# Alto Index > Notes, Mail, Calendar and more Your notes, messages, mail and history, exported as Markdown you own, kept in sync, ready for Claude and any AI tool. All local, nothing uploaded. macOS 15 or later. Every page has a plain markdown twin at its own url with a .md suffix. ## Pages - [Home](https://altoindex.com/): Your notes, messages, mail and history, exported as Markdown you own, kept in sync, ready for Claude and any AI tool. All local, nothing uploaded. - [Apps](https://altoindex.com/apps): Apple Notes, Mail, Messages, Safari, Calendar, Reminders, Contacts, Phone Calls, Screenshots, Voice Memos, Books, Kindle, Chrome, Bear, Podcasts, Screen Time. - [Docs](https://altoindex.com/docs): How to use Alto Index: the MCP server, the Claude plugin and extension, guides for Claude with your Apple Notes, the FAQ and troubleshooting. - [Alto Index MCP server: your Mac's data in Claude Desktop](https://altoindex.com/mcp): Alto Index runs a local MCP server, so Claude Desktop and any MCP client can search your exported notes, mail and messages. Nothing is uploaded. - [Alto Index plugin for Claude Code and Claude Cowork](https://altoindex.com/claude-plugin): Install the Alto Index plugin so Claude Code and Cowork know your synced Notes, Reminders, Calendar, Messages and Contacts, with commands and a skill. - [Alto Index extension for Claude Desktop](https://altoindex.com/claude-extension): Download the Alto Index extension for Claude Desktop: Claude reads your Apple Notes, Mail, Calendar, Reminders and Messages through the app's local server. - [Alto Index pricing: free to try, pay once](https://altoindex.com/pricing): Bear, Voice Memos, Podcasts, Screen Time and Contacts are free. Every other app is free to try, then a one-time purchase. Never a subscription. - [Alto Index FAQ: files, privacy, sync and pricing](https://altoindex.com/faq): Common questions about Alto Index: where your files go, whether anything is uploaded, how it syncs, which macOS it needs and what it costs. - [Alto Index troubleshooting: access, sync, missing files](https://altoindex.com/troubleshooting): Fixes for Alto Index: how it gets access without Full Disk Access, a source that says the folder is wrong, sync that seems stuck, missing notes. - [Alto Index support](https://altoindex.com/support): Write to Alto Index support from the app or by email, and the pages that may answer it faster: the FAQ, troubleshooting and the MCP server. - [Alto Index changelog: what is new in each release](https://altoindex.com/changelog): Every Alto Index release for macOS and what changed in it, newest first: sources, formats, fixes and the words of each update. - [Alto Index guides: Claude with your Apple data](https://altoindex.com/guides): Step by step guides for Alto Index: Claude Code with your Apple Notes, and Claude Desktop reading your notes through MCP. - [Claude Code with Apple Notes, through Alto Index](https://altoindex.com/guides/claude-code-with-apple-notes): Export Apple Notes to Markdown with Alto Index, then ask Claude Code to search, analyze and link your notes. Real examples and commands. - [Claude Desktop with Apple Notes, through Alto Index](https://altoindex.com/guides/claude-desktop-with-apple-notes): Point Claude Desktop's filesystem MCP server at your Alto Index folder and ask it about your Apple Notes. The config, the tools and fixes. - [Alto Index privacy policy](https://altoindex.com/privacy): Alto Index reads your Apple apps and writes Markdown on your Mac. Your data never leaves it. What the app sends: anonymous usage stats, one switch to turn off. - [Alto Index terms of service](https://altoindex.com/tos): The terms for using Alto Index for macOS: the license, what the app does on your Mac, warranties, liability and how to reach us. - [About](https://altoindex.com/about): Who makes Alto Index, and the other apps. - [Alto Index MCP server setup](https://altoindex.com/docs/mcp): The MCP server guide lives at altoindex.com/mcp: how to start the server, install the Claude Desktop extension, and what the tools do. - [Apple Notes](https://altoindex.com/notes): Alto Index exports every Apple Note to a Markdown file with its folders and attachments, and keeps the files in sync. The first 100 notes are free. - [Mail](https://altoindex.com/mail): Alto Index writes each email in Apple Mail as a Markdown file, a folder per year, with sender, recipients and mailbox, kept in sync. 200 emails free. - [Messages](https://altoindex.com/messages): Alto Index writes each Messages conversation as a Markdown file, a heading per day, with photos, reactions and replies, kept in sync. 200 conversations free. - [Safari](https://altoindex.com/safari): Alto Index writes your Safari history a file a day, and your bookmarks, Reading List and tabs as Markdown, kept after Safari forgets them. 10 days free. - [Calendar](https://altoindex.com/calendar): Alto Index writes every Calendar event as a Markdown file, one for each day it happens, with its place, people and notes, kept in sync. 100 events free. - [Reminders](https://altoindex.com/reminders): Alto Index writes each Reminders list as one Markdown file of tasks with due dates, priority and completion, kept in sync. The first 100 reminders are free. - [Contacts](https://altoindex.com/contacts): Alto Index writes every contact card as a Markdown file, phones, emails, addresses and dates in its front matter, kept in sync. Free, with no limit. - [Phone Calls](https://altoindex.com/phone-calls): Alto Index writes your call history as Markdown: a file per person and a file per day, with times, durations, FaceTime and missed calls. 100 calls free. - [Screenshots](https://altoindex.com/screenshots): Alto Index copies your screenshots from Photos into a folder a day, each with a Markdown note holding the text recognized on your Mac. The first 50 are free. - [Voice Memos](https://altoindex.com/voice-memos): Alto Index copies each Voice Memos recording beside a Markdown note with its transcript, from Voice Memos or heard on your Mac. Free, with no limit. - [Apple Books](https://altoindex.com/books): Alto Index writes each book in Apple Books as Markdown with its highlights, notes, progress and cover, kept in sync. The first 20 books are free. - [Kindle](https://altoindex.com/kindle): Alto Index reads the Kindle app on your Mac and writes each book's highlights and notes as Markdown, with its author and progress. The first 20 books are free. - [Chrome Bookmarks](https://altoindex.com/chrome-bookmarks): Alto Index writes the bookmarks of each Chrome profile on your Mac as one Markdown file, a section per folder, kept in sync. The first 100 are free. - [Bear](https://altoindex.com/bear): Alto Index writes every Bear note as Markdown in a folder per tag, with its dates, tags and a link back to Bear, and an index of every note. Free, no limit. - [Podcasts](https://altoindex.com/podcasts): Alto Index writes each show you follow in Apple Podcasts as Markdown, with a table of its episodes, plays and progress, kept in sync. Free, with no limit. - [Screen Time](https://altoindex.com/screen-time): Alto Index writes your Mac's Screen Time a file a day: apps, websites, notifications and sessions, kept after macOS forgets them. Free, with no limit.