Help I bought a stupid stupid stupid Macbook Pro

[xenon]

For 10.11 (El Capitan), look in:

~/Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes/

Where do my notes written in the Notes application on my Mac get saved?

I'm using the Notes app that comes with my Mac, but I can't find where the notes are getting saved in the Finder. Where can I find these files?

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[Carvaged]

I think I have got it now. I can't use Notes to save my note to another place. It helpfully, brilliantly, just as though I was using a piece of paperly, doesn't need me to save it! How awesome! BRILLIANT!

I just need to use something else if I want it to have any use whatsoever.

Just copypasta into TextEdit and all your dreams will be answered. It's NOTEPAD for Mac.

 

[B.I.G]

I once used notepad to write a note to myself. But then unike notes it didn’t automatically save and I lost it all.

Obviously I made a massive fuss on a forum about how two different things work differently.

Stupid notepad.

 

[bmd]

I've done it.

Thanks all for your help. I really appreciate it.

 

[Carvaged]

Notes is actually a really handy app in lots of funky ways, with great integration across the system. I didn't appreciate how flexible and handy it was for the first few years of my Mac tenure. But in recent times it's become ever more useful.

Just pray Apple then don't suddenly decide to ditch it on an OS upgrade and ruin any system you've been using for years, as they are notorious for doing once they've decided you should do something else instead

 

[danski]

So err, I’ll give you £500.
Doing you a favour there.

 

[two sheds]

Just used notes on Mint - handy but strange that it doesn't seem to let you save them. Is this right - do you have to c&p the contents before you close down?

 

[xenon]

Ignore him. I'll give you £510. Fairs fair...

 

[High Voltage]

You could always use text edit - seem to be about as "complex" as Notes but it does give you a save option - THE FIRST SAVE

Once saved to say . . . your desktop . . . then the next time you save it over writes your original file it doesn't give you an option to save any where else

Unless you do a duplicate (which kind of acts like a save as kinda) but you then edit the duplicate file, save and then it gives you the option of where to save

You'd probably be better of using Pages which is more like microsoft word(?)

mac user for nearly 35+ years btw

 

[Carvaged]

Ignore him. I'll give you £510. Fairs fair...

£520 here, final offer!

 

[Carvaged]

Just used notes on Mint - handy but strange that it doesn't seem to let you save them. Is this right - do you have to c&p the contents before you close down?

The idea with Notes is that you don't need to 'save' them as you aren't technically word processing a document with discrete files and filenames. You're just scribbling down some notes in an app that stores lots of notes. And whatever you scribble down there is saved instantly and will be there when you pop back into the app later on/another day etc.

 

[two sheds]

The idea with Notes is that you don't need to 'save' them as you aren't technically word processing a document with discrete files and filenames. You're just scribbling down some notes in an app that stores lots of notes. And whatever you scribble down there is saved instantly and will be there when you pop back into the app later on/another day etc.

You're right, ta, it's really useful

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Mate, I am looking for a program like Notepad on Windows. So I, like a tit, used Notes. Honestly, what is going on?!

The fact you don’t understand the tools available to you is not the fault of the mac

Notes is brilliant for making, errr, notes that synch access your devices. If you want to create a text file, use textedit.

Once you get used to the whole “I don’t actual have to click save it just happens” way of working it all makes sense. Just stop trying to use it like a windows machine, because it isn’t one.

 

[Sweet FA]

Mate, I am looking for a program like Notepad on Windows. So I, like a tit, used Notes. Honestly, what is going on?!

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8 Best NotePad For Mac Alternatives of 2025

NotePad for Mac does not exist but if you’ve just switched to Mac from PC and need a NotePad equivalent, there are several alternatives for OS X.

machow2.com

eta now just read the rest of the thread

 

[bmd]

The fact you don’t understand the tools available to you is not the fault of the mac

Notes is brilliant for making, errr, notes that synch access your devices. If you want to create a text file, use textedit.

Once you get used to the whole “I don’t actual have to click save it just happens” way of working it all makes sense. Just stop trying to use it like a windows machine, because it isn’t one.

If I want to create a text file don't use an app called Notes? Are you Tim Apple?

Surely the computer should enable me to use it? Not use labels to fuck me?

I'm guessing that you're a fan?

 

[bmd]

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8 Best NotePad For Mac Alternatives of 2025

NotePad for Mac does not exist but if you’ve just switched to Mac from PC and need a NotePad equivalent, there are several alternatives for OS X.

machow2.com

eta now just read the rest of the thread

On Windows there is some overlap between programs. Like Notepad and, say, Wordpad. I always wondered what that was about and now I know.

Look, I'm fully aware that this is my problem. That I need to understand Mac OS but I have yet to meet anyone who uses Mac OS that will simply acknowledge that it has some silly design decisions. Isn't an interface only as good as the information it communicates? If I want to put some information into a place that a certain app could easily do, then why hobble it so that it cannot?

 

[redsquirrel]

e.g. rm will delete stuff

Word of caution with this command BoxRoom, you will delete things (not just send them to the bin).

 

[bmd]

The idea with Notes is that you don't need to 'save' them as you aren't technically word processing a document with discrete files and filenames. You're just scribbling down some notes in an app that stores lots of notes. And whatever you scribble down there is saved instantly and will be there when you pop back into the app later on/another day etc.

Technically.

Technically. Next time I'm doing something on the Mac that it won't do then I will think to myself "is it possible that I am not thinking technically?"

 

[High Voltage]

On Windows there is some overlap between programs. Like Notepad and, say, Wordpad. I always wondered what that was about and now I know.

Look, I'm fully aware that this is my problem. That I need to understand Mac OS but I have yet to meet anyone who uses Mac OS that will simply acknowledge that it has some silly design decisions. Isn't an interface only as good as the information it communicates? If I want to put some information into a place that a certain app could easily do, then why hobble it so that it cannot?

Notes overlaps with text edit which overlaps with pages

 

[bmd]

Notes overlaps with text edit which overlaps with pages

Well, I meant that the functionality of Notepad is embedded within Wordpad and that within Word.

 

[High Voltage]

Well, I meant that the functionality of Notepad is embedded within Wordpad and that within Word.

Gotcha

 

[bmd]

Gotcha

Which I've always found redundant but I have changed my mind since yesterday.

 

[High Voltage]

I can remember when the mac OS fundamentally changed... I think for 9 to X up until then I was delighted with how it worked, how you could remove stuff from the main system folder and if it broke you could easily put it back to where it was. You could strip out all of the unused "stuff" and make the computer as quick as it was going to go and be super stable. Font managing was a joy

Then X came along, I've never really bothered trying to figure out how macs work since, it just works

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

If I want to create a text file don't use an app called Notes? Are you Tim Apple?

Surely the computer should enable me to use it? Not use labels to fuck me?

I'm guessing that you're a fan?

If I want to edit a text file I’ll use textedit. If I want to write a note to myself I’ll use notes.

This seems about as logical and straightforward as you could get really

 

[Sasaferrato]

Use Windows, and avoid all the bullshit detailed above.

 

[strung out]

If I want to edit a text file I’ll use textedit. If I want to write a note to myself I’ll use notes.

This seems about as logical and straightforward as you could get really

It seems like a lot of these misunderstandings have come from assuming that MacOS will work just like Windows, and having to undo years of Windows conditioning.

I use and like both current operating systems, but it's always the way when people switch that they get confused because they think it should use exactly the same logic that they're used to.

 

[cybershot]

PICNIC (Problem in chair not in computer)

You're using the wrong app.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

Just used notes on Mint - handy but strange that it doesn't seem to let you save them. Is this right - do you have to c&p the contents before you close down?

If it's the Sticky Notes one, fairly sure it saves them so they persist between sessions.

 

[two sheds]

If it's the Sticky Notes one, fairly sure it saves them so they persist between sessions.

yep I turned it off and one and it was still there

 

[bmd]

Sold it. Thank fuck. Got myself a Lenovo Legion 5 Pro with good old Windows 11. Never. Again.

I don't want to Start Anything but Windows is best.