Where are Quick Notes saved on a Mac?
Apple Quick Notes are saved in the Quick Notes folder in the Notes app. Open Notes and look for Quick Notes. Every note you create with the Fn or Globe and Q shortcut or the hot corner is collected there, so you do not have to remember where you wrote it.
Find a Quick Note
- Open the Notes app.
- Find the Quick Notes folder.
- Open it and select the note.
If you cannot see the folder, look through the folder list in Notes, or use the search field in Notes with a word you typed in the note.
Notes that started in Safari
Apple says you can add a link from Safari to a Quick Note with the Share button and Add to Quick Note, or Control click selected text and choose Add to Quick Note. Those notes are Quick Notes too, so they appear in the same Quick Notes folder.
The file on disk
The Notes app manages its own storage, and Apple’s Quick Note page does not give a file location. This page does not guess one. Use the Notes app to open, copy or export your notes.
Starting a new note instead of reopening
If you keep landing in the same note, open Notes, choose Notes, then Settings, and clear Always resume to last Quick Note. Apple’s page names the setting this way. See how to use Quick Note for the full list of ways to start one, and the Quick Note keyboard shortcut.
Locking
Apple says you cannot lock a Quick Note. Do not use one for secrets.
Notes outside the Notes app
Apple’s other note tool is Stickies, which keeps notes on the desktop while the app is open.
Where NotchStar keeps its note
NotchStar’s Quick Notes is separate from Apple’s. It is one plain text note stored in NotchStar’s preferences on your Mac. It is not synced, not uploaded, and it never appears in the Notes app.
