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It would be awesome if Messages, Mail, and Notes rendered Markdown.

System-wide Markdown editing would also be awesome, perhaps as a feature of the keyboard.

I hacked up something like this for Apple Notes. It’s far from perfect, but at least it lets me type Markdown-style punctuation and get the expect results. Think of it like a crummy Vim mode sort of thing.

https://honeypot.net/2024/01/17/making-notes-look.html

This is useful, thanks!

Glad it's helpful! I didn't go super far with it, but maybe it can inspire someone else to dig in and flesh it out.

If you want a Mac email program that renders Markdown, definitely checkout MailMate[1]. Indie developer, has already shipped a lot of updates this year.

[1]: https://freron.com

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