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Q: icloud notes not syncing

This is a weird one, any note created on my imac appears on my iphone and ipad through icloud

 

But any note created on my ipad or iphone doesn't appear on my imac.

 

Have searched for this particularly icloud issue, but couldn't find out which device i need to work on or what the workaround is

 

Thanks for any help!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2010 july

Posted on May 10, 2013 9:17 AM

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  • by chupachups87,

    chupachups87 chupachups87 Dec 13, 2015 10:03 PM in response to kjpfeif
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    Dec 13, 2015 10:03 PM in response to kjpfeif

    it's really quite crazy..

     

    this thread has been ongoing since 2013. infact if you search, there are people requesting for help since 2011..

     

    so ridiculous that till this day apple hasn't given one sure way to solve this.

     

    with the new upgrade apple did for Notes, it's like what's the point when it doesnt work well.

     

    i've also tried many suggestion here and can't get it to work.

    turning off iCloud then on doesn't help, because with the existing notes, it will prompt you that if you sign off, they will delete all notes stored in icloud.

     

    Apple please respond!

     

    calling the help centre will be dreadful. yes, you meet really nice people on the line, who are really willing to help.. but it will very likely take you minimally 30minutes for them to troubleshoot for you.. and i've encountered 2hours before.

     

    that's abit too much honestly.

  • by beatafromgbr,

    beatafromgbr beatafromgbr Dec 19, 2015 11:33 AM in response to chupachups87
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    Dec 19, 2015 11:33 AM in response to chupachups87

    My notes(Yahoo,Gmail,On my iphone), other then iCloud, won't sync to El Capitan from ios 9.0.2.

    Any idea how to fix this?

  • by C2_41,

    C2_41 C2_41 Jan 25, 2016 5:52 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Jan 25, 2016 5:52 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    HERES A WORKAROUND - by no means ideal or what should happen, but it'll get your notes from your computer to your phone...just not in the Notes app.

     

    I have an iPhone 6S, and I am running Yosemite still on my MacBook Pro, haven't upgraded to El Capitan, with the same problem. All notes on my iPhone sync to iCloud online, but there seems to be no communication between my Mac and iCloud online and also not to my phone. Some things I noticed that others might be able to use to solve this:

     

    1) When I enabled Notes (not Mail) in iCloud on my Mac, it forced me to create an icloud email address. My AppleID is not an icloud email address, but now I also have this new iCloud email address.

     

    2) In digging around with this, and noting (sorry) the way the Gmail does it, I found that my icloud.com email address automatically creates an invisible folder called - you guess it - Notes, where it stores the notes created on my Mac. I can access that folder (with the notes created on my Mac) in Mail on my iPhone if I set up the iCloud email account there - BUT ONLY IF NOTES IN THE ICLOUD SETTINGS IS TURNED OFF ON MY PHONE, BUT TURNED ON ON MY COMPUTER. If I turn Notes on on my phone, the folder becomes invisible again, and I can't access anything except on my computer.

     

    3) This suggests to me that when Notes is turned on, the icloud.com email address assigns that Notes folder to the Notes app...but there is some sync issue there, and I think Apple is the one that needs to fix that...unless someone has some other ideas.

     

    In the short term, I'll leave iCloud Notes on my phone OFF, while iCloud Notes on my computer are ON, and I'll access them through the icloud.com email address. A hassle, but the only workaround I've found...

  • by C2_41,

    C2_41 C2_41 Jan 25, 2016 5:55 AM in response to C2_41
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    Jan 25, 2016 5:55 AM in response to C2_41

    Oh...and I still can't get my icloud notes from my phone to my computer - I have to create them in one of my other email addresses (Gmail, e.g.), and those I can find on my computer.

     

    But I also can't move the notes in "On my iPhone" to anything other than iCloud...which I off for the sake of getting notes to my phone from my computer.

     

    So. dang it.

  • by marrie1,

    marrie1 marrie1 Mar 2, 2016 9:42 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Mar 2, 2016 9:42 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    I'm now on el capitan and i found I needed to also do the following.

     

    1. Go to system preferences then iCloud and uncheck notes.

    2. Log out of the system.

    3. Log back in.

    4. Repeat step 1 except check notes.

    5. Open notes.

     

    All of my notes from my phone then appeared. I dunno why this has to brake all the time. Oh and the default account dialogue is no longer present. It's now for siri alone. This on iOs 9. The following screenshot shows the prefference under settings, notes on ios 9. Here, you can see the title of the option to which I refer. 2016-03-02 09.38.47.png

  • by ShaniSS,

    ShaniSS ShaniSS Apr 4, 2016 7:32 AM in response to degabs
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    Apr 4, 2016 7:32 AM in response to degabs

    All.  I had the same issue recently with my iPhone5s.  The easiest way to accomplish moving old notes (notes you took prior to turning Notes sync on your device), is to create a new folder on your device (in my case, iphone 5S).  Once you do this, iCloud thinks they are all new notes and will create the same folder in iCloud.  I called this folder "old notes". 

    This is much better than recreating each and every note manually.  Forget that!

    Good luck.

  • by jonburr,

    jonburr jonburr Sep 12, 2016 11:32 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Sep 12, 2016 11:32 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    I had this problem too -

     

    In Notes on the iPhone, back out with the left arrow in the upper left until you see "Folders"

    These are the various places your notes are located...

    Click one of the location folders.

    Click "Edit"

    "Move All" will appear in the lower left corner. Do it -

    move them all to whichever account you sync to on your phone.

     

    There is an "On My Phone" location folder. Nothing that's in there will sync anywhere -

    until you move it to an active, connected location folder.

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