I made JotDown, it's a small macOS menubar extension for quickly adding notes to Apple Notes.

Why: I often want to take quick notes and only put it in apple notes if I need that text later on. I wanted something lightweight, always accessible, and integrated with the native Notes ecosystem.

How it works: Menubar shortcut — Launch a popup from menubar to type text. AppleScript — It uses AppleScript to save the note into Apple Notes. If the Notes app isn’t running, it can either launch it in the background (via AppleScript) or Shortcuts integration — I can save notes without launching Notes app at all, via the “Create Note” action in Apple Shortcuts.

Some features: Custom keyboard shortcuts — To open the popup instantly. Popup window — I can launch the note entry popup as a window that can be pinned to float over other windows.

Looking for feedback:

Does this kind of tool fit into your workflow? Any features you’d like to see added? Link: https://jotdown.rishisingh.in

Thanks for reading! Happy to answer any questions.