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Kind is a minimalist notice taking app in your Mac, permitting you to simply seize notes and maintain them organized – all from a easy keyboard shortcut. It’s the easiest way to jot one thing down in a pinch, with none of the potential distractions.

The way it works

Kind works much like Highlight, within the sense that it’s a textual content field that pops up whenever you hit a sure keybind. I personally mapped mine to alt-space, making it simply accessible. Upon getting the window open, you may create a brand new notice, and simply write something into that textual content field as you please.

In case you’re in a gathering and solely need to briefly take down notes, that is nice for that. It retains a timestamp in your ideas as you enter them, permitting you to simply recall particulars.

It’s also possible to separate totally different occasions into totally different notes, making it simple to prepare. It’s also possible to simply have one notice that you just spam every thing into, if thats your cup of tea. Kind shops your notes in textual content recordsdata regionally in your Mac, making it non-public and simple to comply with. Your information isn’t trapped within the app.

The entire options

Kind has the power to import notes from different apps, resembling Obsidian, permitting customers so as to add on prime of them. It’s also possible to customise your date format, change between plaintext and markdown, and unlink a notice from Kind – permitting you to declutter your interface with out truly deleting that data.

The builders additionally intend so as to add the power to at all times maintain the app open, in case keyboard shortcuts aren’t your factor. You’ll additionally quickly have the ability to seek for notes and export them.

Obtain ‘Kind’

Kind is obtainable for free on the Mac App Retailer as a 7 day trial, and you should purchase the total app for $7.99 as a one time buy afterwards. It requires macOS 13.0 Ventura or later.

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