Tonight I loaded an 87page pdf into Apple Notes on my Mac which works fine.
opening the note in my iPad (iPad Pro 11” 2020 running ipados15) it won’t let me read past page 47 - I.e it resets back on page 1??? Does anyone know if there’s a size limit? (BTW - works seamlessly in Notability?)
very frustrating.
really appreciate any assist anyone can bring…
mike
iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi, Cellular
Thanks. Now I understand your workflow. This absolutely makes sense. No idea why your notes app or the embedded pdf does not work as expected though.
Would you mind sharing that pdf so we can figure out if it‘s your device or your pdf that causes that trouble?
Did you ever try to open that pdf outside the notes app? Will it scroll through all pages then?
The default basic iOS/iPadOS Notes apps has LOTS of limitations.
Page count maybe one of them.
There are a slew of other things the iOS/iPadOS Notes app doesn't do.
Maybe stick with Notability and find one other third party notes app to use.
Sorry.
This sounds weird. I just put a 170p PDF into a new note and everything was smooth. No problem to scroll to all pages, no errors nor glitches. What is the size of your PDF? Is it generated from text or is it a scanned document (and therefore bigger?)
I just put a second big PDF (166 scanned pages, 71MB) into the very same note. No problems so far…
By the way: why do you organize PDF in a note? (Just curious)…
Thanks for the swift reply but after being on a chat to Apple last night they say there’s no limit. Additionally, the document opens and works fine with my mew iPhone 13Pro - so go figure? I think it’s either a glitch with ipados15.01 or my iPad Pro11”?
After experimenting with the new Notes, and particularly the Notes/ Reminders/ Calendar integrations I believe this is better (for me anyway) than Notability which I’ve been a power user for years (10,000+ pages of notes to date)
it’s just that this is Sooooo frustrating.
Again, thanks so much for the reply. Will let you know how things go
Thanks for the reply. The PDF is 87pages and 17meg in size. Its a finance recommendation document that came to me as a PDF so I want to markup with hand written notes in specific sections in preparation for a meeting to review.
I find it works well for me to have highlighting, notes and call outs in sections keeps me focused in the meeting and I then take live notes as things proceed. You can also voice record alongside, then attach this at the end.
Notes on iPad limitation
