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Universal Quick Capture

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Damian Morales

Ability to quickly capture content from anywhere on macOS using a keyboard shortcut( examples: Mem.ai, Things3, Drafts, and Lazy.so)

March 23, 2023

Michael von Hohnhorst

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We want to add this feature in the future, but don't expect it anytime soon.

Thanks for all the ideas and input here so far! 🙏

Bryan Yoon

Please don't have this be an Apple only thing

Pontus A

Bryan Yoon +1 ☝️Windows/Android user

Steffen Bleher

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Aglaé ✨

YES

Beth

Merged in a post:

Shortcut for a quick note taking?

Albert Einstine

June 27, 2025

Andres Bosch

Something that would add a lot to this feature would be to take some cues from https://antinote.io - Global hotkey, context math, conversions and reactive variables would be awesome to have on a scratchpad / quick content capture.

Christoph Haas

I really LOVE the capturing feature of Lazy.so! One command from any app and on top you get the context (like the app, website, pdf or even youtube video with timecode) from where you made the note. Capacities NEEDS this! 😋

Gustav G

And same thing for Windows please

Bruce Maples

I use Devonthink a lot, mainly because the Devonthink Quick-Add tab lives at the bottom right of my screen at all times. I can jot a thought or paste text, give it a title, and save it to any location, right from within the popup that appears when I click the tab. I don't have to go anywhere else, and can go on with my work. Something like that for Capacities would be a game-changer, IMHO.

Luca Joos

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Mobile app needs work (quick add + performance upgrade)

Reetam Das

The mobile app in itself is great to work with and a good companion app to the desktop version. However, accessibility (esp. now that iOS 18 with AI is out) can be greatly improved. One of the biggest flexes for any note-taking app is quick add - the ability to add widgets and quick add shortcuts to the "today" calendar view would be really cool. 
A quick add shortcut on the desktop will also be nice. Just hitting a keyboard shortcut to launch Quick Note (similar to how Apple Notes’ quick note works).
Performance improvements (both on the mobile app and desktop; esp. on the mobile) will be key to adding thoughts quickly. I really like this feature on Todoist - just tap on quick add and it opens lightning fast.

November 14, 2024

Michael von Hohnhorst

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We want to add this feature in the future, but don't expect it anytime soon.

Thanks for all the ideas and input here so far! 🙏

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