Highlight and add notes in Books on Mac
It’s easy to highlight text or add notes while you’re reading a book that supports the features. You can see all of your highlights and notes at any time, and use them as study (or flash) cards.
Note: Highlighting and notes might not be available for all book types.
Add highlights or notes to a book
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Select the text you want to highlight or annotate.
Control-click the selected text, then choose a colour, underline or Add Note.
To change the highlight colour or remove a highlight or note, Control-click the text, then choose an option.
See all highlights and notes in a book
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Move the pointer to the top of the page, then click
in the toolbar.Click a highlight or note to jump to that page.
Delete a highlight or note
Go to the Books app
on your Mac.Click Books (or another collection) in the sidebar, then double-click a book.
Select the highlighted or annotated text.
Control-click the selected text, then choose one of the following:
Delete Note
Remove Highlight
Remove Highlight & Note