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