| name | apple-notes-cost-tuning |
| description | Apple Notes cost optimization — it is free, focus on iCloud storage management.
Trigger: "apple notes cost".
|
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, Edit, Bash(osascript:*), Grep |
| version | 1.0.0 |
| license | MIT |
| author | Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io> |
| tags | ["saas","macos","apple-notes","automation"] |
| compatible-with | claude-code |
Apple Notes Cost Tuning
Overview
Apple Notes is free. The only cost is iCloud storage, which is shared across all Apple services.
iCloud Storage Tiers
| Plan | Storage | Price/mo | Notes Capacity |
|---|
| Free | 5 GB | $0 | ~50,000 text notes |
| iCloud+ 50GB | 50 GB | $0.99 | Effectively unlimited |
| iCloud+ 200GB | 200 GB | $2.99 | Effectively unlimited |
| iCloud+ 2TB | 2 TB | $9.99 | Effectively unlimited |
Storage Optimization
osascript -l JavaScript -e "
const Notes = Application(\"Notes\");
const notes = Notes.defaultAccount.notes();
let totalChars = 0;
notes.forEach(n => { totalChars += n.body().length; });
\`${notes.length} notes, ~${Math.round(totalChars / 1024)}KB of text content\`;
"
osascript -l JavaScript -e "
const Notes = Application(\"Notes\");
Notes.defaultAccount.notes()
.filter(n => n.body().length > 100000)
.map(n => \`\${n.name()} (${Math.round(n.body().length/1024)}KB)\`)
.join(\"\\n\");
"
Resources
