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Notes & Dates — Link a Note to a Day

A note isn't always about a person or a project — sometimes it belongs to a day. Preparing a meeting for June 18, jotting what to bring tomorrow, gathering thoughts for next Monday. In Keepsake, a note can now be linked to one or more days. It then surfaces in that day's view, right when you need it — without leaving your inbox or notes list. The note stays where it is; the date is just another way in. This is the spirit of daily notes, adapted to Keepsake's structured Day view.

The date pill: click to jump, × to remove

Once a note is linked to a day, a date pill appears on it — on the note itself and on its cards in your lists. It behaves exactly like a tag or contact pill.
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Click to go to that day

Clicking a date pill takes you straight to that day's view, where the note is listed alongside the day's tasks and journal.

2

× to unlink

Click the × on a pill to remove the date from the note. The note stays — only the link to that day is removed.

3

Several dates, one note

A note can be linked to more than one day. Add as many date pills as you need; the note will surface in each of those days.

Tip

Linking a note to a day is non-destructive: the note also stays in your inbox or notes list. The date is an extra entry point, not a move.

Create a note straight from a day

You don't have to write the note first and date it after. Open a day and write there — the note is linked to that day automatically. Perfect for preparing what's ahead.
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Open the day

Go to Today, or navigate to any day from the calendar or a date pill. You'll find a "Notes" section alongside Tasks and the Journal.

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Click "+ Add a note"

A composer opens with the usual editor — tags, @mentions and autocomplete all work. Write your note and save.

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It's linked, and it's in your inbox too

The note appears in that day's Notes section immediately, and also lands in your regular notes — nothing is hidden away.

Tip

This is the daily-note habit: open the day, capture what belongs to it. The Day view becomes the page for that date — see The daily workflow.

Find your dated notes

Dated notes show up in two natural places, so you never have to remember where you put one.
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In the Day view

Each day shows the notes linked to it in its Notes section. On the day itself (or in Today when the date arrives), they're right there.

2

In search

Notes stay fully searchable from quick search (⌘K), whether or not they're dated — and whether or not they're archived. See Search.

Tip

A dated note doesn't expire or 'go overdue' like a task. It simply lives on its day (or days). To clear it from a day, remove the date pill.

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