Notes that behave like a tree.

Getting started

The column on the left holds your folders and, inside them, your notes. Folders can hold other folders.

• + at the top of the column makes a folder or a note. Right-click a note for New Note Below, which adds one right under it, in the same folder.
• A note that works well can become a template: share menu ⇧ → Keep as template…. Templates are then offered from the folder's menu.
• When you come back, AZNote reopens on the same note, the same line, the same spot.
• Need to jot something without finding the right note? Quick Capture with ⇧⌘N: each line becomes an item of the Inbox note. It also works from the Share menu of Safari, Photos and other apps (Save to AZNote).

Writing in outline

Type - (dash and space) to start a bulleted list. From there:

• Return makes the next line at the same level; on an empty line it steps out a level.
• Tab and ⇧Tab move the line in and out, carrying its whole branch.
• Click the bullet of a line with children: the branch folds (▸) and opens back exactly as it was. Over bullets that can fold, the pointer turns into a hand.
• Click left of the bullet: the caret goes to the start of the line.
• Numbered lists (1. a. i. by level) from the toolbar or ⇧⌘L.
• Paste a list from Notes, Word, an email or a website: it becomes a real outline, hanging from the level of the line you paste into.

Focus and reorder

• Double-click the bullet of a branch: the note shows only that branch. A path appears at the top (Whole note › … › Branch) to climb back out.
• Press and hold a line and drag it: the line is highlighted, a copy follows the pointer and a blue line shows where it will land. Its branch moves with it. You can also drag from the bullet.
• ⌥↑ ⌥↓ move the line (with its branch) above or below its neighbour, keeping its level.
• ⇧-click a bullet to select the line with its whole branch: done, cut, copy and delete act on the block.
• Collapse all ⇧⌘C and Expand all ⇧⌘E.

Tags, people and priorities

Coloured chips live inside the text: a tag (TODO, IDEA, TOFIX or your own), a person (@Marta), a priority (High, Medium, Low). Add them from the toolbar, with ⌘⌥1…9 for tags, or by typing @: the list of people pops up (arrows and Return to pick).

• A TODO carries its own checkbox: tick it right in the line. F5 or ⇧⌘D marks the line done.
• Hover a TODO to see who opened it and who closed it, and when. The footer shows who wrote and edited the line you are on.
• Right-click → History of This Line…: every change, by whom, with removed and added words highlighted.
• Hide done ⇧⌘H and invisible lines ⇧⌘I keep a note tidy without deleting anything.

Dates, reminders and mentions

Write the date in the line and AZNote sets the reminder:

• A line can come back: right-click → Comes Back… (daily, weekdays, weekly, monthly). Ticked off, it reopens when its period turns.
• Reminders arrive as notifications; a click takes you to the line. From the line menu you can also send it to Apple Reminders.
• Links: [[Note name]] opens the note (and makes it if it doesn't exist); [[text]] goes to the line that starts with it; [[Note › line]] to a line in another note. Hover to see where it leads.

Agenda

The Agenda (⌥⌘A) gathers lines from every note: Overdue, Today, This week, Later, No date. Filter by tag, person and priority.

• The Month view puts lines on their days. Drag a line onto another day: its reminder moves there, same time.
• Click a line to open the note right there; the panel stays open alongside.

Board

The Board (⌥⌘B) shows lines as cards, in columns by priority, by person or by tag, plus a month and a map of links.

• Drag a card to another column: the line takes that priority, person or tag — in the note and on the shared web page too.

Saved views and search

At the top of the column are your Views: saved questions over the whole library. Assigned to me is ready to use (it uses your name from Settings). To make more: + → New View…

• Find in All Notes ⇧⌘F also finds text inside attached PDFs and images.
• Find and replace in a note: share menu ⇧ → Find and replace… (folded lines included).
• Commands ⌘K: every action in the app, from the keyboard.

Attachments

• Drag or paste an image, a PDF or any file onto a line: it hangs there and the line shows a clip 📎. Click it to open.
• Deleting the clip takes the files with it (⌘Z brings them back).
• Text in PDFs and images is read (OCR) and becomes searchable.

Sharing on the web

Share menu → Share on the Web…: AZNote makes a private link that opens in any browser, no account needed. Share the whole note or just one branch (right-click a line).

• For each link choose: edit or read-only, a name (to know who is writing), a password, an expiry, and whether to get an email when someone edits or comments.
• Whoever opens the link writes, moves lines, ticks TODOs, attaches files and leaves comments in the left column, with replies. You see who is typing and on which line.
• Edits reach the app within seconds; when two people write at once, AZNote merges the versions.
• If someone assigns you a line on the web (@yourname), you get a notification right away.
• End-to-end encryption keeps the content unreadable to the server: the key travels only in the link.

Mac, iPad and iCloud

• Notes sync through your own iCloud: no account to create, your data stays yours.
• To work with others inside the app, share a folder through iCloud (right-click the folder → Share Folder…).
• Versions of this note: share menu ⇧ → Versions of this note…, to look back and restore.
• Automatic and manual backups from the ⋯ menu → Backups….
• Lock with Touch ID for private notes (right-click the note).
• Export to PDF (text and pictures) or Markdown; import Markdown, OPML and PDF to annotate by hand.
• On iPad, write and draw with Apple Pencil and record a meeting's audio, with bookmarks along the way.

Keyboard shortcuts

Help and suggestions

From the ⋯ menu at the top of the folders choose Send Feedback…: every message is read. Or write to dario.tolio@ilevia.com. Shortcuts can be changed in Settings → Shortcuts.

AZNote is free for up to 3 notes, with every feature. AZNote Pro, a yearly subscription valid on iPhone, iPad and Mac, lifts the limit.