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

the journal has no use if you can not export it to outlook or pdf.

I wish that I could export or save or copy or whatever my journal entries. What I do is I “select all” in the entry, and then paste it into a Pages/Word document. I really like Journal, so this way I still get to use it but it’s just a whole lot of extra work to copy it. I only use it really once a week, so it’s not too much.

But Apple please fix this!!

Day one app has all these features and more. You can use it free or with a subscription, which is minimal. I have no affiliation, but I’ve been using Day One for years. I will switch to Apple‘s Journal app if it improves.

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.

carolet23 wrote:

Agreed on a list of disappointments from Apple. They've lost their way on human factors and usability. Cumbersome useless features and missing obvious features are replacing efficient simplicity.

Apple doesn't read here for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Fortunately, we have a wide range of choices other than Apple's Journal app.

Thanks! But how do we deal with the photos attached to each day?

Agreed on a list of disappointments from Apple. They've lost their way on human factors and usability. Cumbersome useless features and missing obvious features are replacing efficient simplicity.

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.

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.

Cette application est très pratique puisqu’on l’a toujours sous la main afin de consigner des pensées fugaces vite oubliées autrement. J’utilise en même temps (souvent ) le test des humeurs (dans l’APP Santé du iPhone). Très utile en psychothérapie. Il est cependant TRÈS ENNUYEUX de devoir faire lire par ma thérapeute des extraits de mon journal à chaque séance alors que j’aurais pu lui faire parvenir la veille par courriel. C’est dommage mais les inconvénients dépassent ses avantages. Je vais probablement abandonner JOURNAL et surtout déconseiller son utilisation.

Yeah, I am very disappointed with this apple journal app. I waisted countless hours constructing an important document only to find out that you can’t print, cut and paste. So I will have to re-construct again in another program.

what is apple doing by putting a half complete application out to the users knowing full well that we were counting on a finished product? Also, why have they not taken cue from all of the complaints and fixed this issue ?

I am very disappointed!!!

Thanks Apple….

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.

Bedste wrote:

I was flummoxed when I realized all the notes I took could not be shared with the person I took them for...FINALLY, I figured out a fix. Take Screen shots and send those! Works like a charrm!

Yup, that was suggested in this thread back in December. However, it still doesn't answer the original question. It remains impossible to export entries.

If you're taking notes for someone, you might be better served by the Notes app. Notes are very easy to share.