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Importing Media and Web Pages

Atlas lets you bring external content directly into your projects — images, documents, audio, video, and web pages all live alongside your writing and sync with your project like any other Document.

Supported Formats

Category Formats
Images JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, HEIC/HEIF
Audio MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A, FLAC, OGG
Video MP4, MOV, AVI, MKV, WebM, M4V
Documents PDF, DOC, DOCX
Other Markdown (.md), Canvas (.canvas), Sketch (.drawing)

Import Methods

From the Organizer

Tap the + button in the Organizer toolbar and choose:

  • Add from Files — Opens the system file picker to select files from your device
  • Add from Photos — Opens the photo library picker to import images and videos

You can also use the context menu on any folder to import files or photos directly into that location — handy when you want content to land in a specific folder rather than the root level.

Drag and Drop

Drag files, media, and URLs from Finder (Mac), Files (iPad/iPhone), or other apps directly into the Organizer. You can drag multiple files at once — Atlas imports them all as the appropriate document types automatically.

The Canvas let's you drop media directly onto it as well, and it will be imported as a new document with the Canvas as its parent.

Keyboard Shortcut

Use Cmd+Shift+I to open the file import dialog.

Share Extension

The Share Extension on iOS

The Share Extension on iOS

Send content from other apps directly into Atlas using the system share sheet on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. See Share Extension for a full overview of what you can share and how to use it.

Web Page Documents

When you import a URL — by dragging it into the Organizer, using the Share Extension, or pasting — Atlas creates a web page document. Web pages display using a native web view, so you can scroll and read them right inside Atlas. Each one also generates a rich link preview with the page title, image, and description.

The Web Clipper on iOS

The Web Clipper on iOS

For richer web page capture, the Web Clipper extracts the full page content, lets you edit the title, body, and images before saving, and supports templates for consistent capture across sites.

Web pages are especially useful as research references that live alongside your writing, keeping sources in context without switching between apps.

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