As in OS X to quickly create a note from selected text

Notes - an application that allows you to create sticky notes, in the manner of Post-It, right on your desktop your Mac. For many years, it is supplied with each poppy seeds as part of OS X and dust in the Programs folder so that users do not represent, how useful app or do not know about its existence at all. That's why a little trick described in this article will be very helpful - you can create a note from any text, images, web pages, or any other parts of the content in one touch.

Due to the system service - this can be done in almost any application. It is called Create a new note and is accessible from the menu services. This service must be enabled by default, but you may need to enable it manually (to do this, see below).

Fast creation of notes from the selected

1. Select the desired range of text and / or image.
2. Make a right click on the selection and choose the menu item services.
3. Choose from the list of services Create a new note and instantly get the results.

Since Notes - this tiny application, it instantly creates a note containing the fragment. Note will have the same format as in the selection of the text, including images, links and other elements. Later, you can go directly from the note on the links, or save the image.

inclusion service

As upomyatnuto above, the service of creating new notes should be active by default, but if you do not see it in the service menu, you can enable it as follows.

1. Open the system settings from the Dock (or  menu in the menu bar) and go to the section Keyboard.
2. tab Keyboard shortcuts find a point in the side panel services.
3. We are now looking for in Section Text service Create a new note and put a checkbox next to it.

Keyboard shortcut for creating notes

As you can see, the right of the service name is the field in which you can specify a keyboard shortcut for quick access to the service. By default, assign a shortcut key ⇧⌘YBut you can change it to any other convenient for you. For this you need to double-click in the input field and press the desired combination.

In the Notes has only one drawback - the lack of synchronization with iCloud. Any iOS, or even on your other Mac, by the note did not appear, so if you need the ability to exchange, it is better to use notes. Otherwise, the Notes do an excellent job with the task of temporary local storage of any data and, in fact, with the help of the Notes can be made even many interesting things .