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<\/p>\nWith the dawn of the new year, January is the perfect time to get your to-do list in order. But these days, most people\u2019s lists are complicated agendas full of work and personal items, multiple schedules, and seemingly endless tasks. To keep things straight, one thing that can help is a savvy note-taking app.<\/p>\n
Apple\u2019s Notes is one of the easiest-to-use, most user-friendly apps for both laypeople and executives. It is available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, meaning it can be synced across your devices for easy access all the time.<\/p>\n
Here are a few tips for making Notes work even better for you.<\/p>\n
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1. Don\u2019t just use Notes to save lists and text.<\/strong><\/p>\n While most of what you record with Notes may be lists and notes, you can also add pictures, documents, links, websites, and more. Effectively, this can make Notes into a collage of sorts. It\u2019s excellent for brainstorming and compiling research. Create vision boards for upcoming projects or folders and sub-folders to sort your ideas.<\/p>\n 2. Collaborate with friends and co-workers by using shared Notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Whether it\u2019s a shopping list you both want to be in on or a list of work tasks, shared Notes can help you stay in sync with your friends, family, and coworkers. What\u2019s more, you can easily check the date and time on various edits to see when they were made.<\/p>\n 3. Use dictation to make quick and easy notes.<\/strong><\/p>\n Any time you think of something to jot down, tell Siri. A quick \u201chey Siri\u201d will prompt her to ask you what it is you want to do. Tell her you\u2019d like to \u201cMake a note\u201d or \u201cMake a list.\u201d Siri will ask you what you want it to say. Dictate your message, and you\u2019re good to go.<\/p>\n 4. Sync Notes with all your devices.<\/strong><\/p>\n When you get that great idea in the car, add a dictated note to the Notes app. Later, at work, you\u2019ll remember it when you see it appear on your desktop version.<\/p>\n At work, jot down your grocery list on your computer version of Notes. No need to print it out or text it to yourself before heading to the store. Once you get inside, you\u2019ll have the same list of items on your phone and at your fingertips.<\/p>\n 5. Try out the gallery\u00a0view.<\/strong><\/p>\n Organize your notes in a new way. While some people like list view for keeping track of files and lists, gallery view helps you visualize what\u2019s in each note or folder. This view will take an image from the top of your note and use it as the icon for the gallery.<\/p>\n 6. Color code your Notes for a simple categorization strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n Take advantage of the color-coding option on Notes. You can add a color tag to each note you create for a simple \u201cfiling system.\u201d<\/p>\n Let\u2019s say you keep three different types of notes in your Notes app: those related to work like brainstormed ideas and tasks to delegate, those related to personal affairs like grocery lists and to-dos, and those related to your kids\u2019 schedules.<\/p>\n Simply assign a color to each of these categories, and in an instant \u2014 whenever you need to \u2014 you can pull up all the notes associated with the color\/category you need to access.<\/p>\n