I use iCloud to store my notes and documents to use in 2 Macs, iPhone and iPad . I worry that I may erase a note or documents in one of my devises and it would erase it in all the other devises. Is there a way to keep this from happening?
I know I could backup the documents on an external drive, but what about the notes? How would you back up notes on an external drive?
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
In Mac notes preferences you can keep notes at " on my Mac section " Change preferences in Notes on Mac - Apple Support
notes stored on your Mac
You can store notes on your Mac instead of in an online account (such as your iCloud account). If you store notes on your Mac, they aren’t available on any of your other devices.
Notes stored on your Mac appear below On My Mac in the sidebar. If you don’t see On My Mac in the sidebar, you can enable it.
Choose Notes > Preferences, then select the “Enable the On My Mac account” tick box.
Note: If you later disable the On My Mac account, notes in your other accounts (such as iCloud) are not affected.
In Mac notes preferences you can keep notes at " on my Mac section " Change preferences in Notes on Mac - Apple Support
notes stored on your Mac
You can store notes on your Mac instead of in an online account (such as your iCloud account). If you store notes on your Mac, they aren’t available on any of your other devices.
Notes stored on your Mac appear below On My Mac in the sidebar. If you don’t see On My Mac in the sidebar, you can enable it.
Choose Notes > Preferences, then select the “Enable the On My Mac account” tick box.
Note: If you later disable the On My Mac account, notes in your other accounts (such as iCloud) are not affected.
When different Macs are signed in with same Apple ID and password on the same network , and notes are in iCloud they will sync , you can archive them in individual Mac Archive or make copies of the information you store in iCloud - Apple Support
the time machine can be set to save the complete data Back up your Mac with Time Machine - Apple Support
Thanks, I appreciate your help. I suppose there is no other way to save them to an external drive, occasionally and leave them in icloud so they can match up with my other machines?
Thanks. That’s what I needed.
Notes and Documents in iCloud
