# how to export Bear notes

Bear stores your notes in its own local database. Bear itself can export notes through its UI, and that works for a one-time backup — the gap is keeping an export current, and having Bear notes live alongside the rest of your exported data.

[Notes Exporter](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notesexporter/id6741618455?mt=12) reads Bear's database directly and exports every note as Markdown with the same YAML front matter dialect as your Apple Notes export — one consistent corpus, syncing in real time, in one folder, readable by Obsidian and by AI tools over [MCP](/apps/notes-exporter/notes/mcp).

Bear export is completely free in Notes Exporter — no limit, no purchase.

[Download Notes Exporter for Mac](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/notesexporter/id6741618455?mt=12)

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