Export, import and file mirroring

Glob offers three ways to put project notes into files: a .glob project export, a Markdown export, and an automatic Markdown mirror. Their contents and purposes differ. None is a complete copy of every collection and setting in the app.

Export a project file#

1. Switch to the project you want to export.
2. Open Export & Import in Settings.
3. Choose Export (.glob).
4. Choose where to save the file.

The export includes non-trashed notes in the active project and connections whose two ends are included. Notes in other projects and notes in Trash are outside that export.

A .glob file preserves note titles, bodies, note identifiers and dates, bookmarks, supported summary-note information, canvas positions, and the included connection information. It does not preserve the complete note configuration. In particular, it leaves out task status and schedules, hashtags, custom colours, and the hierarchy controls such as Crown Root and Parent Pin. Separate saved summary blocks are also outside this file.

Imported-document originals and the Import Studio collection, DataJars, chat histories, journal collections, flow history, account credentials and app preferences are not part of a project export. Keep any original documents you need independently.

Use the export as a copy of the project's supported note and connection data. Do not use it as proof that every feature will return unchanged after deleting the app's data.

Import a project copy#

Choose Import in the same section. Select a supported .glob file; the picker also accepts a compatible .json project file. This is different from Import Studio, which extracts text from documents.

Import creates a project copy with new note and connection identifiers. It does not update the existing notes in place or merge changes into your current project. Importing the same file again creates another copy.

If a project with that name already exists, the imported project receives an (Imported) suffix, followed by a numbered suffix when necessary. The importer supports its recognised project-file version. An arbitrary JSON file is not a Glob project.

Task flags and schedules are not present in the project export, so a task exported this way returns as ordinary note content rather than a fully configured task. Recreate the task settings if you need them.

Some project-file failures do not show a detailed error in this beta. If no imported project appears, check that you selected an actual Glob export and that it finished saving. Preserve the original file rather than repeatedly editing it to make the importer accept it.

Export readable Markdown#

Choose Export as Markdown, select a destination folder and choose Export Here. Glob creates a folder named for the project, with a Notes folder containing the note files and a project.json file describing the exported project, connections and positions.

Each note file contains its body and a metadata header. The header includes identifiers, title, dates and supported bookmark, summary, connection and position information. File names combine a readable note name with an identifier, so similarly titled notes can remain separate files.

The completion alert reports exported note and connection counts and any recorded errors. Open Folder opens the result in Finder; Done dismisses the alert. Check the actual files if the alert reports errors. A successful folder creation does not mean every note necessarily wrote successfully.

Markdown is useful for reading or processing notes with another tool. Editing these files does not edit your Glob project. The ordinary project Import action does not reconstruct the project from a folder of Markdown notes.

Keep an automatic mirror#

In Settings, find File Mirror and turn on Auto-mirror notes as Markdown files. Choose the destination folder. Mirror Folder shows the selected location, and Change lets you select another.

Glob writes notes into a project-named folder with a Notes subfolder. Changes trigger another write after a short pause. This mirror writes note files; it is not the same package as the manual Markdown export with its project metadata file.

The direction is one way: Glob writes files. It does not read your edits in those files back into the app. Renaming a note can replace its old generated file, and removing a note can remove its mirrored file. Keep your own additions outside the generated Notes folder, or copy a file elsewhere before editing it independently.

Turning mirroring off stops future writes and clears Glob's folder selection. It does not remove the files already written. Changing the destination likewise does not migrate every old file out of the previous destination.

Last mirrored reports a mirror attempt's time; it is not a per-file verification report. If the destination is unavailable or permission has changed, choose an accessible folder again and inspect a recently edited note's file. For transfers between clients, also read sync on Mac.