SideNotes - Perpetual License

SideNotes is a note-taking app for macOS developed by Apptorium: it lives in a panel on the edge of the screen, stays on top of other windows and slides out when you move the cursor to the screen edge, click the Open Bar or press a keyboard shortcut. It is made for people who want to write down ideas, tasks, links and snippets while they work in another application, without switching windows or opening a full notes app. This listing is a license key for the direct download version of SideNotes for Mac: the key unlocks the full version after the free trial and includes the updates of the current major version.

This product is a perpetual license key for SideNotes: it does not expire and can be used on 1 Mac running macOS. The key is delivered by email together with the activation instructions.

Notes are written as plain text with Markdown formatting that stays hidden while you type; folders, colours and pinning keep the list tidy, and Apple Shortcuts, an AppleScript API and a URL scheme let other tools such as Alfred, Raycast or PopClip create and read notes. With iCloud sync the same notes appear on your other Macs and, with the separately sold SideNotes Mobile app, on iPhone and iPad.

Key Features:

• Always at hand: The panel is displayed on top of other apps, also in full-screen mode and Stage Manager; you show or hide it with a shortcut, the Open Bar or the Hot Side mode at the edge of the screen.
• Markdown formatting: Headings, bold, italic, lists, quotes and code are typed with Markdown syntax or applied from the Quick Formatting Toolbar, while the markup itself remains invisible.
• Folders, colours and pinning: Notes are grouped in folders, marked with a colour or a small side bar, pinned to the top of the list and folded to save space in long lists.
• Tasks, images and file shortcuts: A note can hold checklists, screenshots and images, shortcuts to files and folders, text snippets and colour codes in #rrggbb format with a preview.
• iCloud sync and backups: Notes are kept on the Mac and, if you enable it, in your own iCloud account for synchronisation between devices; automatic backups protect them from mistakes.

Product Details:

• Product: SideNotes
• Version: 1.x (current major version; minor updates included)
• License Type: perpetual license key, no expiry
• Platform: macOS
• Devices: 1 Mac
• Language: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Japanese, Korean and Simplified Chinese interface (no Russian)
• Delivery: license key and instructions by email after the order has been verified (not instant, usually within a few hours)
• Activation: license key entered in the app (settings icon at the bottom of the panel, Your License), checked online
• Publisher: Apptorium
• Edition: license for the direct download version from the developer's website (the Mac App Store and Setapp versions are separate)

System Requirements:

• Operating System: macOS 13 Ventura or later; Intel and Apple silicon Macs
• Internet: Needed to check the license key at activation and for iCloud sync; the notes themselves are stored on the Mac
• Note: SideNotes Mobile for iPhone and iPad (iOS and iPadOS 17 or later) is a separate purchase

How to Activate:

1. Download SideNotes from the developer's website, move it to the Applications folder and open it; the app starts as a free trial.
2. Click the settings (gear) icon in the bar at the bottom of the SideNotes panel and choose Your License.
3. Enter the license key received by email and confirm; an internet connection is needed for the check.
4. The trial limits disappear at once; the same window shows the license and lets you deactivate it before moving to another Mac.

Delivery:

This product is delivered digitally. After your purchase is confirmed, the license key and activation guidance are sent to the email address provided at checkout. Delivery times may vary depending on the product type.