Frequently Asked Questions

• General
• Home
• About the Sidebar in Bear
• Advanced search options in Bear
• Backup and Restore Your Notes in Bear
• Bear for Apple Watch overview
• Disable spell check and corrections
• Drag & Drop on iPad and iPhone
• Hide notes with the Archive
• Hide the Sidebar and Note List
• How to blog with Bear on iPad & iPhone
• How to disable smart quotes and dashes
• How to encrypt & lock notes with Bear
• How to fold tasks and show thumbnails
• How to lock Bear for privacy
• How to use Bear with Siri on iOS
• How to use Siri Shortcuts with Bear
• How to use widgets with Bear
• Open Bear notes in separate windows
• How to Print your Notes
• Quickly add emoji to notes
• Quickly navigate notes on iOS
• Editor Typography Options
• Bear for web, Android, & Windows
• Where are Bear's notes located
• X-callback-url Scheme documentation
• Bear iMessage stickers

• Accessibility
• Tools for Dyslexic People
• MacOS and iOS VoiceOver support

• Attachments
• Add Sketches to your notes
• How to insert attachments in Bear notes

• Autocomplete
• How to use Tag and Note Autocomplete

• Code Snippets
• Syntax Highlighting for your Code

• Extensions
• MacOS Browser Extensions
• How to Clip Web Pages
• iOS App Sharing Extension

• Extra
• How Does Encryption Work Under the Hood
• Libraries used in Bear
• Preview your notes in Marked 2
• Transfer notes with AirDrop

• Import & export
• Copy text portions as HTML, RTF or TXT
• Export to Google Docs
• Export Notes in Different Formats
• Export your Notes from a Tag
• Import notes into Bear
• Migrate from Apple Notes
• Migrate from Day One App
• Migrate from Drafts App
• Migrate from Evernote
• Migrate from SimpleNote
• Migrate from Ulysses to Bear

• Markup : Markdown
• How to convert Bear notes to Markdown
• Markdown Compatibility Mode
• Polar Bear Markup Language

• Shortcuts and more
• Customise Mac shortcuts
• Indent and outdent on iOS
• macOS Keyboard Shortcuts
• MacOS Touch Bar Support
• iOS External keyboard support
• iOS Keyboard Shortcuts

• Sync
• Bear is GDPR compliant
• How Bear Pro handles conflicted notes
• More information about Bear Pro
• Subscribe to Bear Pro
• Bear Pro Sync Troubleshooting
• Information about Syncing & Privacy

• Tags & Linking
• How TagCons work in Bear
• How to link notes together
• How to Make Nested Tags
• Rename and Delete Tags
• TagCons Keywords List

• Themes
• About free and Pro themes in Bear