How do you rename a note in Notes?

There seems to be no way to rename a note.

Does anyone know how?

Contrary to what has been claimed in a previous thread (that is now dead), you cannot simply change the top-most bold text heading to rename the note.

e.g. if I have a note that is called "Shopping List", and I then change the top heading to "Test", a shortcut (created in Shortcuts app) that previously referenced "Shopping List" will still display "Shopping List" --and it will still open the original note that is now supposedly called Test. Hence the note name is not simply the first heading in the note, although Notes does display that heading as a pseudo title... Apple manages the actual reference or file name or whatever under the hood and we don't get to access that, it seems.

MacBook Air, macOS 13.0

Posted on Mar 17, 2023 11:10 PM

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Jturnrich

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Posted on Sep 19, 2023 4:57 AM

When the note is created as a New Note, there is no title line that can be changed by typing over it.

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Srneczek

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May 22, 2024 5:45 AM in response to Barney-15E

Well because you assume there is text in my notes. The note can be anything, picture, drawing... Also assuming first line is a note title can be very misleading. It might be like that sometimes in practice but depending on what kind of notes you work with, it is just plainly bad UX of the app.