Workspace

Files & attachments

Drop files into a note and ask questions about them. NotesXD extracts their text locally so the AI can use them as context — your files never leave your Mac.

Adding attachments

• Drag and drop one or more files directly into a note.
• Multiple attachments stack cleanly without overlapping or breaking previous ones.
• Imported files have their text captured so it becomes part of your note's content.

Supported content

Text is extracted from a wide range of files:

• PDFs — text extracted with on-device parsing.
• Images — text read via on-device OCR.
• Documents — Word and Pages files.
• Data files — JSON, CSV and XML read as plain text.

Files as AI context

Once attached, file text is available to both text chat and voice. You can ask about a file in the open note or about files across an entire folder. Very large files are capped to keep responses fast and reliable; the assistant can read a specific note for full detail.

Older attachments

If you attached files before text extraction was available for a format, NotesXD re-indexes eligible attachments in the background so they become searchable by the AI too.