The biggest feature in the Notes app on the iPhone is “linking your notes together”

Apple has made improvements to the Notes application every time, but it did not introduce the feature of linking one note to another until recently. Now, you can link your notes together, so they don't get lost in different folders and waste time searching for one of them. Previously, you could use tags to group topics, but now it's much simpler as you can link ideas directly from one note to another. Other apps like Bear and Evernote have this feature, which makes it easy to link notes deeply, and although there were some tricky ways to create note links in Apple Notes previously, it was more difficult. Now, it's much easier and straightforward with IOS 17 update. How do you tie your notes together?

Requirements

The iPhone must be running iOS 17.0, the iPad must be running iPadOS 17.0, and the Mac must be running macOS 14.0 Sonoma.

Add a hyperlink to the selected text

Creating a link to another note is simple, and can be accomplished in different ways depending on how you want the link to appear. On your iPhone or iPad, if you want to add a link to an embedded note to a word or phrase in your existing note:

◉ Click on the text you want to convert into a link (two or three times).

◉ Adjust highlighted borders for selected text if necessary.

◉ Click on the arrow (>) and choose “Add link”.

◉ Type the name of the note you want to link to and select it from the suggestions.

◉ Click “Done” to finish linking to the selected text. If you activate the “Use Note Title as Name” option and click “Done,” the text you selected will be completely replaced with the “Notes” icon and the name of the note.

◉ Click on the linked text to open the note you have connected to. If you press and hold it, you can see the link and manage it.

Add a link to the note name

If you don't want to create a private link in your note, or if you want to see the name of the other note, you can just add a basic link. You can follow the method described in the previous two last steps. This will change the text you first chose for the link. But there are two other ways that may be better and clearer.

Using the “Add Link” tool

You can use it like this:

◉ Move the cursor to where you want to place the link.

◉ Click on the cursor to open the contextual menu.

◉ Press the arrow (>) in the contextual menu and select “Add Link”.

Start typing the name of the note you want to link to and select it from the suggestions.

Click “Done” to create the link. If you turn off the Use Note Title as Name option, you can instead use the Optional field to create special linked text, as we saw earlier.

Use a keyboard shortcut

Secondly, you can use >> keyboard shortcut like this:

◉ Move the cursor to where you want to add the link.

◉ Press the > key on your keyboard twice, so it looks like “>>,” to make the Notes app show you your six most recent notes.

◉ Start typing the name of the note you want to link to.

◉ Select the note from the suggestions to create the link.

Whichever method you choose, the resulting link will appear as a note icon with the name of the note immediately after. If you later change the name of the note, the link will also change to match the new title, ensuring that the hyperlink always reflects the current title of the note.

If you click on a note's name, the note associated with it will open immediately. You can also long-press on a note title to see a detailed preview of the note itself. You'll also have options to open the note or copy its link, as well as a way to edit or remove the link.

Create links to notes that don't exist yet

As you noticed above, the trick >> offers an option that lets you create a completely new note. This is useful if you want to spread your thoughts across notes so that each note doesn't contain too much information. Here's how it works:

◉ Move the cursor to where you want to add the link.

◉ Press the > key on your keyboard twice, so it looks like “>>,” to make the Notes app show you your six most recent notes.

◉ Start typing the name of the note you want to create.

◉ Click on “(+) Create Note “[Note Name]” to add a link to the new note.

◉ Then you can go to the new note later to fill it out, just click on the new link to get there!

Create two-way note links

What's not so good is that after you click on the hyperlinked text or note name to open the linked note, you can't quickly return to the note you were in initially. But you can link it to the current note to create a two-way communication. This way, you can switch between notes with just one click.

Edit or remove notes links

You can also edit or remove notes links. For links that use a note's name, tap and hold its name, then select Remove Link to get rid of the whole thing. Otherwise, select Edit Link to change the link to a different note or turn off Use Note Title as Name to add custom hyperlinked text instead via the Optional field that appears. You can remove the link from here as well.

For links that use hyperlinked custom text, use the Selection tool to highlight some or all of the links, which should bring up a contextual menu where you'll see the Edit Link and Remove Link options. When you edit the link, you can change the link to a different note or turn on “Use note title as name” to swap text hyperlinked to the note name instead. You can remove the link from here as well.

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