Highlight and add notes in Books on Mac

It’s easy to highlight text or add notes while you’re reading a book that supports the features. You can see all of your highlights and notes at any time, and use them as study (or flash) cards.

Note: Highlighting and notes might not be available for all book types.

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Add highlights or notes to a book

  1. In the Books app on your Mac, click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.

  2. Select and Control-click the text you want to highlight or annotate.

  3. In the pop-up menu, choose a color, the underline, or Add Note.

    To change the highlight color or remove a highlight or note, Control-click the text, then choose an option.

See all highlights and notes in a book

  1. In the Books app on your Mac, click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.

  2. Move the pointer to the top of the page, then click the Notes and Highlights button in the toolbar.

  3. Click a highlight or note to jump to that page.

To delete a highlight or note, select and Control-click the text, then choose Remove Note, Remove Highlight, or Remove Note & Highlight.

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