The Touch Bar on the MacBook Pro is designed to make the most important tools available, literally with just the touch of your finger. You can use it with the Notes app to make note taking a little bit easier.
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How to start a new note in the Notes app with the Touch Bar
When you first open the Notes app on your MacBook Pro and look down at the Touch Bar, you'll only see three tools. New Note, Checklist, and Trash. Starting a new note is as simple as tapping the Touch Bar once, on the New Note icon, which looks like a square with a pencil inside.
The real fun begins once you've started writing or editing a note.
How to format a note in the Notes app with the Touch Bar
Once inside a new or previously written note, you can take advantage of the formatting tools that are right at your fingertips. Make sure you have selected a note to see the formatting options.
- Tap the Format icon. It looks like a capital and lowercase A.
- Tap Title to create an H2 format.
- Tap Heading To create an H3 format.
Tap Body to create a body format.
The formatting will switch back to Body after you hit Return.
- Tap the Bullets icon to create a bulleted list.
- Tap the Dash icon to create a list with dashes.
- Tap the Numbers icon to create a numbered list.
Tap the X to close the formatting tools.
Tap the Checklist icon to create a checklist.
- Tap the collapse arrow next to the keyboard word suggestion to hide the keyboard and expose more formatting tools.
- Tap the Indent icon to indent to the right or left of the margin.
- Tap the Bold icon to make a word or sentence bold.
- Tap the Italics icon to make a word or sentence italicized.
Tap the Underline icon to underline a word or sentence.
If you have already written text into the note, you can still change the format by placing the cursor at the end of the sentence, and then tapping one of the formats.
How to use the Touch bar with the Attachment View in the Notes app
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When you click on the Attachment View icon in the Notes app, it switches to a grid-style display of notes filtered by either photos and videos, sketches, maps, websites, audio clips, or documents.
When you switch to Attachment View, you can use the Touch bar to Get a Quick Look at the attachment, or tap Show in Note to open the note that the media is attached to.
How to unlock notes using Touch ID in the Notes app with the Touch Bar
If you create or have a locked note on the MacBook Pro, you can unlock it using Touch ID on the Touch Bar.
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- Select a locked note.
- Place your registered finger on the Touch ID sensor when prompted.
Note: All locked notes will unlock when you unlock a note.
To lock all notes again, click the Lock icon at the top of the Notes app window.
How to delete notes and folders in the Notes app with the Touch Bar
There is a trash icon, conveniently located on the Touch Bar that you can use to delete notes or folders. It's like having a virtual wastebasket, right at your side.
- Select the note you want to delete. Do not click inside the note.
- Tap the Trash icon on the Touch Bar.
- Select the Folder you want to delete.
Tap the Trash icon on the Touch Bar.
You can do this all day until you've completely emptied your Notes app, if that's what you're into.
How to customize the Touch Bar for the Notes app
You can customize two different sections of the Touch bar for the Notes app: the main tools and the formatting tools. Here's how to change them both.
How to customize the main Notes tools
There are only three main tools, but you can rearrange them, remove them or add them back into the Touch Bar as you see fit.
- Launch the Notes app.
- Click on View in the app menu section of the Menu bar.
Click on Customize Touch Bar.
Your screen will blur and the customization panel will appear. The buttons on the Touch Bar will also enter jiggly mode.
Drag a tool from the screen and into the Touch Bar to add it to the Touch Bar.
Even though the Touch Bar is not attached to the screen, it will appear as though you have crossed a barrier with the tool. Drop it into the Touch Bar.
Move the cursor down into the Touch Bar and select a tool to remove it.
You will notice that, as you move your cursor above the tools, they light up.
- Select a tool on the Touch Bar and drag it to a new location on the Touch bar to rearrange the order.
Click Done when you are finished.
How to customize the formatting Notes tools
You'll have to go through one additional step in order to access the formatting too section in the customization panel.
- Launch the Notes app.
- Select any note (this is the additional step).
- Click on View in the app menu section of the Menu bar.
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Sticky Notes has been a part of the Windows operating system for years. It’s a useful utility, lets you pin quick thoughts and notes on the desktop. In 2018, Microsoft delivered the much-needed makeover to Sticky Notes with sync capabilities, file attachment, and a complete redesign. At the same time, the company made sure the users get to access Sticky Notes on rival OS, including Android, iOS, and Mac.
The added syncing function is useless if you can’t access or create Sticky Notes on Android, iOS, or web. To counter the problem, Microsoft has making Sticky Notes available on iOS and Android via other apps and on Mac using the Outlook platform. The company is also leveraging the Microsoft Launcher app on Android for deep integration of Stick Notes.
In this post, we are going to talk about how to access Sticky Notes on Mac, iOS, and Android. It’s not as straight forward as downloading the app from the App Store or the Play Store. Let’s get started.
Use Sticky Notes on Mac
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Apple does provide a capable alternative called Stickies on the macOS. But it’s basic, doesn’t have syncing and it’s only available on the Mac. There is no way to access them on other platforms. Enter Sticky Notes.
There are two ways to use Sticky Notes on the Mac. Microsoft is using the Outlook app for Sticky Notes integration. Follow the steps below.
Step 1: Open the Mac App Store and download the Outlook Email app.
Step 2: Open Outlook Mail and sign in using the Microsoft account credentials.
Step 3: After the successful login, move to the bottom menu bar.
Step 4: Here, you will see the mail, contacts, calendar, tasks, and notes.
Step 5: Tap on the notes icon and it will open the sticky notes menu in the app.
Click on the notes to view or edit them. To create a new note, go to File > New Note or use the ‘Command + N’ keyboard shortcut to compose a note. Add a title and content to it and hit Command + S shortcut to save the note. You can view and arrange the notes via dates.
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In recent years, Microsoft has radically improved the Outlook web functionalities. From a single place, you can access the major Microsoft services such as Mail, Calendar, To-Do, Contacts, Skype, and more.
As it’s dependable on the web, the trick lets you access Sticky Notes on Chrome OS and Linux too. Follow the steps below to access Sticky Notes on the Outlook web.
Step 1: Open any web browser and navigate to Outlook.com.
Step 2: Login using Microsoft account credentials and it will take you to the default mail page.
Step 3: From the Outlook Mail, go to Folders > Notes.
Step 4: Here, you will see the Sticky Notes list.
Step 5: Tap on the notes to add content, change color, or even delete it.
Step 6: To create a new note, navigate to the upper left corner and select ‘New Note’ option.
Using Sticky Notes from the Outlook web is a much better experience than the standard Outlook app from the Mac Store.
Use Sticky Notes on iPhone
Here is where it gets confusing. Unlike on desktop, you can’t access Sticky Notes from the Outlook app on the iPhone. Instead, the company has integrated Sticky Notes with the OneNote app for the mobile.
Step 1: Download the OneNote app from the App Store.
Step 2: Sign in using Microsoft account and synchronize the notebooks.
Step 3: Here, you will see the separate Notes section at the bottom.
Step 4: Select it and here you will see all the Sticky Notes in it.
Users can create new notes, change color, format the notes using the default editing options, and more.
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There are two ways to use Sticky Notes on the Android operating system. You can either use the OneNote app or opt for the Microsoft Launcher to access Sticky Notes on Android. Speaking of Microsoft Launcher, follow the steps below.
Step 1: Open the Play Store and download the Microsoft Launcher app.
Step 2: Set the launcher as the default on Android from the device settings.
Step 3: Swipe left on the Microsoft Launcher and sign in using the Microsoft account credentials.
Step 4: Go to the Glance tab, and here you will see the Notes widget in the menu.
The notes widget will synchronize the notes from the Sticky Notes app. You can create and edit the existing notes from the same widget.
Alternatively, you can use the OneNote Android app to get Sticky Notes on the Android OS. The steps for it are identical to its iOS counterpart.
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As you can see from the steps above, a user can access Sticky Notes on all the platforms, including Mac, Android, iOS, and web. It’s useful for those living in a cross-platform ecosystem. I mostly use it to jot down quick thoughts on my iPhone and Windows laptop. What about you? Sound off in the comments section below.
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