Search your notes and app content

Bring notes into the same search as your files, so you can find a project detail without remembering which app holds it.

Connect an app

1. Open Settings → Sources → Apps.
2. Select the app you use from the list.
3. Check its Notes limit, if shown.
4. Click Save Changes.
5. Run Index new files and wait for preparation to finish.

Select the apps you want to include, then save. The current app lists Notes, Craft, Bear, and Notion. View full size ↗

Keep the source app installed and signed in. Make sure the notes you want are available on this Mac; Fenn cannot search content it has not been able to read.

Allow access on your Mac

The Apps screen provides a link to System Settings → Privacy & Security → Full Disk Access. Enable Fenn there when required, then quit and reopen Fenn.

If opening a note requests permission to control the note app, allow the relevant Automation permission. Reading a note and opening it in its app can require different permissions.

Search and open a note

Try a few words from the note in Keyword, or use Semantic for its topic when available. Use the source or file type filters to narrow the results.

Click a result to open it in the source app.

A note is missing or the wrong note opens

Check the selected app, the notes limit, local sync, and permissions, then run another index update. If it still fails, contact support with the source app name and what happened.

Search email instead