You can make a difference in the Apple Support Community!

When you sign up with your Apple Account, you can provide valuable feedback to other community members by upvoting helpful replies and User Tips.

Looks like no one’s replied in a while. To start the conversation again, simply ask a new question.

notes

My notes on my mac have disappeared and they aren't in my iCloud and there is no recently deleted folder. I don't think I have a time machine back up


I didn't delete them so I'm not sure how they got removed

MacBook Air 11", OS X 10.11

Posted on Mar 29, 2020 4:56 PM

Reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Posted on Mar 29, 2020 7:24 PM

First please confirm you are still using OS X 10.11 as indicated in your post. It's rather outdated so the following instructions are from memory.


Open System Preferences > iCloud, and de-select Notes.


When you do that the sidebar in the Notes app will indicate On My Mac instead of iCloud.

1 reply
Question marked as Top-ranking reply

Mar 29, 2020 7:24 PM in response to lashour

First please confirm you are still using OS X 10.11 as indicated in your post. It's rather outdated so the following instructions are from memory.


Open System Preferences > iCloud, and de-select Notes.


When you do that the sidebar in the Notes app will indicate On My Mac instead of iCloud.

notes

Welcome to Apple Support Community
A forum where Apple customers help each other with their products. Get started with your Apple Account.