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Files & Settings on iPhone

Outerline stores markdown documents as files in your chosen library. The iPhone app includes file actions for moving, duplicating, exporting, backing up, and recovering documents.

Move Documents

Use Move from a document row or the editor actions menu to choose another folder in your library. If a document with the same name already exists at the destination, Outerline creates a unique filename.

Duplicate Documents

Duplicate creates a copy beside the current document, opens the duplicate, and prompts you to rename it. The duplicate appears in the Library right away with its own document identity; the markdown content and document metadata are copied from the original.

Export a Document

Use Export as to save a document through the iOS Files export picker. Supported export formats include HTML, PDF, and Markdown.

Export a Library Backup

Open Settings > Library and tap Export under Data. This creates a timestamped outerline-backup-*.zip archive containing the library and Outerline metadata.

If the library is cloud-backed, Outerline requests missing markdown files and required metadata before creating the backup. You should not need to open Files and manually download every item first.

Manage Libraries

Open Settings > Library > Manage Library to see the libraries Outerline remembers on this iPhone, grouped as Current, Other, and Unavailable. From there you can:

  • Tap another library to switch to it. Outerline asks first and saves the open note; if the switch fails, you stay in your current library.
  • Use Add Existing Library… or Create New Library… to add a folder. New libraries take their folder’s name.
  • Use Use iCloud Library… to switch to Outerline’s built-in iCloud library.
  • For an unavailable library, use Retry, Locate…, or Remove. Removing a library only forgets it on this iPhone; its files are not changed.

Cloud libraries open right away while their files download in the background, and switching back to a library restores its selected folder and expanded folders. Library folders you rename or move in the Files app are followed automatically. Tap Name in Settings > Library to rename the current library.

Choose the same folder your Mac uses if you want both apps to work from one shared markdown library.

Recently Deleted

Delete moves documents to Recently Deleted instead of removing them immediately. The Recently Deleted row appears in the Documents section when there are deleted documents.

  • Open Recently Deleted to browse deleted documents.
  • Tap a deleted document to view its markdown source in read-only mode.
  • Use Move to restore a document to a folder.
  • Use Delete to permanently remove a document and its related metadata.
  • Choose how long deleted documents are kept in Settings > Recently Deleted: 5, 15, or 30 days (the default), or never. This setting is shared with the Mac app when both use the same library.