This one Apple Notes feature has me rethinking how I use the app

Apple Notes has been on a tear over the last few years with big feature updates. While the app used to lag behind third-party alternatives, now it’s easily among the iPhone’s best notes options. Among the last couple years of updates, one powerful new feature that got overlooked by me is note links, but it’s recently made me rethink how I use Apple Notes. I’ve been a longtime Apple Notes user, and currently have around 2,600 notes in the app. My go-to method for organizing those notes has always been folders and sub-folders. Tags are another option provided by Apple, but I’ve never been a big tag user. There’s another type of organization feature, however, that has me rethinking my Notes approach. When iOS 17 launched, Apple introduced a new ability to add links to other notes in your library. You can do this very quickly thanks to a ‘>>’ shortcut. Type those two characters and you’ll see a dropdown menu suggesting recent notes to link to. You can then tap one to create the link. ... Read full article.