icloud folders for Notes not on iphp

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icloud folders for Notes not on iphp

Suddenly all of my iCloud Notes are being dumped into one "All iCloud" folder on my iPad and iPhone, but the subfolders which used to be there are no longer visible. On my Mac, all is as before with my hundreds of notes located in various folders.

When looking at a note on my iPad/iPhone, I can see the folder it should be in listed under the note name and create date. Also, if I hit the EDIT button under folders, I can see all the missing folders listed.

This is a recent change, maybe related to the new Mac OS (Catalina)? I'm still running Mojave on my Mac, but all the IOS devices have the latest (13.1.2) software installed. It's a true PIA to try to find a particular note by scanning through more than a 1,000 of them.

iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi

Posted on Oct 22, 2019 1:52 PM

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georgel Author

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Oct 31, 2019 9:13 AM in response to georgel

Update. Placed my iPad next to my Mac, so that the two were communicating. Opened Notes on the Mac and iPad, and voila!, all notes are now in their correct folder on the iPad and my iPhone. Thanks again for your help.

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raina_b22

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Oct 29, 2019 6:33 AM in response to georgel

Hi there, georgel.

I see that the folders you had your Notes located in have disappeared from your iOS devices. It makes it difficult to locate a particular note among them, and I'm glad to help.

Search and organize your notes in folders on iPhone -- Add a "new folder" giving it the name of a folder you had previously placed your notes. Then, force close the Notes application How to force an app to close on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. Open the Notes application again, and see if the notes you had previously stored in the folder have been placed there again. Your other folders may have also repopulated.

Let me know how that goes, and take care!

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georgel Author

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Oct 31, 2019 8:47 AM in response to raina_b22

Hi Becky, thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, this solution didn't do the trick. The folder I added remains, but none of the notes that should end up there were moved into it. Suppose I could manually move them where they belong, though I'm worried that iCloud syncing might mess up Notes on my Mac where everything is where it should be.

Is it possible to delete all notes from my iPad & iPhone, then resync from iCloud (hopefully with all folders where they belong?

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