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  @andricheli2 күн бұрын

  I use a mix of both tags and folders to organize Apple notes but in reality it’s the search function I rely on the most. I could probably dump everything into a single folder and I wouldn’t even notice. Apple Notes’ search functionality is so powerful that nothing else is really needed.

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  @theol10442 күн бұрын

  While the theoretical benefits of links may be nice, they are extremely tedious to keep up in practice as your collection/system grows. With folders, you set up the folder once and you add every new document for this category to that folder. With tags, you set up a tag (or a set of tags) once and you add the tag(s) to every new note relevant for this/these category/categories. For retrieval, you simply move to that folder or filter your notes for the tag(s). That will give you both the exact note you might be searching for and all kinds of related notes. Easy. With links, you have to set up all the links to all the existing relevant documents in your system as 1:1 relationships. And you have to remember all those other relevant documents in the first place (plus, links won't help you to search/filter them out at that point). And then, as your system grows, you have to retroactively add all the links to the old related documents (your note management software might be able to help you with that, but then you are bound to that software). I wouldn't rule out links completely, but I would only use them sporadically and never rely on them to give me a complete picture of all the relevant notes for a subject or category in my system. Not to forget that neither links nor tags work with files on your computer. There is no solution to overcome this that is independent of the (technical) filesystem. And one last word regarding search. The fundamental weakness of search is that you have to know rather precisely what you are looking for. You cannot just browse your collection or a subset of it for 'something', like you can with folders or tags.

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  @TTisodi2 күн бұрын

  pls, examples of linked notes.

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  @driatros3 күн бұрын

  I'd love to hear your thoughts on the time it takes to create links between notes. It seems to me it would be a lot more burdensome initially, but I'd love to see it in action and be persuaded otherwise.

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  @mdlallemont3 күн бұрын

  Is it me or did he not show an example of a note with links?

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  @NDW19553 күн бұрын

  Your videos always make me think. I love exploring ideas that you present.

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  @Patrick-NP3 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @thingsmymacdoes3 күн бұрын

  Some interesting things to think about in the video but I don't agree with the whole business example. Reports and such shouldn't and usually dont live in Notes. Notes is great at what it's meant for which is taking notes. So a good hybrid scheme would be to copy a folder structure from a business project to Notes and storing the notes about the project in the corresponding folders while the actual business docs are stored somewhere else. Adding the suggested action tags like descriptors and action tags then really adds value.

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  @jimgrant17763 күн бұрын

  I think the conceptual model of “Folders”, “Tags”, and “Links” is fine, maybe excellent. But, I believe it becomes irrelevant when a person has created more than a few hundred notes. That has been my experience. Over the last 10+ years, I have created 8,000-10,000 notes. Every time I created a new note, I thought the information was important enough that I would likely want to find and use it again sometime in the future. (Heck, that’s really the only reason to create a note!) But, I can tell you now, that I can’t remember what’s in the vast, vast majority of my notes. - - - Yet, at any time in the future, I may need some piece of information and I “think” I created a note a couple years ago with the information I need now. But, how am I going to find that note? I submit that it’s going to be tough to find it, whether I use the “Folders”, “Tags”, or “Links” organizational method. I’ll end up trying several test searches and may or may not find that note. So, this begs the question: “How does a person remember things?” I believe it is because he/she has associated it with one or more of the 4 W’s: Who, What, When, and Where. If a person adds one or more of the 4W’s to each note at the time when he/she created it, it will materially increase the chance of finding a note sime tome in the distant future. Here’s how it can be done: * Who - The are people. Short names are better. Add “Who” as a tag to the note. * What - This is the over-arching topic of the note. Put this in the title of the note. Fewer words is better. - - - Other topics or sub-topics can appear in the body of a note. These can all be found with the note app’s search function. * When - Apple Notes automatically creates and controls values for the note Creation Date and Edited Date. To search by either date, a user can create a “Smart Folder” and have Apple Notes find those notes which meet the criteria. - - - In some cases, those two dates may not be sufficient. Then the key date of the event can be added to the start of the title (like 2024/06/30) or in the body of the note. * Where - This can be any kind of location: Countries, states, counties, cities, buildings, streets, etc. - - - “When” is best implemented as a tag.

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  @thingsmymacdoes3 күн бұрын

  I completely agree. And as said in the video the search function is really good in Notes. Probably its strongest feature. You can write down a phone number from a person you met in Paris in 2024 regarding some DVDs and there you have your 4 Ws. Later you can search for any of these 4 and you will find the note without any tags or folders.

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  @Patrick-NP3 күн бұрын

  great points in this thread - just a few thoughts: 1) Niklas Luhmann (of Zettelkasten fame - see my video about that on this channel) had 90 thousand notes in his archive, collected over 50 years. He was still able to leverage it when writing books/articles. However, he accepted that some notes would completely disappear in the system, never to be seen again. I think this is a very important point, as I feel we often strive for perfection (i.e. a system that never forgets anything) when we would be much better served by a system that works well 80% of the times. 2) great point about search and how people find things. We should always try to summarise the content of a note (in particular, the ones we haven't written: eg, a research paper, a link to a webpage, a video interview, etc) in *our own* words, because those are the ones we'll use in a few years to find that piece of information. The "4 Ws" sounds like a good method, but of course each person will search in different ways.

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  @thingsmymacdoes3 күн бұрын

  @@Patrick-NP I have just made a shortcut that lets you select any file in Files and with that selection it automatically creates a new note including filename, file path and tags referencing the file name. Best of both worlds :)

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  @hansjc3 күн бұрын

  @@thingsmymacdoes Would you care to share that shortcut? Sounds really interesting to me!

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  @thingsmymacdoes3 күн бұрын

  @@hansjc It won't let me. I'll make a short video about it.

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  @hansjc4 күн бұрын

  Good video, but it leaves some questions. I prefer a hybrid model using folders where most beneficial and tags for all files and notes. The linking you suggested as the "higher way" works well with notes (Apple Notes, Craft Docs, etc.) but I don't see how this works with regular files on my Mac. This functionality doesn't appear to be built in. Do you think of some smart workarounds that are less obvious but work on a Mac file system? An app like Hookmark, e.g.? Please, consider making a video on this if you have a solution.

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  @PRIVAT_USER3 сағат бұрын

  try "Obsidian" PKM-Tool

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  @prth8machine4 күн бұрын

  So I’m a bit confused as to how the linking is done. I’m adding links to each file as a capture new files or resources? Doesn’t that become even more difficult and tedious? Or am I missing something with how the linking is done?

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  @Patrick-NP4 күн бұрын

  The problem with categorisation ( or linking) is not the effort you put in, but the return you get from it. It's the "business case" consideration that I was referring to in the video. Usually, if you feel it's a difficult or tedious process, it is probably because you are categorising without a clear goal in mind, resulting in high effort and low return. In reality, there is no need to link every note, and there is no need to do it as you capture them. That need only arises if and when you have a specific goal in mind (or if you have one of those "ah, this reminds me of ...." moments). Until then, you could even decide to place all notes you capture in a generic "everything" folder.

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  @jawjuh10054 күн бұрын

  I have been using an app called The Brain which negates the use of either of these although tags are available. This is probably on the far right of your chart. It is based on links. Would love for you to check it out and do a review of it. Thanks.

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  @midnightcoder4 күн бұрын

  First like or first comment? I got both! Great video as usual.

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  @Patrick-NP4 күн бұрын

  Legend! Thanks!

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  @jesse4689-o2l6 күн бұрын

  Will this increase the size of Apple Notes a lot?

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  @Patrick-NP5 күн бұрын

  No, as it's mainly text based. If you start adding lots of photos it could be different, of course, depending on how much space you have left on you device.

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  @eymbaque34468 күн бұрын

  Love this. Wanted a shortcut on my desktop that referenced a formatted date to open today’s note so any time I can just pop open the correct note without having to check the date then open folders to get to it. I am new to shortcuts and just couldnt figure out how to send the formatted-today variable to open my note. Can you create such a thing for us?

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  @_salvax_9 күн бұрын

  The measure of intelligence is the ability to change

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  @Patrick-NP9 күн бұрын

  indeed! :)

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  @cucumberhelen11 күн бұрын

  Thanks for this video, it's super helpful! Setting up the workstation with the right writing tools is already half the work done! 😉

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  @Patrick-NP10 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful. happy writing!

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  @hook_off12 күн бұрын

  У вас очень полезные и интересные видео! Видно как качественно вы готовите материал, спасибо вам. С удовольствием посмотрел бы ваше видео о приложении numbers в связке с Apple notes и возможные сценарии использования в повседневной жизни. Все-таки excel или google sheets кажутся перегруженными для использования на мобильном. А numbers более легким в освоении. Так же спасибо за видео о завоевании друзей, очень хорошее и простое для понимания. Вы хороший рассказчик. Надеюсь найдете себя на KZread.

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  @Patrick-NP11 күн бұрын

  Thanks! I haven't explored Numbers+Notes in detail, but will have a look in the future.

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  @andricheli12 күн бұрын

  Collapsible sections it the thing I've been waiting for. I already use Apple Notes for most things, but found Obsidian better for longer writing, largely because I can do thing like highlight (with a plugin) and collapse sections. Having highlighting and collapsible sections in Apple Notes might bring me over fully to Apple notes.

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  @Patrick-NP11 күн бұрын

  great then, it looks like iOS18 will do the trick for you. :) obsidian remains a better option for people who are interested in markdown support, portability, and notes navigation (read: backlinks), but hopefully Apple Notes will bridge those gaps soon!

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  @andricheli11 күн бұрын

  @@Patrick-NP Yeah, my only issue is the markdown and navigation support. I do find navigation (not just backlinks but also the ability to go BACK) in Obsidian much faster. My issue is that I do so much on mobile. I will have to see how Apple Notes looks in iOS 18.

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  @everevolvinglw12 күн бұрын

  Incredible idea. I never go back and read my previous journals, but I wish I did. This makes such an amazing way to do that without being overwhelmed.

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  @Patrick-NP12 күн бұрын

  Thanks a lot. The more you write it, the better it becomes. And after a few years, it becomes invaluable. I hope you'll give it a go!

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  @everevolvinglw12 күн бұрын

  Sooooo good!!!! ❤❤❤

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  @Patrick-NP12 күн бұрын

  Thanks! :)

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  @barryporter699313 күн бұрын

  good idea, but an iphone or ipad are way to distracting. I prefer a nice year long paper notebook and a decent pen. A pocket notebook takes up a lot less space and allows for 100% concentration on your writing.

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  @Patrick-NP12 күн бұрын

  Thanks. It is indeed a matter of personal preference!

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  @gitefermetteenfrance14 күн бұрын

  Thank you very much for video. 👍Very usefull

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  @Patrick-NP14 күн бұрын

  Thanks a lot!

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  @ByMillyCo15 күн бұрын

  This is an awesome idea! thanks!

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  @Patrick-NP15 күн бұрын

  Thanks! ☺️

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  @robbertvannes907115 күн бұрын

  Any thoughts on the durability of the system? Apple might someday change the way the notes app works and the whole system comes crumbling down. Or you might one day decide to leave the apple ecosystem and thereby limit your access. Or am I too pessimistic in this?

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  @Patrick-NP15 күн бұрын

  Probably a bit pessimistic, but it's a fair question. When you decide to invest time and effort on a system/platform then you want to be reasonably sure it will work for a long time. Obsidian is a safer bet in this sense, as it works with text files, but has disadvantages compared to Apple notes. Having said that, don't let those questions stop you from using the system (or any system you settle on). The original Zettelkasten was entirely paper based. If Luhmann had stopped using it because "someday there could be a fire, and I may lose all my archive" he wouldn't have enjoyed his amazing system for the next 50 years.

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  @jprchri15 күн бұрын

  Great video… 2 things: 1. You can create the table(s) in Numbers and then just copy/paste into Notes. There is a calendar template in Numbers - create it for the appropriate month then copy/paste to Notes. Works great. 2. On the Mac and on an iPad with external keyboard cmd-opt-[ will go back to the previous note from a link. Cmd-opt-] goes forward again. Not sure if there is some way to emulate that on an iPhone…

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  @Patrick-NP15 күн бұрын

  Thanks 1. 👍 Great suggestion 2. ❓ Never heard of those shortcuts and they don't appear to work on my Mac. (can't check the iPad+external keyboard). Maybe other viewers on Mac can check them too?

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  @jprchri15 күн бұрын

  I’ve had the chance to try it again on my Mac and it works… “Option+Command+[“ goes back, “Option+Command+]” goes forward again…

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  @alanbarnett774716 күн бұрын

  Your videos are very pragmatic, creative and detailed. Thank you. I’m encountering a problem with links in tables. When using CMD+K to create a link it looks fine and works ….once. However when I return to the table it’s just plain text. Same thing if I create it and then just leave the note and return. I can work around by creating the link outside the table and pasting it in. That will then work normally, but a nuisance. Have you encountered anything like that?

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  @Patrick-NP16 күн бұрын

  Hi, thanks for you message! Strange bug. Could it be that iCloud is slow at saving/syncing the note? Try adding a link, then waiting a few seconds before clicking on it. if that doesn't work, also try to click other cells before you click on the link. let me know how it goes...

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  @alanbarnett774716 күн бұрын

  ​@@Patrick-NP I'm afraid neither of those ideas worked. It behaves that way on both iMac and Mac Air. Knowing that you haven't experienced that problem, I guess my next step is apple. Thanks for your quick response.

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  @Patrick-NP15 күн бұрын

  No worries, good luck! It's good that at least you were able to find a workaround.

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  @Alegacyfornancy17 күн бұрын

  Thank you so much for this! Silly question but how do you account for monthly log differences re days of the week (not every month starts with a Monday on the first day).

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  Thanks you! In the monthly log it's the day (1 to 31) that matters; the weekday is there for reference, but it's almost irrelevant. (ie. you could even have a monthly log just with the numbers). so if a month starts on a Thursday, you simply create a log like this: 1 T 2 F 3 S 4 S ...

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  @Gelovan68217 күн бұрын

  Didn't see what you do after download just open download and drag? do you need split windows or something, with notes on one side and canva download on other?

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  You're right, you simply take the file and you drag it into apple notes. Depending on which device you're on (iPhone, iPad, Mac) there is a different way, but based on your question about split window I assume you're on iPad? so yes, one way is to put the files app on one side and Notes on the other, and drag the file across.

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  @swjdbinc17 күн бұрын

  This is very helpful! Will the dividers display on a iPad and iPhone as well?

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  Thanks! yes, they show up on both iPad and iPhone.

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  @swjdbinc12 күн бұрын

  What do I do after I download the files?

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  @Patrick-NP12 күн бұрын

  Simply drag the dividers you want from your downloads folder to the Note.

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  @gmembrino17 күн бұрын

  What’s the best way to adjust this for iphone as works great in ipad but as soon as you view in iphone you can to keep scrolling?

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  Hi! sorry but I'm not sure I got your question right. Are you saying that the content becomes too long on the iPhone and you would like to find a way to having to scroll less?

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  @gmembrino17 күн бұрын

  @@Patrick-NP yes, with onenote you can at least zoom out so that you can see more of the table , but when viewing the calendar on iphone you have to keep scrolling

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  @Patrick-NP16 күн бұрын

  I see. try rotating your phone, to landscape view. You should be able to see the entire table (or at least more of it, depending on how much content you have in your cells) Hope it helps, let me know how you get on! 👋🏻

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  @skirolf17 күн бұрын

  What a nice setup. I have made a note for my trip with days listed and the same sections as you have, “what to do, accommodation, transportation, links, etc”. May be my note will get to big (file size) with all infos over all days, pictures, links, text etc? Your set up with a note each day will be of less file size, but it will be a lot of notes instead. Do you have any idea of how many days my single note will cover before it gets to big file size and difficult to handle ?

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  hi, thanks for your message! I don't think there is a maximum size for notes, so in theory you could keep adding "days" to a single note. There might be a limit on your phone due to the amount of RAM or storage space it has, or to how "old" it is. In any case it should give you some warning signs before it stops working, for example it may become slow or unresponsive. if that happens, maybe avoid adding more stuff to the same note, and use another one instead. Enjoy your trip!

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  @YanivWaisman17 күн бұрын

  Hi Patrick. Love your videos. Really informative and clear to follow. Can you share what font you used for the dividers?

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  @Patrick-NP17 күн бұрын

  Hi, thank you very much! :) Font is called Bungee.

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  @YanivWaisman17 күн бұрын

  @@Patrick-NP Thanks so much

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  @PlanningMotion-Travel-Planning18 күн бұрын

  This is a great use of Apple Notes to keep all your trip information in just 1 place. I thought that you might be interested in looking at Planning Motion travel app. Same idea with some very useful planning tools. My partner and I created Planning Motion web app dedicated to trip planning. With Planning Motion, you can of course have all your information in just 1 place, and you also get your plans in an interactive calendar, see your itinerary on Google Maps, have your expenses in 1 page with currency conversion, and much much more. Please have a look at our getting started guide on our KZread Channel www.youtube.com/@PlanningMotion-Travel-Planning I would be very interested in knowing what you think of our app:)

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  @rlav710118 күн бұрын

  Great innovative work , love it ,Thanks alot.

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  @Patrick-NP18 күн бұрын

  Thank you! Cheers!

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  @jamieb6418 күн бұрын

  Great work again , thanks for your time on this . Always find something I didn’t know . All we need now is an apple shortcut to add tea bags to every note with Trip or holiday in the title 🙂.

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  @Patrick-NP18 күн бұрын

  LOL why didn't I think of that 😂

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  @andricheli19 күн бұрын

  This is great. My spouse and I use Apple Notes to plan all our trips and it has worked so nicely. I've always created a summary page for a trip (that links to other notes), but this video gives me some new ideas for how to make that summary page nicer and more informative.

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  @Patrick-NP19 күн бұрын

  Awesome, thank you!

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  @scottsegal763119 күн бұрын

  Great video and modern explanation of a good way to implement Zettelkasten. Would love to see a video with a more built out, realistic example of a Zettlekasten system in Apple Notes to help me visualize how to best do it.

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  @RalphHueske19 күн бұрын

  Very helpful. Thanks!

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  @Patrick-NP19 күн бұрын

  You're welcome, thanks for watching!

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  @midnightcoder19 күн бұрын

  Apple notes is where I organize my life. You are making it even more relevant and useful. This is one of the few channels I have a notification set so I will never lose anything. Keep up the good work!

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  @Patrick-NP19 күн бұрын

  Thanks a lot! 😊

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  @nachthaar631819 күн бұрын

  I like the idea of the "Forever Diary" you presented and I also adopted the idea of labeling each day with the line Year - Weekday - Location as a heading. However, I have changed the names of the notes so that the day is always displayed with two digits. This is how my shortcut for the homescreen works, which automatically opens the note entry for the current day based on the current date and I can then insert the heading directly from the clipboard with one click. I also added some weather Details from the weatherapp - think it would be nice after a few years. Many thanks for the great shortcut.

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  @Patrick-NP19 күн бұрын

  Fantastic! I love the fact you tweaked it to suit your preferences/workflow. thanks for sharing!

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  @heyjennylee20 күн бұрын

  Saving this video and excited to start implementing your structure right away. I adore Apple Notes but never found a good way to create a Zettelkasten successfully using it. Thanks for a great video and walkthrough!

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  @Patrick-NP19 күн бұрын

  Thanks a lot! Enjoy! :)

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  @architennis21 күн бұрын

  Great ideas! Though I was going nuts since I didn't see the icon at the top left for opening all attachments. Turns out, that's not in the default toolbar, I had to customize it to get it there! I hope this helps someone down the road.

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  @Patrick-NP20 күн бұрын

  Thanks!

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  @chrislyon242022 күн бұрын

  What a brilliant idea well done and thank you for sharing

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  @Patrick-NP22 күн бұрын

  Thank you! 😊

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  @mpowellmpowellmpowel22 күн бұрын

  Would love for the iPhone 14 Pro to have all of these new features..

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  @hn2972322 күн бұрын

  If you share a page in safari on iOS with Niotes, you can choose the content as PDF.Unfortunately you do noch have the link. I share „nornal“ to get the link and las PDF to get both - not nice…hope Apple somewhen offers a better way.

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  @roychowdhury476224 күн бұрын

  I have a problem about your diary organization, can you describe an example, eg for 2024. What would be the actual folder names

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  @Patrick-NP24 күн бұрын

  Hi - the year is irrelevant in the folder structure, as it is based only on months and days, as shown below (MONTHS are in capitals, for clarity): Forever Diary - 01 JANUARY - 01 January - 02 January - 03 January - 04 January - ... (rest of the days in January) - 02 FEBRUARY - 03 MARCH - 04 APRIL - ... (rest of the months) The years are only mentioned inside the single notes.

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  @itsruiguerreiro24 күн бұрын

  This is brilliant! Thank you.

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  @Patrick-NP24 күн бұрын

  thanks!

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  @vocal_jay24 күн бұрын

  This came RIGHT on time. I can't wait to put this into action! Thanks for sharing!

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  @Patrick-NP24 күн бұрын

  That's great, enjoy your Forever Diary! 👍

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  @brixtonbanner289925 күн бұрын

  I set up a version of this after watching your Forever diary video about four months back. However after seeing this video I started adding links. I did it a tad differently in that I have one main or Index note with links to 12 notes one for each month. Each month note has links to a note per day plus a link back to the index note. I put this at the top and bottom of the days of the month. It’s a long list. Each day has its own note with a link back to its month page and also the main index note. This is time consuming but I did three hours on two of my weekend days and it’s sorted now. I didn’t do links to the next and last days because I’m hopping in and out of this diary. So I find this tree structure better for my needs. But a big thank you for posting that original video which sparked in me the will to have a go.

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  @Patrick-NP24 күн бұрын

  Cheers! and thanks for sharing your setup

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  @enriquediaz754725 күн бұрын

  That’s a Good & interesting idea/take on journaling. !

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  @Patrick-NP24 күн бұрын

  Thanks!!