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Import files

Bring notes and documents in from another app, with their formatting intact.

What it is for

Bring notes and documents in from another app. Each Markdown, Word, HTML or text file becomes a note named after the file, with its headings, lists, checklists, tables and links intact, so moving to Mnemox does not mean retyping anything.

How to use it

  1. To import into a folder, right-click the folder and choose Import files… for files or Import folder… for a whole folder.
  2. Right-click an empty part of the sidebar for the same two choices at the top level.
  3. Or drag files or a folder onto the sidebar. Drop them on a folder to import into it.
  4. Or open Settings → Account, find Your data and choose Import files. Those notes go in unfiled.
  5. Each file becomes a note named after it. Subfolders come in as folders, so a vault keeps its shape.
  6. Before anything is imported, Mnemox lists the files it will leave out. Afterwards, press Create the note to keep that list as a note.

Examples

Moving from Obsidian, Bear or Apple Notes

Export there as Markdown, then import the files here. Headings, lists, checklists and tables arrive as they were.

A document from Word, Google Docs or Notion

Import the .docx straight from Word, or download it from Google Docs as Microsoft Word (.docx). From Notion, export as HTML or Markdown. The document becomes a note you can keep writing in.

Good to know

  • Pictures don't come in. A picture linked from a Markdown or HTML file becomes a link to it; pictures inside a Word file are left out, and the list of what was left out says how many.
  • Colors, fonts and text sizes aren't kept: the note uses your own. Google Docs' HTML download marks bold and headings with styling only, so download as Word instead.
  • Hidden folders and files of other kinds, like PDFs and spreadsheets, are left out.
  • Text files up to 512 KB each can be imported (.md, .markdown, .txt, .html, and text files with no extension at all, like a README), and Word files (.docx) up to 10 MB.
  • Importing works offline too. The notes reach your other devices once this one reconnects.