A practical Mac workflow with tabs and side-by-side notes

You have a meeting record open and need to add its outcome to your work log. Switching between the two groups works, but it makes you keep the reference in your head. On Mac, Lognote can keep both visible.

Use tabs for groups you want nearby and a split view for two groups you need to read together. This guide uses Meetings and Work Log as an example. You can make the same arrangement with project references, study notes or a personal journal.

Choose the groups before opening more tabs

Start with a specific job: reviewing a meeting and recording the outcome. Keep the detailed discussion in Meetings. Use Work Log for a short account of what changed in your day.

These are suggested group names, not built-in templates. Existing groups work too. You do not need a new workspace for this setup. If you choose to create an additional workspace, that requires Pro; the Mac tabs and split view themselves do not.

Open the groups in tabs

1. Open a group in Lognote on Mac.
2. Click the plus in the tab bar and choose another group.
3. Select a tab to display its notes.
4. Close tabs you no longer need using the close control or context menu.

Closing a tab closes that view. It does not delete its group or notes. A few purposeful tabs are easier to navigate than an entire library kept open at once.

Use tabs when you mostly work in one group and occasionally consult another. For example, keep Meetings active and Project Files nearby for a reference you only need once or twice.

Put two groups side by side

1. Open the group you want to use in a Mac tab.
2. Right-click the tab to open its context menu.
3. Choose the action to split right.
4. Select the groups you want in the two panes.

Each pane has its own tabs, so you can keep another reference nearby on either side. Give the app enough window space for both groups to remain readable.

Keep Meetings on one side and Work Log on the other. Read the reference, then click into the destination before writing. Checking the active group prevents a quick update from landing in the wrong place.

Turn a discussion into a useful update

Suppose the meeting settled a material choice but left delivery timing open. The full meeting note can contain the reasoning, participants and actions. The work log needs a shorter update: “Blue sample approved. Waiting for supplier date. #atlas”.

This is a summary you write, not an automatic link or an AI-generated recap. If the source note changes later, the summary does not update itself. Keep a recognizable project reference so you can return to the original context.

The meeting notes template helps you separate decisions from proposals. The hashtag guide explains how one project tag can connect notes across groups in the active workspace.

Tabs or split view?

• Use tabs when one group needs most of your attention.
• Use a split when you repeatedly compare or read from one group while writing in another.
• Return to a simpler view when you have finished the comparison.

A side-by-side layout is useful only if both sides are readable. On a smaller display, using a single group and switching tabs may be more comfortable than squeezing everything into two panes.

For the exact controls, see Mac tabs and Mac split view. Start with two groups and one concrete task. Once the recap is written, close the extra view and keep the next step easy to find.