How to Export Apple Books Highlights (2026 Guide) | Chapterly Blog
How to Export Apple Books Highlights (2026 Guide) Apple Books is a great reading experience—but Apple makes it surprisingly difficult to get your highlights and notes out. Unlike Kindle, there's no official web portal for viewing your annotations, and Apple provides no native export feature. If you've been highlighting passages in Apple Books and want to do more with them—like reviewing them with spaced repetition or importing them into a learning tool—here's how. Method 1: Copy from Apple Books on Mac The simplest free method, but tedious for large libraries. Steps: 1. Open Apple Books on your Mac 2. Open a book and click the Table of Contents icon (three horizontal lines) 3. Select the Notes tab to see all your highlights and notes 4. Select highlights and copy (Cmd+C) to paste elsewhere Limitations: One book at a time No bulk export across your entire library Manual copy-paste process Formatting can be inconsistent Best For: Grabbing highlights from a specific book when you only need a few. Method 2: Share Individual Highlights (iOS/Mac) Apple Books lets you share individual highlights, but not in bulk. Steps: 1. Open a book in Apple Books 2. Tap or click on a highlight 3....