Gather every gift idea hiding in your Apple Notes into one list
It finds the gift idea you typed into a grocery list note months ago and puts it under the right person.
Published . Steps as of November 2026.
How do I find all the gift ideas scattered across my notes?
Ask an AI that can read your Notes app to gather every gift idea into one list by person. As of November 2026, Perplexity's Computer can run fully on an Apple silicon Mac in Local mode, so your notes stay on the Mac. It suits anyone with years of notes on a Mac and a Pro or Max plan. On another setup, paste the notes into a chat and use the same prompt.
A sketch of what you'll get back.
Your prompt
Fill in your details. Skip any you like.
This AI can't be filled in from a link, so the button copies your prompt: paste it into the new chat.
The prompt that gets copied
Please look through my Notes app and find every gift idea I've written down, including ones buried inside other notes like shopping lists or reminders. The people I'm shopping for: [PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST, e.g. Mom, Jake, Aunt Rosa, my neighbor]. Group the ideas under each person. For each idea, show the item, any size, color or link I noted, and the title and date of the note it came from. Put ideas you can't match to a person under Not sure who. Flag anyone who has no ideas yet. My budget is about [BUDGET PER PERSON, e.g. $40] per person, so mark anything that looks well over it. Don't change, move or delete any of my notes. Just give me the list here so I can copy it.
Run Perplexity's Computer fully on your Mac, let it read your Notes app and pull every scattered gift idea into one list by person. Your notes don't leave your Mac.
Step by step
- Update the Perplexity Mac app to version 26.42.0 or later
- Open Computer and pick Local mode when setup asks
- Allow access to the Notes app when Perplexity asks for permission
- Paste the prompt below and fill in the brackets
- Check the list, then copy it into a new note
What you'll get
One gift list grouped by person, with where each idea came from and who still needs one.
Local mode needs Pro, Max or Enterprise, Mac app 26.42.0+ and Apple silicon. 36 GB of memory is recommended.
- Made for
- Everyone
- Works in
- Perplexity
