If you’re looking for the fastest way to jot down thoughts, ideas, and links on your Mac or iPad, look no further than Quick Notes. Quick Notes is a new productivity feature for iPadOS 15 and macOS Monterey that lets you create new notes from any screen—including from websites in Safari—without opening the Notes app. You can open and collaborate on Quick Notes from your iPad, Mac, or iPhone, but for now, you can’t create new Quick Notes on an iPhone. This wikiHow will show you how to create, edit, and add links to Quick Notes on your iPad or Mac.
StepsMethod 1Method 1 of 2:Using Quick Note on an iPad
1Start a blank Quick Note. There are four ways you can create a new blank Quick Note on your iPad: Swipe up from the bottom-right corner of the screen with your finger or Apple Pencil.XIf there’s a keyboard attached to your iPad, press Globe key + Q.If you add the Quick Note icon to the Control Center, you can start a Quick Note by swiping down from the top-right corner of the screen and tapping the square with a squiggly line inside. To add Quick Note to the Control Center, open Settings > Control Center and select Quick Note.Tap the New Note icon at the top-right corner of an existing Quick Note.2Type or write on your Quick Note. Now you can edit your note just as you would in the Notes app.Tap the note to bring up the on-screen keyboard and start typing, write by hand with your Apple Pencil, or type with a compatible physical keyboard.You can also tap the Markup icon (the magic marker icon at the bottom-right corner of the note) to bring up drawing and color tools.3Tap Add Link to attach a link to your Quick Note. This cool feature lets you add a direct link to content you have open in another supported app, such as a website open in Safari, an email in the Mail app, or the song playing in the Music app.For example, if you have a website open in Safari that you want to remember, you can tap Add Link and select Safari to add a link to the open page to your Quick Note.When you tap the attached link, the linked content will open.4Add content from Safari to a Quick Note. If you find something on the web that you want to save in a Quick Note, you can add it to an existing Quick Note or use it to create a new one. Here’s how:Use your finger or Apple Pencil to highlight the content.On the context menu, tap Add to Quick Note to insert a link into an existing Quick Note, or New Quick Note to create a new Quick Note for this content.When you tap the link in your Quick Note later, a Safari window will open displaying the content you highlighted.5Find your Quick Notes in the Notes app. Your Quick Notes are saved in the Notes app inside of a folder called Quick Notes.When you have a Quick Note open, you can swipe left or right on the note to scroll through your Quick Notes.Tap the icon of four squares at the top of a Quick Note to view all Notes in the Notes app.Moving a Quick Note to a different folder in Notes converts it to a standard note. This means that you’ll no longer be able to add to it quickly from apps like Safari.Method 2Method 2 of 2:Using Quick Note on a Mac
1Start a blank Quick Note. If you need to quickly capture an idea, phone number, or virtually any other thought, you can create a new Quick Note in one of three ways: Move the mouse cursor to the bottom-right corner of the screen, and then click the white square that appears.Press the Fn key + Q on the keyboard.XPress Command + N in an existing Quick Note.2Type and add content to your Quick Note. Once you’ve started a Quick Note, you can type, attach photos, add checklists, and format text the way you would with standard notes in the Notes app.3Start a Quick Note from Safari. You can also create a Quick Note directly from an open website in Safari. There are two ways to do this:Add a link to the website:With the website open in Safari, click the Sharing icon at the top.Click New Quick Note to create a new note with the link, or Add to Quick Note to add the link to the Quick Note you had open most recently.Add a link to highlighted text:Use your mouse to highlight the text on a website.Press Control as you click the highlighted text.Click New Quick Note to create a new note that with the link, or Add to Quick Note to add the link to the Quick Note you had open most recently.When you click the link in your Quick Note, a Safari window will open and the highlighting will still be there.4Add a link to other content to your Quick Note. You can add links to content you have open in supported apps, such as a currently playing episode in Podcasts, an ebook in the Books app, or an open PDF file in Preview. Here’s how:Open the content you want to link to, such as a podcast episode.In your Quick Note, click the Link icon in the upper-right corner.Click Add Link.Select the content you want to link to.
5Find your Quick Notes in the Notes app. Your Quick Notes are saved in the Notes app inside of a folder called Quick Notes. Moving a Quick Note to a different folder in Notes converts it to a standard note. This means that you’ll no longer be able to add to it quickly from apps like Safari.
