Get started with Soot
Set up Soot, write your first note, and see where it’s kept. Your notes are ordinary files you can open in other apps.
Already have Soot Pro? On the welcome screen, sign in instead of starting a new library or writing a note. Soot downloads your synced notes into a folder you choose on the Mac, or into the app on iPhone and iPad. If asked, unlock your library with your encryption password or recovery phrase. If your device uses iCloud Keychain with the same Apple Account as your other device, Soot can usually unlock it automatically.
On the Mac
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Open Soot. The welcome window asks where your library should be: this will be the folder where Soot keeps your notes.
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Click Start a new library. Soot suggests a folder called Notes in your home folder. Click Create to make it there, or choose somewhere else first.
If you plan to use Soot Pro, keep your library out of iCloud Drive and Dropbox. Why Soot Pro needs its own folder
Already have a Soot library on this Mac, from before you reinstalled or moved it? Click Open an existing Soot library… and choose it. To bring in notes from another app, import them instead.
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Choose File ▸ New Note, or press ⌘N, and start typing. The first line is the note’s title. Soot saves as you type.
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To see the note as a file, right-click it in the note list and choose Show in Finder. Its filename is its title.
On iPhone and iPad
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Open Soot and tap Write your first note.
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Start typing. The first line is the note’s title. Soot saves as you type.
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To create another note, tap the New Note button (the pencil icon).
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To see your notes as files, open the Files app and go to On My iPhone ▸ Soot, or On My iPad ▸ Soot.
Next
- Format text
- Import from Obsidian, Apple Notes or Bear, iA Writer and others
- Get Soot Pro, to sync your notes between your devices
Having trouble? Email hello at sootsync dot com and I’ll help.