As a fun exercise I implemented ORM models to query Sqlite database in Ruby: User::Account.server(database: "tmp/test.sqlite").first. folders_dataset.offset(1).first no…

I’m trying to consolidate my note taking with Obsidian but I’m with you about Notes being a go-to tool… it’s just so much better integrated into all the apple devices, I can scribble quick notes with the pencil, ask Siri and all sorts of shortcuts can easily make or add to notes… but I’m absolutely sick of being held hostage by my software and for me my notes are too important not to protect. I’m glad to see anyone w…

For Mac - I use Noteplan. Obsidian has some amazing feature but it is soo complicated. I find Noteplan has a more simple user interface and most of the features. They can work together because they both use local markdown files.

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by kello »

kolinko wrote: post #81

Nice! It throws an error that it cannot find the notes folder though. Where is it located usually? Or what's the file name?

On my system it is located at /Users/YOUR_USER/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/NoteStore.sqlite. I have a relatively older mac osx version though and an ancient 2013 MBP. Could be that the file location has changed in the meantime.

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by azeirah »

techdragon wrote: post #79
azeirah wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it's worth, I am working on a tool that syncs files from a ReMarkable drawing tablet to Obsidian. I was planning on looking into support Samsung notes and Apple notes next. An open-source project like in the OP will help a lot here! You can subscribe to a newsletter here if you're interested (in the top right of the page) https://streamsoft.gumroad.com/l/remarkable-to-obsidian?layo...

Is this an alternative to needing Remarkable’s Connect service subscription?… Because needing Connect to sync notes off my tablet pretty much killed any desire to buy a remarkable 2 … and I voted with my wallet on it too… I bought a PineNote eink tablet instead (I hope this will eventually be a useful tablet… but I’m not holding much hope given my experience with various Linux distros on the first generation PineTab……

It is not, it requires the connect service subscription as it uses their cloud API to access data from your Remarkable.

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by shanecleveland »

I have been adopting Apple Notes more after trying to use a lot of other note methods/apps. Always fall back to simple text in Notes. And I seem to be hearing of more people doing the same.

I recently set up a shortcut that works on both my Mac and iPhone to create a new note each day with the date as the title. And then each time I trigger the shortcut that day, it enters the time, location and weather. Easy way to keep a running "diary."

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by swalling »

docmars wrote: post #90
ericzawo wrote: post #86

Love this. I am an Apple Notes absolutist (see: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FY1rZvNWIAAIRzs.jpg ). I have tried Evernote, Workflowy, Dynalist, Notion over the years for marrying personal / professional worlds but always (always!!) come back to Notes. I have dreamed of the ability to have a Notes web app with custom CSS for years and a few other features. Good luck with this project I'll be watching closely

I'm curious — as someone who's had a hard time with Notes' maybe... lack of features and less-than-friendly formatting IMHO (no Markdown, unconventional keyboard shortcuts, layout formatting quirks...) — what about Apple Notes appeals to you more than other popular tools? I feel I may be missing something :)

Just works: fast to load, works offline, I don’t have to think about sync

Just notes: It’s not trying to be a programmable networked knowledge engine or a no code app builder or a toaster.

Not ugly: You can technically change fonts and crap but it uses clean system styles out of the box, so even as a font snob I don’t get distracted changing formatting instead of writing.

Free, or at least really cheap if you have a lot of stuff in iCloud

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by sillywalk »

oneearedrabbit wrote: post #11

I am excited to see more solutions that work with Apple Notes database directly. This is my go-to application to capture unstructured memos while researching various topics. Last year I got carried away and built a simple site generator for Notes [0]. As a fun exercise I implemented ORM models to query Sqlite database in Ruby: User::Account.server(database: "tmp/test.sqlite").first. folders_dataset.offset(1).first no…

Interesting.. Have you discovered any limitations to Notes e.g. how many total or largest size?

Re: Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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Post by rhettbull »

solalf wrote: post #55

Awesome initiative! I wish Apple Notes would support Markdown. This is my go to app for so much of my life, à Notion style editor would be an absolute game changer.

I'm the author of python library & command line tool, https://github.com/RhetTbull/macnotesapp, that will allow you to use Markdown to create (but not yet edit) notes from the Terminal. I use Vim + markdown to create notes all the time: `notes add -m -e` adds a new note using Markdown by opening the default editor.
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