All my highlights and notes disappeared in Apple books (iBooks)

Same problem here. Added notes and highlights to a book (epub) on my mac. Everything was synced properly to my iPhone and iPad. After 2 days half of the notes disappeared. I contacted Apple support. They said they don't know why this happened and cannot help.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 11.1

Posted on Feb 22, 2021 10:44 PM

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treinhard Author

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Feb 22, 2021 10:47 PM in response to treinhard

Discussion related to the same problem: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251595111

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All my highlights and notes disappeared in Apple books (iBooks)

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