Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple note taking app to capture, write, and organize your life. You can take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. To get started, click any of the links below to learn more about a feature or topic.
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title: "Welcome"
bear_id: "4"
identifier: SFNote2Intro3
created: 2026-04-25T16:02:48.534Z
modified: 2026-04-27T18:52:38.023Z
tags:
- bear
- bear/welcome
version: 3
last_editing_device: "Anton’s MacBook Pro (2)"
pinned: true
has_images: true
source: "bear://x-callback-url/open-note?id=SFNote2Intro3"More than text - Notes can contain photos, PDFs, and virtually any other attachments
Draw your ideas - Oh, and sketches too!
ℹ️ Know your note - Check the Info Panel for stats like word count and read time, an outline of the note, and Backlinks
Organize, search, and customize
Smart Search - Simple tools to further filter your search
Special Search - Find notes that contain certain types of content, such as tasks or attachments
In-note search - Search inside the current note being edited
Work faster and easier
🚀 Get Bear Pro - Enable sync, search inside attachments, encrypt important notes, and more
Save webpages - Get our app extensions
Link notes together - Connect ideas, create a personal wiki or knowledge management system
Stand out with TagCons - Add notoriety or just personality to tags in the Sidebar
🐻❄️ Join our community
This still isn’t the end of all the cool stuff you can do with Bear. If you’d like to keep learning, please check out our blog and support docs, then join our community at Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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