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Move from Bear to Locinote, intact.

Locinote reads Bear's .bear2bk backup (and .textpack exports), converting each note's Markdown to rich text while keeping your hashtags — including nested ones — as real tags.

Nothing left behind

What comes across

Locinote reads your .bear2bk and rebuilds each note — formatting and all.

  • Every note's Markdown, rendered as rich text
  • Bear #tags and nested #parent/child tags
  • Images and file attachments from each note bundle
  • Checklists, tables, and code blocks
  • Created & modified dates where Bear records them

Three steps

How to export from Bear

  1. 1

    Select your notes in Bear

    Pick the notes you want to move, or press ⌘A to select everything under a tag.

  2. 2

    Export as a Bear backup

    Choose File → Export Notes… and pick Bear Notes (.bear2bk). A .textpack export, or a plain .zip of exported .textbundle folders, works too.

  3. 3

    Import into Locinote

    Open Import, pick Bear, and drop the .bear2bk file. Your hashtags arrive as tags and every asset comes along.

Worth knowing

  • Bear organizes by tags, not notebooks — imported notes land in one notebook you name, with their tags fully preserved.
  • Nested tags like #work/clients keep their full path as a single tag.