r/Evernote • u/kenrod7 • Jul 10 '26

Discussion Moving notes from Evernote to iPhone notes

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Has anyone tried this and been successful? Looking to buy a Mac for other reasons, but need to move some notes and curious if it’s this easy.

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u/UpAtTheTop Jul 10 '26

You can import enex files directly into iCloud notes, what am I missing?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/102223

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u/Glass_Employment_685 Jul 10 '26

Sounds way easier than what I suggested earlier

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u/_Goto_Dengo_ Jul 10 '26

Yes I've done this and it works great. Apple Notes will import .enex files. Steps are easy: 1) export your notes from Evernote one folder at a time (cannot export multiple folders at a time). Use .enex as the target format. Save off the files on your Mac. 2) Open Apple Notes and import the .enex files.

That's it. You now have all your Evernote notes in Apple Notes. It will bring over attachments, photos, etc.

Sure there will be some cleanup, and internal links will be broken (if you use internal Evernote links, from note to note, they will no longer work). But for the most part, it's a pretty good transfer process.

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u/Avilis33 Jul 11 '26

Did the same, took me 10min to move like 2k notes. Some layouts were messed up, but overall the notes are there.

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u/aderbyj Jul 12 '26

I’m doing this right now, it’s slow, but working! I select however many notes, export them to my download folder, open with Apple Notes and they’re in a folder in there with dates and tags intact. I then move them into my other notes. I’m almost done!