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Q: How can I work on my iCloud Notes while on my PC? The iCloud website is painfully slow.

So, I finally gave in and synced my Notes to iCloud. I previously kept my Notes in MS Outlook because it was easy to access and edit as I work (can open multiple Notes. No lag.).

 

I really really hate iCloud right now. It is excruciatingly slow. When I work on a Note, every keyboard tap takes seconds/minutes to register. Every search takes many minutes. It's not a problem if I'm working on a note when I'm on a device (phone or iPad) but when I'm doing actual work, I prefer the ease of being on a laptop or desktop where copying and pasting are much more fluid motions than they are when working on a phone/tablet.

 

I thought that iCloud for Windows would have a feature where I can work on my Notes on my desktop. There's no option. There are options to sync MS Outlook Contacts/Calendar with iCloud, but there's no option to sync MS Outlook Notes with iCloud.

 

Apple, if you don't want us to use MS Outlook, then please provide an alternative way to work on Notes when we are on our Windows computers.

 

Using Notes should be as easy as it is on MS Outlook - can open multiples Notes; can sort alphabetically; can do quick searches; can move notes easily. Instead, iCloud gave their super slow iCloud.com version that's extremely crippled in features.

Posted on Jun 22, 2016 1:03 PM

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Q: How can I work on my iCloud Notes while on my PC? The iCloud website is painfully slow.

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  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jun 22, 2016 9:21 PM in response to exasperated_infinity
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    Jun 22, 2016 9:21 PM in response to exasperated_infinity

    Have you tried going to iCloud.com and working on your Notes directly on the iCloud website?

     

    Nevermind. I see that you are using the iCloud Website. Not sure why it would be so slow for you. I am not using it on a PC, but I just went into Notes on iCloud.com, and there was no perceptible lag.

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by sjacrane,

    sjacrane sjacrane Jul 12, 2016 12:57 PM in response to exasperated_infinity
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    Jul 12, 2016 12:57 PM in response to exasperated_infinity

    Hi, you could always use notes on the Macbook instead of an iOS device. This has the advantage of also having keyword search, unlike iOS. You can search keywords using Cmd+F. The only problem you may encounter with Macbook notes is that it doesn't retain the same layout if you like indenting your text. I have notes on my iOS device where the body of text flows down the page similar to HTML nesting and indentation. I attempted to airdrop a couple these notes onto the notes app on a Macbook to see if it came out okay, but unfortunately it left-aligned everything and messed up alot of the layout of the text. I wanted to work on a Mac myself because the iOS devices have no keyword search, which I need for working in my notes because they are extensive and it would be the only way for me to navigate around them. I thought of using iCloud.com to work in my notes on my Dell laptop, but I'm very wary of sycing and have lost notes in the past this way.

  • by gail from maine,

    gail from maine gail from maine Jul 12, 2016 7:37 PM in response to sjacrane
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    Jul 12, 2016 7:37 PM in response to sjacrane

    Not sure what you are suggesting to the OP? They are using iCloud.com on their PC. They are not using Notes on an iOS device, and they don't have a Mac....

     

    Cheers,

     

    GB

  • by LACAllen,

    LACAllen LACAllen Jul 13, 2016 4:46 AM in response to exasperated_infinity
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    Jul 13, 2016 4:46 AM in response to exasperated_infinity

    Apple, if you don't want us to use MS Outlook, then please provide an alternative way to work on Notes when we are on our Windows computers.

     

    Apple is not here.

     

    http://www.apple.com/feedback/