NotesArchive

A Swift package for reading and writing an undocumented interchange format for the Apple Notes app in macOS 12 Monterey¹.

Importing or Exporting with Notes

To import or export the Notes archive format, the feature (apparently codenamed alexandria) must be enabled.

$ defaults write com.apple.Notes alexandria -bool YES

Notes archives (read from and written to by the Archive type in this package) can be imported into Notes by double-clicking them, or can be used with

Enabling the Debug Menu in Notes

$ defaults write com.apple.Notes DebugModeEnabled -bool YES

Quick Look.

Enabling the debug menu in the app enables some fun (and dangerous!) additional functionality.

Footnotes

1. The functionality seems to be there on macOS 11 Big Sur too, but hasn't been tested there. ↩