How do I export Journal app entries to html or rtf?

No export? Deleting and never coming back, no thank you. Who made this decision and why?

I use it for Music journaling about listening. For which it is excellent. I’m sure Apple will develop it further tho. But the music log algo is lame tho. Some songs are there which I accidentally autoplayed, while those albums that I was stoked by and listened although not fully, aren’t there. Also there were a lot of other autoplays but it selected only one song I didn’t even play thru.

Of course there is, at least for text. Here's how you do it. Go to the entry, select, edit, press gently twice on any word and expand the select window to include all, look up in the top of the screen, and you will see a menu box, slide the menu box to the end and there it is share!

This application is very practical since we always have it on hand to record fleeting thoughts that are quickly forgotten otherwise. I use at the same time (often) the mood test (in the iPhone's Health APP). Very useful in psychotherapy. However, it is VERY BORING to have my therapist read extracts from my diary at each session when I could have sent it to him the day before by email. It's a shame but the disadvantages exceed its advantages. I will probably abandon JOURNAL and especially advise against its use.

I am deeply chagrined that I didn’t realize one could neither search, nor cut&paste, nor export using Journal. Not only does it make future use of the app pointless, but I have deleted photos after adding them to entries. Now they are gone forever.

i never would have expected Apple to come up with such a flawed application.

Howdy-doodle831 wrote:

Not possible!!! Huge flaw in the design. Disappointed tremendously in Apple for this HUGE oversight.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Note that they will not reply.

Meanwhile, take a look at Day One. It's a far superior app.

These are fellow user-supported communities where neither Apple nor its product development teams participate. Thus, anything addressed to Apple here will go unseen.

Instead, send direct and polite feedback to the Journal product team. Do not expect a reply to your post owing to volume.

How much work would it take? I mean really, for like a $3 trillion company they could hire somebody to do it in one afternoon at the cost of maybe 1000 bucks. Typical Apple control BS. They think they’re being cute and clever by allowing it to just staying the app. Pathetic.

I found a way around it. Turn on screen recording, go to your journal entry and let it record while you swipe down (slowly enough so that people can read it) or long enough for the audio/video to end (if you used A/V instead of writing). Then stop and play back or send the screen recording wherever you want!!

Saltp61 wrote:

How much work would it take? I mean really, for like a $3 trillion company they could hire somebody to do it in one afternoon at the cost of maybe 1000 bucks.

People who don't program or do project development always think something like this would be cheap or easy.

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

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SecondHarpy wrote:

I am deeply chagrined that I didn’t realize one could neither search, nor cut&paste, nor export using Journal. Not only does it make future use of the app pointless, but I have deleted photos after adding them to entries. Now they are gone forever.

i never would have expected Apple to come up with such a flawed application.

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Note that they will not reply.

Meanwhile, take a look at Day One. It's a far superior app.

I need a way to export my data from the Journal App.

If this feature isn't coming, I am going. That would make the Journal App useless for me.

I’d like to concept but without export it’s worthless.

I love Apple Journal and I like it to take over my life. Still I need export feature. I am sure this is the first version and Apple will provide some way soon.

It's a disaster not being able to export. Why would apple stuff it up so badly? It's like selling a car without wheels..and you can't buy the wheels anywhere.