tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/ Shady Notes blog Release news, how-tos and notes from building Shady Notes. 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Round Rect https://shadynotes.app/favicon.png tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/callouts Highlight tips and warnings with callouts 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Typed callouts turn a Markdown blockquote into a coloured box with an icon, using the same syntax as Obsidian. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/hello-blog The Shady Notes blog 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Release news, how-tos and notes from building Shady Notes now have a home at shadynotes.app/blog. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/images-in-notes Add images to a note by pasting or dragging 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Paste a screenshot or drag an image from Finder, resize it in place, and it stays a plain file next to your notes. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/navigator-tabs Open notes side by side with Navigator tabs 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Since v4.0.21 the Navigator can keep several notes open as tabs, and you can drive it all from the keyboard. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/open-the-shade Four ways to open the shade 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Scroll, hotkey, pull tab or a regular window — pick the way of opening Shady Notes that fits how you work. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/plain-markdown-files Why every note is a plain Markdown file 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Shady Notes keeps each note as an ordinary .md file in a folder you choose, and here is why we built it that way. tag:shadynotes.app,2026:blog/themes Pick a theme in a few keystrokes 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z 2026-11-06T00:00:00.000Z Shady Notes has sixteen themes, eleven dark and five light, and ⌘⌥T switches between them with a live preview.