Tired of recreating notes from Apple Notes in Pages — or feeling stuck with Notes’ limited formatting? Looking to unlock all of Page’s powerful tools to turn a simple note into a polished document? Find out here how to export notes from Apple Notes to Pages effortlessly and without losing your formatting.
First, Berry Sweet
Ah, the sultry sweetness of… salad prepared with vinegar?
This curious effect is the result of a protein’s tricks. It is called miraculin and found in the miracle berry, a red berry native to West Africa. Miraculin itself doesn’t taste sweet, but it binds to sweetness receptors on the tongue and blocks them at neutral pH.
Eat something acidic, though — like that salad with vinegar or a lemon — , and the lowered pH activates the miraculin, which then fires those receptors, tricking you into perceiving sour foods as sweet.
That’s how a tiny molecule can transform sour into sweetness. Now, how about performing a similar kind of transformation — turning plain notes from Apple Notes into polished documents in Pages… at a flick of the tongue?
How to Export Notes from Apple Notes to Pages
Apple Notes and Pages for Mac
Time needed: 1 minute
To export a note from Apple Notes to a Pages document on a Mac:
- Open the note you want to export to Pages in Apple Notes.
No matter where: You can open the note for editing in its own window or the main Notes window; either works fine.
- Select File | Open in Pages from the menu.
No “Open in Pages”: If you do not see the menu item or it is not available, do make sure Pages is installed on the Mac.
Sharing: You can also click the sharing button in the toolbar and select Open in Pages from the sharing menu; note that the option for opening in Pages may only appear if the button is on the visible part of the toolbar — do maximize the window if it isn’t.
- Edit and save the document as desired in Pages.
As if printed: How to Export a Note from Apple Notes to PDF
Export from Apple Notes to Pages on iPhone and iPad
To import a note from Apple Notes in Pages for iPhone and iPad:
- Open the note you want to export for editing in the Notes app.
- Tap the sharing button.
- Select Open in Pages on the sharing sheet that has appeared.
No “Open in Pages”: Do install the Pages app on the device if the option to open in Pages does not appear among the choices for sharing.
- Edit and save the note turned document in the Pages app.
How to Export Notes from Apple Notes to Pages: FAQ
Can I export from Apple Notes to Pages at iCloud.com?
No.
Apple Notes online at iCloud.com does not offer a means to export a note directly to a Pages document.
You can copy the text in any note and copy it to a new document, of course:
- Highlight all text in the note you want to copy.
Here’s how: With the text cursor and focus in the note, press Command A (Mac) or Ctrl A (Windows and Linux) to highlight all text. - Copy the selected text.
Here’s how: Press Command C (Mac) or Ctrl C (Windows and Linux). - Create a new Pages document.
Here’s how: Click ⊕︀ in iCloud.com Notes and select Pages Document from the Create New menu. - Paste from the clipboard in the new Pages document that has been created.
Here’s how: Press Command V (Mac) or Ctrl V (Windows and Linux).
Can I always “export” using copying and pasting?
Yes, naturally.
You can always highlight any part of a note — or a complete note — In Apple Notes, copy its contents and paste it into a new or existing document in any other application, including Pages.
Can I export more than one note at once?
No.
Apple Notes opens the note currently displayed and open for editing in Pages. Even if more than one note is highlighted, only the one that is displayed in the topmost Notes window.
Will changes I make in Pages reflect in Notes?
No.
When you open a note from Apple Notes in Pages, a new Pages document with the note’s content is created It is independent from the note, and you can edit the two independently.
What happens to images, attachments, recordings and other Notes features?
The content of a note you are exporting from Notes to Pages will convert to the closest equivalent in Pages where possible.
| Notes Note | Pages Document |
|---|---|
| Text formatting (including font color) | Kept as far as possible |
| Text highlighting | Lost |
| Table | Table |
| List (bulleted, dashed or numbered) | Equivalent list |
| Checklist | Bulleted list (with “unchecked” or “checked” marks) |
| Block quote | Set off with a paragraph border |
| Image | Image |
| Recording | Audio |
| Attachment | Filename if not supported |
| Link to webpage | Link |
| Link to another note | Title of the linked note |
| Math results | Converted to text result |
Should I choose “Collaborate” or “Send Copy” for exporting to Pages?
Either works fine.
For sending a note to Pages, the choice between collaborating or sending a copy makes no difference. Pages always creates its own separate copy of the note as a document.
(Tested with Apple Notes 4.12 on macOS Tahoe 26.2 and Sequoia 15.5 as well as Apple Notes for iOS 18 and 26; first published July 2025, last updated December 2025)