Apple Notes

Apple Notes theme for Obsidian

An Obsidian theme that mimics the look and feel of the Apple Notes app on macOS and iOS.

Features

• Warm off-white paper in light mode, charcoal #1C1C1E in dark mode
• SF Pro font stack — matches the native macOS/iOS Notes typography
• Yellow accent (#FFCC00 / #F5B800) for links, folder icons, active note, tags
• Round Apple-style checkboxes that fill gold with a white checkmark when done
• Yellow highlighter for ==marks== and text selection
• Full-width editor with no line-number gutter — feels like a paper note, not a code file
• Pill-shaped yellow tags
• Rounded modals with translucent backdrop
• Both light and dark modes

Install

From the community themes gallery (once approved)

1. Open Settings → Appearance → Themes → Manage
2. Search for "Apple Notes"
3. Install and apply

Manually

1. Download manifest.json and theme.css from the latest release
2. Copy them into <your-vault>/.obsidian/themes/Apple Notes/
3. In Obsidian: Settings → Appearance → Themes → Apple Notes

Recommended settings

For the closest match to real Apple Notes:

• Settings → Editor → Show line number: off
• Settings → Editor → Readable line length: your preference (the theme respects it either way and expands to full width when off)
• Settings → Appearance → Base color scheme: switch freely between light/dark — both are tuned

Credits

Built by Alex Simion. Inspired by Apple Notes on macOS Sonoma and iOS 17.

Support

If you enjoy the theme and want to support the work:

License

MIT