# NoteDock

> NoteDock is a native macOS desktop app for Gemini Notebook. Skip the browser. Feed anything. Stay organized.
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> 🔒 No NoteDock server. Your data only flows between your Mac and Google.

## What is NoteDock?

NoteDock is a productivity app for Mac that provides the best native desktop companion for Gemini Notebook. Instead of switching to your browser every time you want to add a source or note to Gemini Notebook, NoteDock sits in your menu bar and lets you instantly capture content with a global hotkey. It supports every file format Gemini Notebook can't handle natively — ePub, Office docs, scanned PDFs, images with OCR — by preprocessing them locally on your Mac before upload.

## What's New in 2.1

- Sources Tab: first native panel to view, preview, copy, and move notebook sources
- Safari Extension: send the current page or link to Gemini Notebook from Safari's toolbar
- App-wide font zoom: Command+, Command-, Command0 across native views and embedded web panel
- Full localization: Traditional Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, and Korean
- Faster, more reliable account switching

## Core Selling Points

### 1. Skip the Browser. Feed in Seconds.
Press a global hotkey from any application — a floating panel appears instantly. Type text, drop a file, or paste from clipboard. Pick your target notebook, press Enter. Done. What takes 15+ seconds in a browser now takes 3 seconds with NoteDock. You never leave your current workflow.

### 2. Every Format, Accepted.
Gemini Notebook's web interface is picky — no ePub support, scanned PDFs won't parse, Office files need manual conversion. NoteDock accepts everything:
- Documents: PDF, DOCX, PPTX, XLSX, TXT, Markdown
- eBooks: EPUB
- Images (OCR): JPG, PNG, HEIC — on-device text recognition via Apple Vision, fully offline
- Web links: Paste a URL, article body extracted automatically
Just drag it in. NoteDock converts locally into a format Gemini Notebook understands.

### 3. Bulletproof Uploads. No More Failures.
Large files, scanned documents, complex PDFs — uploading through a browser means timeouts, silent failures, and lost formatting. NoteDock preprocesses every file on your Mac first: OCR, format conversion, text extraction, all on-device. What reaches Gemini Notebook is clean, lightweight text. Large files are automatically chunked for Gemini Notebook's 500K character limit. No browser bottleneck. No failures.

### 4. Folders for Your Notebooks. Finally.
Gemini Notebook's web interface dumps all notebooks into one flat list. No folders, no grouping. NoteDock gives you the organization layer it's been missing:
- Local folders — organize notebooks into a hierarchy, just like Finder
- Group freely — by project, subject, or however your brain works
- Drag to rearrange — move notebooks between folders with a simple drag
- Works offline — organize your library with or without internet

### 5. Native macOS Experience. Featherlight.
NoteDock lives in your Menu Bar — always one click away, never clutters your Dock. Drag & drop files straight from Finder. Login once via macOS Keychain, stays logged in across restarts. Tiny memory footprint compared to a browser tab. Built with macOS design language: frosted glass, SF Symbols, native animations.

### 6. Zero-Trust Privacy & Security
NoteDock is designed with a zero-trust, local-first architecture:
- Login: You sign in to Google directly via a system WebView (WKWebView), the same rendering engine behind Safari. NoteDock never sees your password.
- Data: All files are processed locally on your Mac. OCR, format conversion, local transcription, text extraction — everything on-device. No server, no cloud, no analytics.
- Credentials: Session cookies stored in macOS Keychain, the same hardware-backed store used by Safari and Mail.
- Sandboxed: Runs inside Apple's App Sandbox with minimal permissions (network + user-selected files only). No full disk access. Reviewed and distributed exclusively via the Mac App Store.

## Pricing

- **Free Plan** ($0): Text & URL sources, clipboard paste, global hotkey, basic folder organization
- **Pro Plan** ($4.99/month or $39.99/year): Unlimited file uploads, all file formats, video & audio transcription, image OCR (offline), smart file chunking, batch import, unlimited folders, priority support. Includes 7-day free trial. Final App Store pricing may vary by region.

## System Requirements

- macOS 14.0 (Sonoma) or later
- Apple Silicon or Intel Mac
- Internet connection required for Gemini Notebook sync
- Google account for Gemini Notebook

## Links

- Website: https://notedock.app
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/notedock-for-notebooklm/id6759102529
- Support: https://notedock.app/support/
- Privacy Policy: https://notedock.app/privacy/
- Terms of Service: https://notedock.app/terms/
- Contact: support@notedock.app