Now that Apple Notes has a linking feature, I use it to create a table of contents and dashboards to my other notes. Once I upgrade to iOS 18, Apple notes will also include collapsible headers. This is a great way to have quick access to important information in and external to Apple Notes.
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I just started putting stuff into Apple Notes as my stuff was all over the place. I had the thought of creating a TOC but only for other important notes. Just to clarify, can (or will I in ios18) be able to link to other external things in Apple Notes?
If I understand your question correctly, yes. I link to other Apple Notes but also to websites, Google, Word, Apple files, and more.
By the way, several months ago I discovered a simple keyboard shortcut to navigate back and forth in AN: Opt+Comm+ [ (back) and Opt+Comm+ ] (forward).
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In Sonoma, how would I link to a pdf file in Apple Notes on my computer? (Is that dumb question?) And if that pdf is in an iCloud folder, would the link work on my iPhone/iPad too?
I didn’t realize I could do this and that’s a huge benefit.
I don’t believe you can link to a PDF IN an Apple Note. I usually just link to the note. However, if the PDF is in a folder elsewhere, you can get a link and then create a hyperlink in an Apple Note.
Hopefully Apple will add support for collapsible headers to the Swift toolkit so other devs can add them to native apps more easily.
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The Hookmark app is very useful for quickly creating links to files, emails etc. The only downside is (I think) the links only work on desktop.
I have thought about that as I have it via Setapp but was hoping for OS based solution. May have to do it.
Once they add tabs for notes. I’m in.
Whoa! I don’t want to go so far as to say “game changer,” but … aww, heck with it … this is a game changer.
Thank you, sir.
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Oh, I’m glad it is helpful to someone. It certainly helps me. Once I have the public release of iOS 18 I’ll be able to expand the TOC by using collapsible headers to make it easier to navigate. 
The collapsible headers are a very nice addition. I like them a lot.
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I really like collapsible headers too!
The only downside is many of the third Apps I use work in Markdown, so if I copy some work from those Apps to a Note, it get pasted as Markdown syntax, that in Apple Note is just plain text.
For example: if I copy/paste a result from Perplexity, or if I download a webpage in text…
This is the only thing that keeps me from moving to Apple Notes.
I have steered clear of Markdown just because so many apps that I use don’t support it. A feature that I would welcome in apple notes is a switch that allows you to move between plain text, AN’s natural mode of rich text, and some kind of renderable markdown mode. That would be great and would solve a huge swath of problems for a lot of users.
The true plain text would be useful for those of us who don’t use a separate app like drafts.
Also, if they had a plain text mode that let me use vim commands, I might be able to do all my text editing right in AN. Okay, I’m going a little crazy here, I know.