Hi folks,
I am on macOS Monterey. It came to my attention that Notes is nowhere to be found on iCloud despite having been checked in iCloud options (see snapshot). iCloud Drive does not show Notes either. Can Notes be backed up to iCloud at all? If yes, how?
Also, is it a good idea to have "Optimize Mac Storage" checked?
Please, let me know. Thanks!
iMac 21.5″, macOS 12.2
See the article Use Notes on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Note : iCloud Drive doesn't not save notes , the function of it is described in the article Use iCloud Drive on iCloud.com - Apple Support
Read Optimise storage space on your Mac – Apple Support
Notes won't show in iCloud Drive. But in iCloud.com after sign in, you should see it in second row.
The benefit of using two accounts , is notes are distributed , always check the status of iCloud storage Check your iCloud storage on iCloud.com - Apple Support
If free 5GB storage is exceeded the excessive data will not get saved , it could be notes or other iCloud data so plan to purchase new storage plan Upgrade to iCloud+ - Apple Support
It depends how is Apple ID created in Mac , create a gmail account on web make sure the web mail address is signed as an Apple ID the password should be exactly the same for both , the notes box is always checked in Mac system preferences .
The notes will be saved on iCloud as well in gmail notes account .
Even you erase the hard drive and reinstall Mac OS , you remember the account credentials and same way the account is signed in , the notes will always sync and never lost , try it .
Thing is I have nothing to distribute to and it will stay that way, so one account is fine for my purposes. I'll see what I can do with Notes, let's leave it at that...thanks again for your input, tygb.
Right, but Notes on iCloud is empty. How do I get my Notes from macOS to show on iCloud? Manual transfer?
Thanks for the feedback, tygb. I'll look into this. Too bad there isn't an auto backup to iCloud option for Notes...
;-)
The Apple ID applies to the OS only; I have no account with gmail or google or whatever else and likely never will have...
Notes not backed up to iCloud
