Disappearing iPad note markups

That markup feature IS part of the Apple Notes app!

So, ANY issues everyon is having editing/marking up text documents is due to that markup feature that IS part of the Apple Notes app!

That markup and save feature are all part of the Apple Notes app!

Just STOP using this problematic and flawed method of editng documents and find another third, party, Pencil compatible text/document/notes app to do your document editing instead!

I have had the same issue and I have been making sure to save my edits as you mention above. What I have found is that doesn't always work either. I have started getting into the habit of saving every 15 minutes. I have been working for a half and hour, saving once when the glitch occurred. When I went to revert to the saved version, I found that my earlier save wasn't there. Instead it only went back to the previous day, so I lost my 30 minutes of work. I have lost these same markups 3 times in the last 3 days.

Apple fanboy here, been using notes for pdf mark ups for years, have only had this problem for maybe the last two years. I go to site and spend hours marking up PDF's for manufacturing purposes, when I inevitably loose my mark ups it costs hours of labour! soo frustrating. I tried changing to one note, it didn't suit my needs and came back to notes. I found I would loose the mark ups when I would open a different PDF in the same note for reference or the likes, and when I came back to the marked up PDF, the mark ups would be gone. I have been combating this by doing a SMC reset before doing any mark ups, this has been working, however... today i'm back in the office, completed my mark ups a few days ago, opened for exporting for manufacture, opened another PDF, came back and the mark ups were gone! Can't go back to site, can't send mark ups for manufacture, lost my manufacture window! I have to go back to paper.... sorry for the essay, this one is going to hurt.

5th gen ipad pro, and pro's before this one, always up to date. Apple.... i'm ******...

This missing markups started for me when I "upgraded" to iOS 15 and Mac OS 12. The only reason I did was for the Universal control feature, but that doesn't even work half the time! I take pictures on site and markup with measurements for my welding business, now I need to go back on site to get these measurements again>. Super Frustrating!

The latest was the thumbnail in notes on my Mac had the markup, but the actual note didn't. It was still on my iPad and iPhone until today. Nothing on iCloud either.

There is no reason we should have to buy a third party solution for an advertised feature. It's getting harder and harder to stay with Apple as of late.

Same problem, I’ve experienced it quite a few times now. I think that apple should immediately fix this as its a huge problem that lowers the productivity of people and have them waste their time and effort. I’ve also found that when splitting screens (i usually split screens with two file opened at once) it is more likely for the markups to be gone. Be careful when splitting screens while doing markups.

How I described the problem on the Apple bug report was that using the Apple Pencil to markup PDF files (i.e., in Preview or whatever Apple calls the equivalent on the iPad) disappears.

Again, I suggest that all of us here report this serious issue as a bug report here: Feedback - iPad - Apple.

I have this issue too , it constantly happens If I unintentionally swipe left or right to switch document.

apple should really add an option to have a pop up in such case that warns that the document is unsaved with a save\don't save\cancel option .. or something of this nature .. like any other software in the market dealing with documents have ..

whatt!? I lost all my mark up pdf files on files app, It’s really important to me what did you guys just do!? How can i get it back?? Fix that apple

It’s the worst thing about the iPad. It seems at random it will remove all the markups when I go to share the PDF. It’s tragic. I have to log into my work computer from home just to do that aspect.

I have also sent Apple a detailed bug report via their official "Feedback" app and I'd encourage everyone to do this as well.

This might be because a different pdf software was used, maybe try to save the pdf as an adobe pdf first

Ditto. Underlining pdf research articles to summarise, then all u derlining disappears. Cone on Apple, do better! Don’t waste out time, it is valuable to us for each one of ys who gave compkai ed, there are thousands out there with the sane problem. Can ipads really be used for research? I hope so. I am vusion impaired and beed to work on ipad not laptop. Want to do PHD next year, but wondering if Apple is up to the task.

Please resolve. I just bought new ioad $2500 thinking that would resolve problem. Turns out it exists across all your devices. NOT OK?

Literally the only reason i bought am iPad in Dec 2021. At first I thought the issue was solely because of poor or interrupted internet connection, so then instead of working off pdfs in iCloud, I saved them in a folder on my iPad. Same issue, and even more frustrating. How can so many hours of work just disappear like that?? Complete and total waste of time, money and patience.

I just purchased a new IPad Air for my office along with an Apple Pencil. I need these tools to mark up catalogs now as many products are no longer presenting a paper catalog. I spent 2 hours in a meeting yesterday, marking up a clothing catalog and nearing the end of my work, all my comments disappeared. If there is not a fix for this, I will be returning my IPad and Pencil for a full refund. Very frustrating losing 2 hours worth of work in a blink with absolutely no resolution. Pardon me, but this is ridiculous and unacceptable for such a costly product.

I am having this same issue in the notes app. I have 3 different case numbers.... NO ONE at Apple seems to be able to help. It seems to me all was good until the latest iOS.

The second person through "contact us", when I told him what I'd done so far, said wow, you've done everything I would have suggested".... he arranged for me to talk to someone else with a better chance to help me, which he didn't. Very frustrating!

Come on Apple.... at the prices of your products you should NOT be having these kind of problems and when they do occur, should be able to remedy a lot fast than you are.