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Apple Notes Expected to Gain Support for Exporting in Markdown in iOS 26

Apple's Notes app is rumored to be getting limited Markdown support in iOS 26 and macOS 26, according to 9to5Mac. The feature would allow users to export text in the markdown format.

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Markdown is a lightweight markup language that some writers prefer to use over rich text. Rather than using HTML for bold, italics, links, and headers, Markdown uses quick character shortcuts like **bold** or #header. It sounds like the feature will only add support for exporting text with markdown formatting and not writing in markdown directly.

If the rumor holds up, it's likely to be unveiled at next week's Worldwide Developers Conference alongside other iOS 26 improvements, including automatic translation and polls in Messages, not to mention a major visual redesign.

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spaxxedout Avatar
11 months ago
The fact Apple turned their nose up at John Gruber by not accepting his invite for The Talk Show and now they’re shipping markdown (which he invented) to 4 billion people.
Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vegetassj4 Avatar
11 months ago
Apple is finally moving into the 20th century



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Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
- rob - Avatar
11 months ago

This is weird, because typing Markdown isn't exactly convenient on the standard iOS keyboard. Maybe improve the keyboard/UI instead?
It is because markdown is the primary formatting method for LLM prompting. It is incredibly important for inference. Google Docs added export to markdown--basically any ecosystem not supporting this is locking content away from its users.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
11 months ago

Genuine question. (And not trolling I promise.)

Can someone explain to this muggle what’s so useful about markdown? I live in MS Office,
You can type Markdown on a keyboard. With Office, you have to point and click it with a mouse.

Also, Markdown is stored in a plain text file. and this text can be embedded in a place like code or readme files in GitHub or in Notes apps

Word documents can not be created in a terminal or embedded in non-Word documents. This last part iis thre most important, Word files can not exist outside of Word files
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BornAgainMac Avatar
11 months ago
Notes replaced Evernote for me a few years go. Glad they continue to improve it. I don't want to have third party calendar, mail, todo apps, notes when all the features I need are included and syncing to all my devices and without subscription fees.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Stella Avatar
11 months ago

This is weird, because typing Markdown isn't exactly convenient on the standard iOS keyboard. Maybe improve the keyboard/UI instead?
Weird - not really, it's being added to Mac OS as well, so it's good that functionality is consistent across all platforms.
Score: 6 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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