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Common questions
How do I get Notebook?
For now you build it yourself with Xcode 27, in about five minutes: for a Mac with Apple silicon and macOS
27, and for iPhone and iPad with iOS and iPadOS 27, in the Simulator or on your own device. The
steps are in the README. A build for the
Mac or the Simulator needs no Apple developer account; for your own iPhone or iPad, put your team in
Config/Local.xcconfig as DEVELOPMENT_TEAM. The App Store comes later.
Where are my notes kept?
Where they already are. Notebook shows the folders you add, iCloud Drive or any other, and reads and writes
the Markdown files in them in place. On iPhone and iPad you pick them in the Files app's picker, or keep notes
on the device, in On My iPhone › Notebook. A note's title is its file name. Pictures and files you add to a
note go into a hidden .assets folder next to it, and that is all Notebook adds.
Can I keep using Obsidian, iA Writer or GitHub?
Yes. Notes are ordinary Markdown, so other apps read them just the same, and [[links]] find the
note by its name as Obsidian does: one in the same folder first, then the one with the shortest path.
What if a note changes on another device?
Notebook watches the open note. If it changed somewhere else and you haven't typed, it reloads quietly. If both sides changed, it merges the two line by line and never writes over a change it hasn't seen. Only when both changed the same lines does it ask: keep this version, use the other one, or keep both.
Is there a version for iPhone and iPad?
Yes, from the same project: the same editor, search and files, laid out the way each device works. On the iPhone you go into one folder per screen, and the iPad has the Mac's sidebar. With iCloud Drive, the same notes are on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. Quick capture from a widget and the share menu comes later.
Does Notebook collect anything?
No. It has no server, no accounts, no analytics and no advertising, and it never connects to the internet. The details are in the privacy policy.