Add to Note

What Add to Note does

Apple Notes targets the selected note. Bear, Obsidian, and UpNote activate an existing note window before a clipboard-preserving paste. Antinote appends through its local URL action.

Choose a destination for each operation where offered. An unavailable destination or unsupported operation shows an error instead of opening a different notes app.

How to use it

1. Open or select the note you want to extend in the configured note app.
2. Select text in another app and choose Add to Note.
3. ActionClip activates the note destination and appends the selected content.

Example

Settings

Open the action's settings from:

ActionClip Settings → Actions → Add to Note → gear

Changes are saved automatically.

You can also replace this action's icon from ActionClip → Actions. See change an action icon.

When ActionClip suggests it

Add to Note is promoted for read-only selections. For long text it appears before AI suggestions; for short text it follows Create Note.

Requirements and privacy

• Bear, Obsidian, and UpNote must already be running with a note window available.
• Changing Note App updates both note actions.
• ActionClip reports missing app, window, note, AppleScript, URL, or paste failures in the result card.

Related actions

Choose a note or text-file destination

Open the Add to note action’s gear and find Text capture. Leave Apple Notes destination empty to append to the selected note. To keep a fixed destination, open the note in Apple Notes and choose Use selected note, or enter a supported notes:// or Hookmark note link.

For an iCloud sharing link, open that note in Apple Notes and use Use selected note. A sharing URL alone is not a local note identifier.

Append separator controls the text inserted between captures. Enter \n\n for a blank line, \t for a tab, or include {{date}}, {{time}} or {{datetime}}. Leave it empty for no separator. The separator is shared by Apple Notes and text-file append.

Set up the optional Marketplace text-file actions.