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Q: Notes app making random text into links

Random text is (spontaneously) being turned into links (see screenshot) in the Notes app.

Screen Shot 2016-07-14 at 8.50.27 AM.png

 

Further info

  1. I sometimes delete links (individually), but other links reappear later.
  2. Some links make sense (e.g., turning a url into a link, turning a date into a link, etc.)
  3. Of the links that do not make sense: they do not correspond to the text that was turned into a link. The link usually refers to a site related to something 10-30 lines above or below it. E.g., "ective and Impulsive Determinants of Human B" links to the site for "Analytic cognitive style, not delusional ideation, predicts data gathering in a large beads task study" (which appears 27 lines below that link). 

 

How I am using Notes

I write and paste (unformatted) text in the Notes app on Mac and iOS.

I sync the notes between my Macbook Air and iPhone.

 

Other info

OSX 10.11.5

iOS 9.3.2

 

Any guidance or insight will be appreciated!

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2)

Posted on Jul 14, 2016 6:09 AM

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Q: Notes app making random text into links

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  • by Luis Sequeira1,

    Luis Sequeira1 Luis Sequeira1 Jul 14, 2016 6:17 AM in response to xser
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    Jul 14, 2016 6:17 AM in response to xser

    Where are you pasting this from?

     

    My suspicion is that you are probably not pasting plain text.

     

    Try selecting some of that text, copy, paste into a plain text application (like BBEdit, TextWrangler, or Smultron); then copy from there (this is to ensure that only plain text is on the clipboard, no formatted text) and paste into a new note.

    Do you still see links cropping up?

  • by Esquared,

    Esquared Esquared Jul 14, 2016 6:24 AM in response to xser
    Level 6 (8,410 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 14, 2016 6:24 AM in response to xser

    What Luis says. But you don't have to use an extra app: just force Notice to lose the formatting. Pastethe text by pressing shift-alt-cmd-V.

  • by xser,

    xser xser Jul 14, 2016 6:31 AM in response to Esquared
    Level 1 (49 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 14, 2016 6:31 AM in response to Esquared

    Luis and Esquared:

     

    (1) Thanks for your response.

    (2) I am pasting with shift-alt-cmd-V. (That is what I meant by pasting "unformatted text", but now I realize that I could have been more clear).

    (3) To clarify, the links to not appear right after I type or paste the text. The links often appear hours or days after I've written or shift-alt-cmd-Ved the text.

     

    Other ideas?

  • by Esquared,

    Esquared Esquared Jul 14, 2016 7:11 AM in response to xser
    Level 6 (8,410 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 14, 2016 7:11 AM in response to xser

    Thanks for the clarification. This is extremely weird: at this point I'm clueless.

  • by xser,

    xser xser Jul 30, 2016 9:10 AM in response to xser
    Level 1 (49 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 30, 2016 9:10 AM in response to xser

    Update:

     

    Intervention: I just did a fresh install of El Capitan (for another issue: "All internet-based apps suddenly slow; fan speed high"). (By "fresh install" I mean I erased the drive, reinstalled the OS, and rebuilt my software without using backed up preferences, settings, users, etc. I installed apps from the App Store and went back to OS X's stock settings).

     

    Outcome: The Notes app has continued to turn random text into links since the fresh install.


    Also, iWork tells me that they are looking into this.