--- title: "Save a web page or text to a Markdown note from any Mac app" author: Pedro Thomaz source: https://coffeetext.app/blog/save-to-markdown-share-menu-mac --- # Save a web page or text to a Markdown note from any Mac app > Checked November 2026 against [Obsidian's Web Clipper page](https://obsidian.md/clipper) and [Drafts' site](https://getdrafts.com/). Coffee isn't affiliated with either. Most of what ends up in your notes starts somewhere else: an article in Safari, a paragraph in an email, a list someone sent you. The quicker it goes from there into a note, the more likely it gets kept. On a Mac, the Share menu is already in most apps, in the toolbar or under File. Coffee adds itself to it. ## Share > Coffee In Safari, Notes, Mail or any app with a Share menu, choose Share > Coffee. A small sheet opens with: - **A title**, filled in for you: the page's title, the first line of the text, or the site's name. - **What's being saved**, so you can check it. - **New Note or Inbox**, for where it goes. Press Save, or Return, and it's done. Esc cancels. ## What you get **From a web page**, a new note holds a link to the page, with the title as the link's text. If the app also hands over some text, such as what you'd selected, it's quoted under the link: ``` # How to brew a better pour-over [How to brew a better pour-over](https://example.com/pour-over) > Use water just off the boil, and pour in slow circles. ``` **From text alone**, say a paragraph shared from Notes or Mail, the note holds the text as it was. **Inbox** adds one line to the end of `Inbox.md` instead: the text, the link to where it came from, and the time. It's for things you'll sort out later, and Coffee stays in the background while it's added. New Note brings Coffee forward with the note open. Very long text is cut at 150,000 characters. ## What it doesn't do Coffee saves what the other app hands it: the page's address and title, and any text. It doesn't download the page or turn the whole article into Markdown. If you want the article itself, select it before sharing, or copy it and paste it into a note, where Coffee keeps the headings, lists and links. The part that runs inside the Share menu can't read your files or use the network. It passes the clipping to Coffee as a `coffee://` link, so the note is made by Coffee itself, the same way as a note made from Shortcuts or the `coffee` command. If you have two copies of Coffee on the Mac, the clipping goes to the one whose Share item you chose. ## Other ways in - **Quick capture** adds a thought to `Inbox.md` from any app with ⌃⌥Space, if you turn it on in Settings. - **The Services menu** in any app has Add to Coffee Inbox and New Coffee Note with Selection. - **Links** such as `coffee://inbox?text=…` work from Shortcuts, Raycast or a script. ## How this compares [Obsidian's Web Clipper](https://obsidian.md/clipper) is a free browser extension for Chrome, Safari, Firefox and others that saves the page itself as Markdown, with highlights and templates for articles, recipes and papers. For saving whole articles, it does far more than Coffee's Share item. [Drafts](https://getdrafts.com/) is built around capture, with a share extension, widgets, Siri and an Apple Watch app. If getting text in from everywhere is the main job, [Coffee vs Drafts](https://coffeetext.app/blog/coffee-vs-drafts) goes through it. Coffee's Share item is simpler: a link and some text, into a note or your inbox, from whichever app you're in. If you're moving a library of web clips from Evernote, [Evernote to Markdown](https://coffeetext.app/blog/evernote-to-markdown) covers that. ## Questions ### How do I save a web page to Coffee? In Safari, choose Share > Coffee, check the title, choose New Note or Inbox, and press Save. The note holds a link to the page, with any selected text quoted under it. ### Does Coffee save the whole article? No. It saves the page's link and title, and any text the app shares, such as a selection. To keep the article, select it before sharing, or copy and paste it into a note. ### Can I share text from Notes or Mail to Coffee? Yes. Select the text, choose Share > Coffee, and it becomes a new note or a line in your inbox. ### Where does Inbox put what I share? At the end of `Inbox.md`, as one list item with the text, a link to where it came from, and the time it was added. Coffee runs on the Mac, with macOS 15 or later, and on iPhone and iPad. This guide covers the Mac. It's free for 14 days without a card, then €3 a month, €29 a year, or €79 once with two years of updates. One purchase covers all three. --- Written by Pedro Thomaz, who makes Coffee, a Markdown editor for the Mac on macOS 15 or later, and for iPhone and iPad. It's free for 14 days with no card or account, then €3 a month, €29 a year, or €79 once with two years of updates. More at https://coffeetext.app/llms-full.txt