Notes & Ideas Support

Using Full-Screen Markdown Preview

1. Open a note and tap the blue Preview button in the Title section header. The button is disabled while the note has no content.
2. The app opens a full-screen Markdown preview over the editor. Preview is at the top left and Done is at the top right.
3. Use the centered -, +, or reset controls. You can also pinch the content or double-tap it.
4. Tap Done to return to the editor. After rotating the device, the preview is laid out again for the new screen width.

List and Tile Layouts

Use the top-right layout menu to switch the idea list between rows and tiles. The choice is remembered and applies to Notes & Ideas, Project, folders, Archive, and Trash.

• Rows keep the full-width layout with the title, excerpt, tags, and date on one line.
• Tiles show the title, a short excerpt, a tag, and the date. Tapping a tile opens the idea in the editor.
• The number of tiles per row follows the width of the window rather than a fixed column count: two on an iPhone, and more — four or five — on an iPad or the unfolded display of a foldable. Tile width stays between 160 and 240 points, so tiles never stretch into a pair of oversized cards.
• On a foldable, the grid prefers an even number of columns when a fold divides the display, and opens a gap between the middle two so no tile sits on the fold itself.
• In Notes & Ideas and Project, pinned ideas stay in a Pinned section above the All Ideas tiles, each drawn as a full-width card lined up with the tiles below.
• In Project, tiles cover projects and subfolders too: each one shows the folder name, its Active / On Hold / Done status, how many notes and subfolders it holds, and when it was last updated. Tap one to open it.
• Switching back to rows puts projects, subfolders, and ideas back in the full-width list layout, with the same actions available from a press and hold.
• Swiping a row is not available on tiles, so press and hold a tile for Move to…, Pin, Archive, or Delete. Archive and Trash offer their own actions the same way.

iPad, Foldables, and Wide Screens

When the window is wide, the idea list and the editor sit side by side instead of one after the other: on an iPad in portrait or landscape, on the unfolded inner display of a foldable iPhone, and in any window wide enough to be laid out at a regular width. An iPhone, and a foldable's outer display while it is closed, keep the single-column layout the app has always had.

• Tap an idea in the left column and it opens in the editor on the right. There is no separate preview step and no second tap to start editing.
• The open idea stays highlighted in the list, so the right-hand column is always traceable to a row.
• Saving still happens only when you tap the checkmark. If you have unsaved edits and tap another idea, the app asks Discard unsaved changes? before switching, and Keep Editing leaves the draft intact.
• Archiving or deleting the open idea from the list clears the right-hand column, so you are never editing an idea that has left the list.
• The button at the far right of the list's toolbar hides and shows the list, which gives the editor the full width.
• On a foldable, the system moves the toolbars to the screen edge beside the fold on its own, and the app's buttons are in that side bar either way — the tile grid fits its columns to the two halves.

Notes, Tags, and Trash

• Enter a title and body for a new note, then save it with the checkmark at the top right of the editor. Editor changes are written to local data only after you save.
• The title and body share one section, the body area keeps a fixed height of about 17 lines, and the body uses a monospaced font for editing.
• Swiping a row left offers Archive and Delete. Archived ideas leave the Notes & Ideas list, keep their content, and can be unarchived at any time.
• New tags in the tag picker are applied as draft state first and become persistent after the note is saved successfully.
• Deleting a tag removes only the tag relationship; it does not delete associated notes.
• Renaming a tag checks for empty names and normalized-name conflicts.
• Tag colors are generated on device, so a tag keeps the same color in every list and in the editor without any extra setting.
• Trash is a soft-delete area. Permanent deletion cannot be undone, so export important content first.
• Empty Trash appears in the top-right while you are viewing Trash. It deletes every note in Trash at once and asks for confirmation first.

Projects and Folders

Use the top-left menu to open the Project space and organize ideas as a tree. Top-level folders are projects, deeper folders are subfolders, and notes are the items they contain. Notes can also sit directly at the Project root when they are not yet filed.

• Tap a folder to open it. The title shows the full path, such as Client A › Phase 1.
• While in Project, tap + to create a new idea, or a new project/subfolder.
• Press and hold a project or folder to Rename it, Move… it, pin it, change its Status, or delete it. Status offers Active, On Hold, and Done.
• Press and hold a note and choose Move to… to move it to Notes & Ideas, the Project root, or any folder in the tree.
• Projects are ordered by pinned first, then Active, On Hold, Done, and finally most recently updated. Subfolders are ordered by pinned first, then name.
• A project or folder row shows its recursive note count, subfolder count, and last update. When a folder has notes in Trash, it also offers View Trash.
• Searching while in Project covers every folder and shows each result's folder path; folder names are matched too.
• Use Status = Done to retire a project without deleting it — Project status replaces folder-level archiving.
• Deleting a project or folder moves its active notes to Trash, leaves archived and already-trashed notes in their state, and removes the folder together with its subfolders. A confirmation shows how many notes and subfolders are affected.

Import and Export

Full data

In the note list menu, choose Export Data to create a JSONL backup. Choose Import Data to restore a file.

• A full backup contains notes, tags, Project folders, and metadata, including notes in Trash.
• Import is a merge and does not automatically delete local records that are missing from the backup.
• Matching notes are handled by note ID and update time; tags are merged by normalized name or ID, and folders by ID first, then by normalized name under the same parent.
• Imports are rejected when the file format or backup version is invalid. Files exported by an earlier app version use an older format version and are not accepted; import them before updating if you still need them.

Single note

For an existing note, use Export Note JSON or Import Note JSON in the editor. When the note is in a Project folder, the file also carries its folder path. An imported note is loaded into the editor first; review it and tap Save when ready.

If the App Can’t Open Your Notes

In rare cases the app cannot open its notes database, usually after an interrupted upgrade or when the device ran out of storage. It then shows a Couldn’t Open Your Notes screen instead of starting. Nothing has been deleted. The screen lists the database files, any copy taken before an upgrade, and offers:

If the screen shows an orange line saying the copy taken before the upgrade could not be written, the app never had a copy to fall back on — most often because the device was already out of storage. Free some space first; Try Again and Save My Data… both need room to work.

• Try Again — attempts to open the database again. Worth trying first if the device was low on storage.
• Restore a Copy… — puts a copy taken before an upgrade back in place. The database it replaces is moved into StoreBackups, keeping its name, so it can be put back from the same screen. A copy predates an upgrade, so it may not contain notes added since it was taken.
• Copy Details — copies the app version, system version, error, file paths, and file sizes, so you can send them to support without typing anything by hand.
• Save My Data… — saves your notes to a file you choose. If the database can still be read, you get a backup you can import again with Import Data. If it cannot, you get the database files themselves: they hold your notes but cannot be opened on this device, so keep them somewhere safe rather than sending them anywhere.
• Start Over… — makes the app open again with an empty database. The current one is moved into StoreBackups and can be put back with Restore a Copy…, so this is not final either.

Appearance on iOS 26

The app requires iOS 26 or later, and adopts Liquid Glass, the material introduced with that release. Navigation bars, toolbars, menus, and sheets pick it up automatically. The app's own floating surfaces use it too: the search field that slides in above the list, the progress panel shown while a backup is written, and the controls in the full-screen Markdown preview header.

• Content keeps its plain fills — note rows, tiles, tag chips, code blocks, and tables are unchanged. Liquid Glass is reserved for the controls and navigation above the content.
• The preview header no longer draws an opaque band. Scroll the Markdown preview and the text fades into the top edge behind the header instead of being cut off by it.
• Liquid Glass follows your system settings. With Reduce Transparency the material becomes frostier, Increase Contrast adds contrasting borders, and Reduce Motion removes the elastic movement.

Frequently Asked Questions

Still need help?

When contacting support, include the following information, but do not paste note content or a complete backup:

• The app version, iOS version, and device model;
• The feature involved, such as Projects, Preview, Import Data, or a tag action;
• Steps that reproduce the problem;
• An error message or screenshot that does not contain private content;
• If the app showed the Couldn’t Open Your Notes screen, the text from Copy Details. It contains no note content, so it is safe to send, and it saves you typing out paths and file sizes.