Apple Notes
Make room for reading
Compare these two ideas before planning the reading corner. I like the light in the first one and the shelves in the second.
A native Mac app · Public release coming soon
Turn links in Apple Notes into a searchable library.
Linker collects your link-only notes automatically. Review the ones with writing, choose the links to keep, and give useful pages a home on your Mac.
Apple silicon · macOS 14 or later · No Linker account
A link-only note
Reading spaces
fieldnotes.example/reading-spacesSave the link. Clear the source note.
Saved in Linker
Reading spaces
Ready to read, tag, and find again.Example content. Notes with writing wait for your review.
The Inbox
A few keys to work through your notes.
Try saving a link, keeping a note, or opening a preview. These are fictional notes; this page cannot access Apple Notes or change your library.
Links in this note
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Reading spacesfieldnotes.example/reading-spaces
✓ Saved2
Shelves for small roomsfieldnotes.example/small-rooms
Not savedInbox reviewed.
Your chosen links are in the example library.
Click or tab into the example to use the shortcuts.1–9 Save/remove link · Ctrl + 1–9 Preview link
After the Inbox
Read, annotate, and return to saved pages.
A saved URL is a starting point. Keep the reasons you saved it close to the page.
- Read with less clutter
- Switch between the live website, a readable article view, and an available cached copy.
- Add your own context
- Write a note, add tags, and search your library by title, URL, notes, or tags.
- Keep a dated copy
- Capture reader text, a web archive, and a screenshot. Schedule daily captures when you want to track a page over time.
ReaderSaved library
Field Notes · Example article
A little room for a good book.
The useful part of a reading corner is the space it gives you to settle into something.
Daylight, a comfortable chair, and a shelf close enough to reach. Start with the things you already use.
A readable copy, alongside the original link.
Your note
Try this by the living room window.
hometo try
A library on your Mac.
Your links, annotations, and captures live locally. There’s no Linker account or cloud backend. Opening websites, updating filter lists, and making captures use the network.
Built for macOS14 or laterApple silicon
Before you start
What happens to my notes?
Does Linker change Apple Notes?
With your macOS permission, Linker saves the links from link-only notes and removes those source notes using Notes’ normal deletion behavior. A title plus a link preview is also eligible; the title is preserved. Locked and shared notes are not automatically removed.
What about notes that contain writing?
They wait in Inbox. Save or remove individual links, then press I to ignore the note, K to keep the source note, or D to remove it. K and D preserve your current link choices. Ignored notes stay ignored on later scans.
Can I read pages offline?
Reader copies are cached when you open pages. Dated captures are created on request or by a schedule you enable. Linker does not yet download every page automatically when a link is imported. Dynamic or signed-in pages may not produce a complete offline copy.
Can I bring in other links?
Add URLs directly, import local HTML files, or choose a Safari or Firefox history database for repeated-visit suggestions. Browser-history access is opt-in; macOS may require additional permission.
Release status
Public download coming soon.
The local macOS edition is in development. There’s no public installer, announced price, or release date yet.