Import Apple Notes

On your Mac

• The best option to migrate your documents is through the app Exporter. It allows you to export your notes as Markdown or HTML – both formats which are editable in Notebooks. On export, you specify where the documents should be saved, which allows you directly add them to Notebooks.
• Alternatively, you can copy/paste or even drag&drop selected notes from the Notes app into Notebooks.

On your iPhone or iPad

iOS and iPadOS do not provide a way to directly import your notes from the Notes.app. With a few steps, however, you can quickly and easily transfer them to Notebooks:

• You can copy/paste or drag&drop selected notes from the Notes app into Notebooks. This is best on an iPad, where you can run Notes and Notebooks side-by-side, so dragging items is easy.

A more sophisticated option involves a backup of your iPhone or iPad:

• Back up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch through Finder or iTunes.
• Download any of the backup extractors:
  • http://supercrazyawesome.com
  • http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com
  • http://www.icopybot.com/itunes-backup-manager.htm
• Launch the extractor and select Read Backups.
• Choose the latest backup.
• When you are presented a list of apps, choose iPhone OS Files and click Extract.
• Select a location to store the extracted files.
• The extraction process generates a folder “iPhone OS Files” in your chosen location. In that folder, open the sub folders Library > Notes.
• Import the file notes.sqlite (on earlier devices it may be titled notes.db) into Notebooks with any of the available import/sync options. Notebooks displays the document notes.sqlite with a generic icon.
• Tap notes.sqlite in list of books and documents and watch how Notebooks extracts the notes into a new book called iPhone Notes.