
Highlight and add notes in Books on Mac
It’s easy to highlight text or add notes while you’re reading a book that supports the features. You can see all of your highlights and notes at any time, and use them as study (or flash) cards.
Note: Highlighting and notes might not be available for all book types.
Add highlights or notes to a book
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.
Click Books (or another collection) below Library in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Select the text you want to highlight or annotate.
Control-click the selected text, then choose a color, underline, or Add Note.
To change the highlight color or remove a highlight or note, Control-click the text, then choose an option.
See all highlights and notes in a book
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.
Click Books (or another collection) below Library in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Move the pointer to the top of the page, then click
in the toolbar.
Click a highlight or note to jump to that page.
Edit or delete a highlight or note
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.
Click Books (or another collection) below Library in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Select the highlighted or annotated text.
Control-click the selected text, then do any of the following:
Remove a highlight or note: Choose Remove.
If you’re removing a note, choose whether you want to remove the note or remove the highlight and note.
Edit a note: Choose Edit Note, make your changes, then click Ok.