Highlight passages and add notes in Books on Mac
It’s easy to highlight text or add notes while you’re reading a book. You can see all of your highlights and notes at any time, and use them as study (or flash) cards.
Note: Highlighting may not be available for all book types.
Add highlights or notes to a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Library in the toolbar, then double-click a book.Select text.
Click the pop-up menu, then choose a color, the underline, or Add Note.
To change the highlight color or remove a highlight or note, click the text.
Tip: Press and hold the Command key while you select text to highlight it with the last color you used.
See all highlights and notes in a book
In the Books app
on your Mac, click Library in the toolbar, then double-click a book.Move the pointer to the top of the book, then click the Notes button
in the toolbar. For some books, you can also choose View > Show Notes In Margins.If you don’t see an expected highlight or note in the Notes panel, click
at the top of the panel to search for it.Click the page number next to a highlight or note to jump to that page.
To delete a highlight or note, select it in the panel, then press the Delete key.