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Chaos to Clarity in Apple Notes: Forever * Notes with Matthias Hilse

September 01, 2025 • Tom Anderson & Jeff Battersby • Episode 69

If you’re an Apple Notes user who’s feeling buried in folders, tags, or forgotten ideas — and you’ve struggled to bring order to your notes — this episode is for you.

We dive deep into the Forever * Notes system with its creator, Matthias Hilse, and explore how it brings clarity, structure, and intentionality to even the messiest note collections.

You’ll hear:

How to set up a central Home note
The power of hubs, collections, and simplified tagging
How Forever * Notes scales beautifully — even with thousands of notes

Plus:

The features Matthias wishes Apple would add
How this system completely changed Jeff’s Notes experience
And why weekly notes are surprisingly complicated

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Forever * Notes Official Site
Forever * Notes YouTube Channel
Forever * Notes Workshop
Join the community: Forever * Notes Forum

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