The new Quick Notes feature in macOS Monterey is yet another boon in the forthcoming operating system, but it doesn’t always work the way you expect.
You’ve long been able to jot down a swift note on your Mac, if nothing else then by opening TextEdit and typing. Apps like Evernote sped that up with a notepad in the menubar, and ones like Drafts 5 gave you a blank note with a keystroke.
So Apple’s new Quick Notes initially feels like nothing especially new. And it definitely does require you to use Apple Notes — but it could also be the reason to switch to that app.
Quick Notes is a fast way to get a note or a thought down so that you can then just as swiftly forget it and get back to some other work. Write it down, forget all about it, call it back up when you need.
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