Show HN: Apple Notes Liberator – Extract Notes.app Data and Save It as JSON

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  • macnotesapp

    Work with Apple MacOS Notes.app from the command line. Also includes python interface for scripting Notes.app from your own python code.

  • I'm the author of python library & command line tool, https://github.com/RhetTbull/macnotesapp, that will allow you to use Markdown to create (but not yet edit) notes from the Terminal. I use Vim + markdown to create notes all the time: `notes add -m -e` adds a new note using Markdown by opening the default editor.

  • apple-notes-liberator

    Free your Apple Notes data from Notes.app

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    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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  • imessage-exporter

    Export iMessage data + run iMessage Diagnostics

  • If anyone ever wanted to do something similar for iMessage data, I built a similar tool for that: https://github.com/ReagentX/imessage-exporter

  • apple_cloud_notes_parser

    Parser for Apple Notes data stored on the Cloud as seen on Apple handsets

  • Here's a Python script that takes the JSON output from https://github.com/threeplanetssoftware/apple_cloud_notes_pa... (needs master), and rebuilds Notes in Markdown format, with links, attachments, lists, etc.:

    https://gist.github.com/vszakats/5a3bd939721d1dde6142d9ea3b2...

    And simpler, standalone JXA script, that outputs HTML, but loses some data, such as links:

  • Here's a Python script that takes the JSON output from https://github.com/threeplanetssoftware/apple_cloud_notes_pa... (needs master), and rebuilds Notes in Markdown format, with links, attachments, lists, etc.:

    https://gist.github.com/vszakats/5a3bd939721d1dde6142d9ea3b2...

    And simpler, standalone JXA script, that outputs HTML, but loses some data, such as links:

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