{"id":126882,"date":"2025-08-07T17:26:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126882\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T17:26:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:26:12","slug":"ios-26s-notes-app-adds-a-clever-new-way-to-use-its-many-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/126882\/","title":{"rendered":"iOS 26\u2019s Notes app adds a clever new way to use its many tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t<img width=\"1600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/apple-notes-ios-26.jpg\" class=\"skip-lazy wp-post-image\" alt=\"\"  decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Apple Notes gets more powerful every year, and iOS 26 adds <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2025\/07\/17\/heres-everything-new-for-apple-notes-in-ios-26\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">its own batch of new features<\/a>. With new capabilities comes the threat of feature bloat, but Notes has a clever solution that makes its ever-growing set of tools more easily accessible in iOS 26.<\/p>\n<p>Notes was once an extremely simple iPhone app. Features were minimal, as Apple prioritized just making it a quick place to jot down notes.<\/p>\n<p>But at some point, the company started aggressively building Apple Notes into a powerhouse tool. Today, it can compete with the best third-party apps out there.<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you make a simple app more powerful though, there\u2019s a risk of feature bloat. Notes, for its part, does a good job of keeping the app experience simple and intuitive despite a growing set of capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/apple-notes-ios-26-adaptive-toolbar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013259\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>In iOS 26 though, there\u2019s a new change coming on that front.<\/p>\n<p>Notes now uses an adaptive toolbar, which puts the most relevant tools front and center.<\/p>\n<p>The current toolbar in iOS 18\u2014which sits right above the software keyboard\u2014features the following buttons:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Formatting menu<\/li>\n<li>Checklist<\/li>\n<li>Tables<\/li>\n<li>Attachments<\/li>\n<li>Markup<\/li>\n<li>Apple Intelligence writing tools<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Many of these have additional options hiding behind them.<\/p>\n<p>In iOS 26, Apple has completely revamped the toolbar. <\/p>\n<p>It now has 18 buttons total, with the first six the same as before. But now you can swipe horizontally to access more tools.<\/p>\n<p>18 tools is a lot, which is where the \u2018adaptive\u2019 part comes in.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/apple-notes-ios-26-adaptive-toolbar-list.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013262\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re writing or editing text in a note, the toolbar will automatically start showing the most relevant tools based on what you\u2019re doing.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019re editing standard text, Notes will show options like bold, italics, underline, and highlight inside the toolbar.<\/p>\n<p>If you select multiple lines of text, the toolbar changes to show options like indent and outdent, lists, and more.<\/p>\n<p>You can always swipe through the full toolbar at any time. But hopefully, by Apple making the toolbar adaptive, you shouldn\u2019t have to do that very often.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think of Notes\u2019 new adaptive toolbar in iOS 26? Let us know in the comments.<\/p>\n<p>Best iPhone accessories<\/p>\n<p class=\"disclaimer-affiliate\">FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. <a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/about\/#affiliate\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/46F6sFL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1012938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/BMX-Mac-925-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"150\"\/><\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple Notes gets more powerful every year, and iOS 26 adds its own batch of new features. 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