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

DeepGhosh1 wrote:

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.

Tell Apple what you'd like to see here:

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elfpix wrote:

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!

Sharing selected text to another app is not the same thing as exporting an entry. All you get is the text. You don't get the time/date of the entry. While it may be a useful workaround for some, it doesn't replace the ability, for example, to export entries from a range of dates with their titles and dates to pdf.

julian202 wrote:

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.

I'm not sure I'd consider one app not meeting some people's needs a "disaster". Maybe an inconvenience. If the app doesn't meet your needs, don't use it. There are lots of other options out there.

And, you can let Apple know your thoughts here:

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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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Yeah I’m incredibly hesistant to use the app as there’s no way to export entries if the app gets taken down or I switch platforms

Most of these features can be found in Journey.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/journey-diary-journal/id1300202543

I was hoping to see some updates to the journal update in 2024. I use the app but plan on taking screenshots and moving to good old one note or some other app.

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

Carlos Alfaro wrote:

I really thing that there has to be a way for users to suggest or ask for this feature sooner rather than later. I know that I will stick with apple products but apple does not make all the software we need. I would like to know to to ask for this feature to be made available to so I can use my data elsewhere also. Anyone know how to go about asking apple for that? I submitted something but I do not know if it was any good or even the right way to do it.

Again, this is where you submit feedback:

Product Feedback - Apple

Whether or when Apple decides to implement such a feature is something no one here could tell you.

SmRSmR01 wrote:

I appreciated you posting this link earlier too. I did indeed go there and make a formal request.

Tell your friends! The more people who request the feature, the greater the chance that Apple may implement it.

Carlos Alfaro wrote:

I really thing that there has to be a way for users to suggest or ask for this feature sooner rather than later. I know that I will stick with apple products but apple does not make all the software we need.

There are 2 billion iPhone users. It is not possible for Apple to make all of the software all of those 2 billion users need. That’s why there is an app store where users can select among over a million apps, and usually find all the software they need.

Apple does not try to meet everyone’s needs, because that is impossible. They provide basic apps, and count on 3rd party developers to make more targeted apps.

Dear Apple,

I will not allow you to "own" my journal. If you won't provide some way to export the content to a useful format that I can own my content, you can keep this app.

One more item on my list of disappointments from Apple. I'm considering joining the retro crowd and going back to life before a smart phone. Taking my life back! lol

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.

This was exactly what I was thinking when it came out. Why no way to store as a file or print.

The journal prompts might be nice, but I don't force myself to journal each day.

I've been using locked notes for my journal for years & archive the year in a file.

I can add photos/ videos if I care to, which I don't.

I'm not sure the point of another app.