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Q: Duplicate notes? Notes not syncing?

Is anyone having problems with duplicate notes in Mountain Lion?

 

When I first open up Notes.app on MacBook, I am greeted with "This Mac can't connect to iCloud because of a problem with (my iCloud account)."

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I open iCloud Preferences, but everything looks fine.

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And these settings are exactly the same on my iPhone 4S.

 

It looks like my MacBook thinks I have two iCloud accounts in the Note.app but I should only have one. Unchecking the Notes box in iCloud Preferences, only takes one iCloud account off of notes. So, even with iCloud turned totally off and signed out, my notes application still thinks I am signed in.

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So when I add a noted from the MacBook, the note gets duplicated just seconds afterwards.

Sometimes it even makes three copies.

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None of the notes from my Mac sync to my iPhone and none from iPhone sync to my Mac.

Sometimes, the application on the Mac will crash, interestingly enough exactly at the time when my iPhone and Mac *should* be communicating together.

From Crash Reporter:

 

Process:         Notes [542]

Path:            /Applications/Notes.app/Contents/MacOS/Notes

Identifier:      com.apple.Notes

Version:         1.0 (81)

Build Info:      Notes-81000000000000~3

Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)

Parent Process:  launchd [151]

User ID:         502

 

 

Date/Time:       2012-07-26 16:55:08.354 -0500

OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.8 (12A269)

Report Version:  10

 

 

Interval Since Last Report:          37865 sec

Crashes Since Last Report:           3

Per-App Interval Since Last Report:  1636 sec

Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   3

Anonymous UUID:                    

 

 

Crashed Thread:  10  Dispatch queue: NSManagedObjectContext Queue

 

 

Exception Type:  EXC_CRASH (SIGABRT)

Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000000, 0x0000000000000000

 

 

Application Specific Information:

*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: 'Unable to generate SQL for predicate (folder == $folder) (problem on RHS)'

abort() called

terminate called throwing an exception

 

Anyone else have these issues? Or just me?

 

Thanks in advance.

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.7.4), 2.4GHz, 320GB 7,200 RPM, 4GB Memory

Posted on Jul 26, 2012 3:10 PM

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  • by Who'sYourBuddy,

    Who'sYourBuddy Who'sYourBuddy Sep 15, 2013 8:43 AM in response to apple_customer
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    Sep 15, 2013 8:43 AM in response to apple_customer

    We're in the same boat.

     

    <Edited by Host>

  • by FuzzySS,

    FuzzySS FuzzySS Apr 17, 2013 8:20 AM in response to Who'sYourBuddy
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    Apr 17, 2013 8:20 AM in response to Who'sYourBuddy

    You do know that iCloud note syncing was written before Tim Cook took over? Doesn't matter that OS X didn't get it until Mountain Lion, the big mistake is using IMAP under the hood. It was never meant for these kind of things.

  • by Who'sYourBuddy,

    Who'sYourBuddy Who'sYourBuddy Apr 17, 2013 7:31 PM in response to FuzzySS
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    Apr 17, 2013 7:31 PM in response to FuzzySS

    Here's my thing,

     

    When an "upgrade" has less functionality then the previous version then it's actually "****" (Hint: Rhymes with "Bit")

  • by james a. foster,

    james a. foster james a. foster Apr 27, 2013 12:35 PM in response to Who'sYourBuddy
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    Apr 27, 2013 12:35 PM in response to Who'sYourBuddy

    HEY APPLE...it's been 10 months. This is an important and pretty simple app. Fix the damned problem.

     

    On a broader note, Apple sofware does seem to be having the same problems that Windows software has had for years: It's becoming bloated and unreliable, and the fixes are not happening. This apple fan-boy is starting to look at non-Apple solutions seriously for the first time in a long time.

  • by pitashi,

    pitashi pitashi Apr 28, 2013 2:04 PM in response to graybry
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    Apr 28, 2013 2:04 PM in response to graybry

    For me this worked. I turned off the NOTES checkbox in iCloud on my macbook, and i turned it off on my iCloud on my iPhone. The notes remained on my computer, a single version but dissapeard from my phone. Then i turned it back on my phone, but not on my macbook, the ones on my macbook showed up on my phone and when I added a new item on my phone it showed up on my computer. So moral of the story is to uncheck the iCloud NOTES on the mac and leave it checked on the iCloud for the phone.

  • by Who'sYourBuddy,

    Who'sYourBuddy Who'sYourBuddy Apr 28, 2013 3:12 PM in response to pitashi
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    Apr 28, 2013 3:12 PM in response to pitashi

    I'm sorry, but I'd have to rank that "solution" as "craptacular". But thanks for the option.

     

    Just make it the way it was...

  • by Lionel woolf,

    Lionel woolf Lionel woolf May 5, 2013 6:01 AM in response to graybry
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    May 5, 2013 6:01 AM in response to graybry

    I think I have the answer

     

    Thankfully, this has a rather straightforward fix.

     

    1. Open Terminal. (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

     

    2. Quit the Notes.app.

     

    3. Enter in the terminal WITHOUT the quotes "rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes"

     

     

    This probably will work.

     

     

    it may switch the icloud option for notes off so to solve this go to

     

    System prefrences/mail contacts &amp; calanders/icloud... make sure notes is ticked.

     

     

     

    Let me know if this workes.

  • by Nickerbocker,

    Nickerbocker Nickerbocker Jun 1, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Lionel woolf
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    Jun 1, 2013 7:32 AM in response to Lionel woolf

    Lionel woolf wrote:

     

    I think I have the answer

     

    Thankfully, this has a rather straightforward fix.

     

    1. Open Terminal. (Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app)

     

    2. Quit the Notes.app.

     

    3. Enter in the terminal WITHOUT the quotes "rm -rf ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes"

     

     

    This probably will work.

     

     

    it may switch the icloud option for notes off so to solve this go to

     

    System prefrences/mail contacts &amp; calanders/icloud... make sure notes is ticked.

     

     

     

    Let me know if this workes.

     

    This worked for me after following this process and rebooting.  Turning back on Notes in the iCloud settings alone did not work until after I rebooted.  Probably a relogin might do it as well.  Thanks!  Cheers!

  • by amir05,

    amir05 amir05 Jun 6, 2013 2:57 AM in response to Lionel woolf
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    Jun 6, 2013 2:57 AM in response to Lionel woolf

    worked for me

    but this resets the notes app - like my chosen fonts etc.

    cheers.

     

  • by A. Hinsen,

    A. Hinsen A. Hinsen Jul 11, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Lionel woolf
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    Jul 11, 2013 8:13 AM in response to Lionel woolf

    Worked for me too. Thanks!

  • by Dean_with_a_bad_Apple_in_a_box_of_good_ones,

    Dean_with_a_bad_Apple_in_a_box_of_good_ones Dean_with_a_bad_Apple_in_a_box_of_good_ones Jul 15, 2013 10:15 PM in response to Nickerbocker
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    Mac OS X
    Jul 15, 2013 10:15 PM in response to Nickerbocker

    Warning - if this goes wrong - you lose all your notes !!!

    this is really screwed up for me now.

     

    this used to be simple and  "just worked"  but now it is a mess. Notes used to be part of the mail app - now it seems a new app has been put out which just does not work. this Icloud addon is  just made it more unusable

     

    Apple had this right before ... then broke the golden rule "don't fix something that is not broken"  is now unuesable.

     

    We used to use apple as our core for our business - it was good safe and relaible - but now we are in the process of replacing all apple devices out. Not long ago you would sit in a meeting and 9 out 10 people would have a Apple device, be it a macBook, iPhone or iPad. Last week I was in meetings with ten blue chip companies in AU, and was the only person that had an iphone. In one meeting I asked the CIO of a leading bank what he did with is iPad and he anwsered "Gave it to my son, as it was not reliable for work, we now don't have any apple product here"   

     

    I think apple has lost the plot.  "It just works" now has a big NOT after it

  • by AdamBCo,

    AdamBCo AdamBCo Aug 28, 2013 12:13 PM in response to graybry
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    Aug 28, 2013 12:13 PM in response to graybry

    I just spoke with a representative online and the fix is quite simple.

     

    You need to do the following:

     

    1) Go to System Preferences > iCloud

    2) Uncheck Notes

    3) Agree to Delete from Account

    4) Wait 10 seconds

    5) Recheck Notes

     

    The problem is that the accounts aren't merging properly.

     

    Adam

  • by Occum's Razor,

    Occum's Razor Occum's Razor Aug 29, 2013 12:27 AM in response to Who'sYourBuddy
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    Aug 29, 2013 12:27 AM in response to Who'sYourBuddy

    ME 2.  Deleted Dupes after and Mtn Lion 10.8.4 Update (don't know if related) and now they seem to be all gone. Will try AdamBCo but I am afraid they're gone since they're not on my other IOS devices or on iCloud.

    Disappointment.

  • by Occum's Razor,

    Occum's Razor Occum's Razor Aug 29, 2013 12:48 AM in response to Occum's Razor
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    iPad
    Aug 29, 2013 12:48 AM in response to Occum's Razor

    2 came back but the others seem gone.  I'll try Lionel woolf's suggestion too, although they are vague to a neophyte like me.  Where does it get placed and how do you save it?  Any other ideas?

     

    Should not have been so quick on the trigger to delete the dupes.  Ugh

     

    Message was edited by: Occum\'s Razor

  • by AdamBCo,

    AdamBCo AdamBCo Aug 29, 2013 1:47 AM in response to Occum's Razor
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    Aug 29, 2013 1:47 AM in response to Occum's Razor

    Are they saved on your iCloud?

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