Where NotchStar stores your Quick Note

Quick Notes Published 4 November 2026

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NotchStar saves your Quick Note in its own preferences on your Mac, as plain text under one setting called quickNote. It is not a file in the Notes app, not in iCloud and not sent anywhere. NotchStar has no account to send it to.

What that means

Saved as you type. There is no save button. The text is written as you edit it.
Survives quitting. The note is still there after you close the notch, quit NotchStar or restart your Mac.
Not in the Notes app. You will not find it there or in Spotlight under Notes.
Not synced. A second Mac has its own empty note.

Where the file is

Mac apps keep their settings in a preferences file named after the app. For NotchStar the bundle identifier is com.notchstar.app, so the settings sit in ~/Library/Preferences/com.notchstar.app.plist. Treat that as a detail for the curious. You do not need to open it to use the note.

Privacy

The note is plain text and not encrypted, like any app preference. Do not store passwords in it. If you remove NotchStar and its preferences, the note goes with them. To empty it yourself, see how to clear the note.

More on limits is in Quick Note limits. The tool is described on the Quick Notes page.

Quick answers.

Is the note encrypted?

No. It is stored as plain text in NotchStar's preferences on your Mac, like other app settings.

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Keep reading.

A scratchpad that is always one hover away: A plain text scratchpad in the notch that saves as you type. Jot down a number, a name or a to do without opening another app.
NotchStar Quick Notes limits: one note, plain text, no sync: Quick Notes in NotchStar is one plain text note with no formatting, no attachments and no syncing between devices. Here is what that means in practice.
How to clear or delete your NotchStar Quick Note: Open Quick Note, press Command A to select everything, then Delete. The note empties at once and the hint Take a note returns.
A privacy checklist for any Mac notch app: Seven checks to make before you install a notch app: permissions, notarization, network use, data storage and what to do if something looks off.

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