Take Control of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14

Note What’s New in Notes

Notes is one of my favorite built-in apps. I like it so much that I wrote a book about it, Take Control of Notes, which documents how to use it in detail. Apple also offers a free guide to using Notes in iOS and iPadOS (but it’s not as good as my book).

Tip: In the Notes list, you can now tap an arrow to collapse your pinned notes to more easily see your other notes.

Use Top Hits to Quickly Find Notes

The Notes app has a pretty powerful search feature, and it gets a bit easier to use in iOS 14 and iPadOS 14. When you tap the Search field in Notes, you get a list of suggested searches (Figure 57):

• Shared Notes

• Locked ...