OrbNote Articles

Better ways to capture, keep, and find what matters.

Practical notes on conversational capture, personal knowledge, privacy, and building a calmer memory system.

Recording a voice note in OrbNote on Apple Watch

An Apple Watch voice-note workflow: record, transcribe, organize

Record on Apple Watch or iPhone, transcribe with Apple Speech or WhisperKit, and turn the result into a searchable note with enough context to remain useful.

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An OrbNote message on Mac containing text, a photo, and a checklist

Note-taking methods4 min read

Chat, document, or database: which kind of notes do you need?

Choose a note-taking structure by looking at how information arrives, what organization costs, and how you expect to retrieve it later.

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Advanced5 min read

Let Claude or Codex work with OrbNote through MCP

Connect OrbNote's macOS MCP service, grant access one Thread at a time, and use searchable, reviewable, and reversible tools to work with your notes.

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OrbNote Thread password protection on Mac

Privacy & Security7 min read

Where OrbNote data goes: local storage, iCloud, AI, and MCP

Trace OrbNote's actual data paths for ordinary notes, CloudKit sync, AI, transcription, and MCP—and understand what passwords and expiration do and do not protect.

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OrbNote 3.0 Quick Jot on Mac capturing a fleeting idea

Note-taking methods4 min read

What is conversational note-taking? Capture first, organize later

Conversational notes preserve ideas as messages in an ongoing Thread: capture quickly, keep the surrounding context, and organize once a destination becomes useful.

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