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#QUICK NOTE ON MACOS MONTEREY PDF#

And anything you add to your Quick Note from the share extension will not bring up the Quick Note window - the content will simply be added and will be visible if you bring the Quick Note window up from a swipe or keyboard shortcut. In my testing, it appears you can only add a URL to a Quick Note in Safari (not in Chrome).

You also can’t add a URL from Tweetbot from the share extension. You cannot add a photo to a Quick Note from the share extension in Photos, for instance.

Share extension: You can create a Quick Note right from the share extension, but the option is hit and miss.

There are a few other ways to create a Quick Note beyond the drag-from-the-corner or keyboard shortcut methods: The window isn’t immediately active (any typing you do will continue in the app you’re using), so you’ll need to tap the Quick Note window with your finger or cursor to make the window active. A quick Globe + Q shortcut will bring up the Quick Note window. You can also use the new global keyboard shortcuts in iPadOS 15 to create a new Quick Note. This touch motion will reveal a square window that you can relocate and resize anywhere on the display. You can create a Quick Note by dragging your finger or Apple Pencil up and away from the bottom right corner of the iPad’s display. I would argue Quick Notes are an iPad-specific feature based on how baked-in they are in the OS. But just a few small tweaks from Apple will push Quick Notes into one of the must-have features for the iPad as a whole. In a way, it’s like having an element of a Personal Knowledge Management built right into the core iPadOS system.Īs we’ll see, Quick Notes are currently limited somewhat in how they behave. This premise could have enormous implications for knowledge and administrative workers in the future. So if you find yourself reading through an interesting blog post a second time, a little Quick Note box shows up in the corner and presents you with your Quick Note from the last time you visited the URL.

Quick Notes behavior somewhat reflects this “digital sticky” idea - Quick Notes are accessible from all locations on iPadOS 15 (even the Home Screen) and some Quick Notes will “stick” to a URL from which you formerly took notes.

#QUICK NOTE ON MACOS MONTEREY PDF#

So, if you attached a digital sticky to a PDF, that sticky would pop up if you shared that PDF with someone else or would pop up whenever you scrolled past that place on the PDF. I discovered this blog post a while back discussing the idea of permanent sticky notes being attached to digital assets. And while this most certainly is the case, it’s the current stickiness of Quick Notes that has caught my attention.

Some have stated Quick Notes appears to be a testing ground for future popover windowed apps in iPadOS. This year’s evolution is Quick Notes, and it appears to be the best Notes feature yet. Last year, it was Smart Selection and Data Detectors (wherein handwritten text behaves the same as typed text for creating tappable links for events, phone calls, locations, etc.). A few years ago, it was direct access to Notes from the Lock Screen via the Apple Pencil. Nor has the Notes feature-set ever been one that feels fulfilling to me.īut with each passing WWDC, Notes continues to get special treatment on the iPad. I’m not even a Notes user (or at least I wasn’t). Color me geeky, but the feature I’ve been most excited for after Apple’s 2021 WWDC keynote has been Quick Notes.