Notes (El Capitan): Attach photos, links, and more

Attach photos, links, and more

You can attach photos, videos, audio files, and other items to your notes. If you’re using upgraded iCloud notes, or your notes are stored on your Mac, you can also attach map locations and website previews. (If you haven’t upgraded your iCloud notes or are using a non-iCloud account, you can’t attach map locations or website previews; however, you can attach website links.)

If your notes are in an Exchange account, you can’t attach any files, map locations, or website previews.

Note:   If you attach anything other than an image, sketch, map, or web attachment, you cannot lock the note.

Attach files, website previews, map locations, and more

From the desktop: Drag a file onto the note.

From your Photos library: Click the Photo Browser button , find the photo or video, then drag it to the note.

From within another app, like Maps, Safari, Photos, and more: Click the Share button , then choose Notes.

The Share button doesn’t appear in all apps.

You can also select some text or images, Control-click your selection, then choose Share > Notes.

Once an image, sketch, or PDF attachment is added to a note, to change how large or small it appears, Control-click the attachment, then choose View as Large Images or View as Small Images.

View attachments from all your notes

You can view attachments from your notes in a single window, making it easy to browse them and find just the one you want. You can only view attachments from notes stored on your Mac or upgraded notes from an iCloud account.

View attachments: Click the Attachments button , then click the category buttons to view different kinds of attachments. To return to the list of notes, click the Attachments button again.

Note:   Attachments in notes that are locked do not appear in this view, even if you have entered your password and notes are unlocked.

Preview an attachment: Select the attachment and press the Space bar.

View the note that an attachment is in: Control-click the attachment, then choose Go to Note.

Open an attachment in its default app: Double-click the attachment.

Save an attachment: Control-click the attachment, then choose Save Attachment.

Share the attachment with another app: Control-click the attachment, choose Share, then choose an app.

Last Modified: May 3, 2016
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