MarginNote 5: AI Notes·MindMap

MarginNote 5: Templates, Study Tools, and Sync Improvements New: the Scenario Interface, customizable templates, document windows on iPad and Mac, handwritten card annotations, and recall and AI study tools. Sync and data protection improve, with iPhone Duo support. Free upgrade for MarginNote 4 users. Your study sets, notes, and purchased entitlements are retained—no repurchase needed. Scenario Interface & Templates - The Scenario Interface organizes tools around Excerpt, Handwriting, Organize, and Recall. Switch back to the classic MN4 interface (except on iPhone Duo). - Customize toolbars, menus, floating windows, pen boxes, and excerpt colors. Templates support onboarding guides, importing, exporting, and sharing. Copy existing study set settings to a template. - The 3-Mode Sample template preserves the original Immersive mode workflow. Find features and settings with Feature Search (Cmd+Shift+P). Template Gallery - Install Card Practice for filtered question practice, attempt history, and answer corrections; or Reading Vocabulary for offline word lookup and vocabulary cards. - Scenario templates support companion plugins for vocabulary lookup, question practice, and card processing. Home & Material Management - Home now groups Study Sets, Review Card Decks, and Library. Edit categories, pin study sets, and start today's review. - Improved study set covers and document management, including batch add/remove, grouping, and sorting. - New card deck open modes, updated icons, themes, and glass appearance on supported systems. Document & Mind Map Navigation - Pin mind maps and views for quick access in the Scenario Interface (except on Duo). On iPad and Mac, open draggable, resizable document windows when space allows. - Browse documents, TOC, and PDF pages in one panel; use the document spine on iPad and Mac for quick switching and comparison. - Better document search (Cmd+F), excerpt positioning, and comparison controls. New attachment backlinks let handwriting jump to the corresponding page in the main document. Card Handwriting & Review - Annotate a whole-card screenshot with handwriting; annotations are saved as collapsible card comments without changing the PDF. Start blank handwriting on a card, too. - In Study-Set-Style Review, flip a card, then view its related document and mind map. Improved card tags and per-deck maximum review intervals. Recall Mode - In-Situ Occlusion keeps cards in place, while Layer-by-Layer Recall collapses them to titles. Choose what to hide, reveal answers, and track remaining occlusions. Recall settings are saved per study set. AI & Export - Save AI chat results as cards, turn Markdown outlines into mind map branches, or insert selected text into card comments and titles. - More reliable AI Breakdown, AI Table of Contents, and MarginNote Agent, with clearer retry messages. MarginNote Agent requires Max and uses MarginNote credits. Text Condense adds One Sentence, Key Points, and Structure, with on-device AI on iOS/iPadOS/macOS 26+ when Apple Intelligence is enabled and its model is available on a supported device and in a supported region. Cloud AI is billed by the selected service. - New MarginNote CLI: enable the connection in Lab so AI assistants on your computer can read study materials and help organize notes; edits require Max and external AI is billed by its provider. - Mind map PDF export adds Card Flow. Sync, Data Protection & Stability - See sync status on Home and detailed document/note sync progress in Sync Center, with clearer issue explanations. - Manual sync offers protective version history; applying cloud changes also protects local study data, not a full backup of original files. Fixes reduce accidental deletion and overwrite risks and improve recovery.