Links lost in Notes app Export to PDF

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Links lost in Notes app Export to PDF

I'm trying to manage the Full Cycle from,

iPhone Share button -> Notes App -> El Capitan Notes app -> Export to PDF (an archive solution)

I like to "Share" links to my Notes app on my iPhone (see example screen capture). Eventually, I need to archive old links. To export/archive I found the Export to PDF feature in Notes app, but links are lost.

I tried to drag and drop the Note from Notes app to the desktop, but this doesn't work either.

What should I do to save and Archive iCloud account Notes?

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)

Posted on Jan 8, 2017 12:23 PM

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Answer 1

Sep 30, 2017 6:40 AM in response to Christian Simon

This is a pretty big problem when sharing notes. All URLs that are shared to notes via the share sheet, i.e. made "rich links", are inactive when exported to PDF.

To make the problem worse, the rich links doesn't display the link URLs so you can't even manually open the link.

To make the problem even worse, there is currently no way to 1. share an note as "view only" 2. share a public link of the note. So if you want to share a note with links in it, you basically have to 1. grant edit rights 2. on an individual basis.

I have filed a bug report, so hopefully the Notes team see this.

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Answer 2

CarlAVII

Community Specialist

Jan 9, 2017 4:22 PM in response to Christian Simon

Greetings Christian Simon,

Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

I see that you would like to know how to save and Archive iCloud Notes.

Please see this article to learn how to make copies of the data that you use with iCloud: Archive or make copies of your iCloud data

Notes

To copy notes, open the Notes app at iCloud.com. Copy the text of each note and paste it into a document on your computer, such as a Pages or TextEdit document. Save the document to your computer.

To export your notes as PDF, open the Notes app in OS X Mountain Lion or later. Select the note, then click File > Export as PDF and choose a location.

Let me know if you have any questions.
Have a great day!

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Answer 3

Jan 21, 2017 8:48 AM in response to Christian Simon

Your solution is simple and since I already tried it, but you expect it to solve my problem, then I can only conclude there is a BUG in the Notes app. I will open a BUG REPORT. Thanks

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