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Import from Apple Notes

Use the Apple Notes import when your useful personal notes are stored in the macOS Notes app and you want to move them into Second Me as materials.

Import Model​

  • Apple Notes does not provide a direct Second Me authorization flow.
  • The import expects Markdown files exported from Apple Notes and packaged as ZIP.
  • The import is a one-time snapshot. Later changes in Apple Notes are not automatically synced.

The product window tells you which file to upload. The important part is that the ZIP should contain the exported Markdown result, not a manually rewritten copy of your notes.

Exporter Dependency​

Second Me uses files exported by Exporter, a third-party macOS app. Exporter is not operated by Second Me. Review the app before granting it access to your notes.

The quality of the imported material depends on the quality of the Markdown export. If the exported Markdown already has broken formatting, the imported material may keep those issues.

What to Import​

Good Apple Notes candidates include:

  • Personal reflections, journals, decisions, ideas, and long-term notes.
  • Notes that are mostly text and can be represented well as Markdown.
  • Groups of notes that you are comfortable moving into Second Me as reference material.

Avoid importing notes that only make sense through Apple Notes-specific layout, scans, drawings, or attachment-heavy structures.

What to Expect​

  • Text from exported notes is converted into materials.
  • Markdown formatting follows the exported files.
  • Native Apple Notes features may not be preserved unless they are represented in the exported package and supported by the importer.

Notes​

  • Keep the exported folder structure unchanged before compressing it into ZIP.
  • The ZIP package is subject to the upload limit shown in the product.
  • For standalone PDFs, images, or audio files from Notes, Batch upload files may be a better path than Apple Notes import.