Prior to Mountain Lion, Mail on macOS supported a mailbox containing notes, which was

synced with notes in the Notes application in iOS. This situation was a kludge: as Mail
already implemented the IMAP mailbox synchronisation protocol, it could also sync notes
with minimal additional work.[7]
In Mountain Lion, notes were moved to a separate Notes application.[8][9] Created notes are
synced through all the user's Apple devices through the iCloud service. Notes can be
arranged in folders, and pinned to the user's desktop. When the application is closed, the
pinned note still remains. Additionally, unlike the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch version, the
OS X Mountain Lion Notes application allows for images to be embedded within notes.
Originally, notes could be created in three different default fonts - Noteworthy, Marker Felt,
and Helvetica. Users could also add custom fonts by visiting the "Show Fonts" menu. The
menu allows users to change text size, format lists, choose the alignment (left, center,
justify, or right), assign a writing direction, and indent text. Attachments, images,
and hyperlinks can also be added into a note. Attachments cannot be viewed on iOS devices.