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    Table of Contents

    Notes User Guide

    • Welcome
    • Get started
    • Add or remove notes accounts
      • Create and edit notes
      • Create a Quick Note
      • Record and transcribe audio
        • Format notes
        • Add lists
        • Add a table
      • Add links
      • Add photos, PDFs and more
      • Manage PDFs and scanned documents
      • Mark up attachments
      • Solve maths
      • Open Maths Notes from Calculator
      • View your notes
      • View attachments
      • Search your notes
      • Use Notes widgets to view notes
      • Customise how notes appear
      • Lock your notes
      • Change your password for locked notes
      • About accounts and folders
      • Add and remove folders
      • Sort and pin notes
      • Use tags
      • Use Smart Folders
      • Delete a note
      • Share your notes and folders
      • Manage shared notes and folders
      • Collaborate with shared notes and folders
    • Import, export and print notes
    • Manage notifications
    • Change Notes settings
    • Keyboard shortcuts and gestures
    • Copyright and trademarks

    View attachments in Notes on Mac

    After you add an attachment to a note, you can view it on your Mac in the Notes app or in its default app. You can also change how attachments appear in your notes.

    Note: All Notes features described in this guide are available when using iCloud notes. Some features aren’t available when using accounts from other providers.

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    View attachments from all your notes

    With iCloud notes or notes stored on your Mac, you can view attachments from all your notes in a single window using the Attachments Browser, making it easy to find the one you want quickly.

    1. Go to the Notes app on your Mac.

    2. Choose View > Show Attachments Browser.

      Tip: You can add the Attachments Browser button to the toolbar for quick access. See Customise toolbars.

    3. Do any of the following:

      • View attachments: Click a category button (such as Photos & Videos, Scans or Maps) to view different kinds of attachments. To return to the list of notes, choose View > Hide Attachments Browser.

        Note: This view doesn’t show attachments in locked notes, even if you have entered your password to unlock your notes. It also doesn’t show drawings.

      • 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 Show in Note (or use the Touch Bar).

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

        You can’t use this method to save some attachments, such as maps and webpage previews.

      • Rename an attachment: Control-click the attachment, choose Rename Attachment, then type a new name.

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

    View attachments in a note

    1. Go to the Notes app