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I made a new note & pasted a clip from my bank web page with details I need to lock. When I tried to lock the note I got the "Can't lock this note".
I then typed the details into a new note & locked it, no problem, then copied/pasted the photo or whatever it was from the note that would not lock into the new one below my typed entry & voila! It was locked & can unlock as normal. Why?
MacBook Air, macOS 13.1
Hey pabroon,
We'd be happy to help out. Sounds like you attempted to paste a clip into a note and lock it and weren't able to do so. This would be expected.
You can't lock notes that have tags, PDFs, audio, video, Keynote, Pages, Numbers documents, or notes that use IMAP to sync with accounts, like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail.
This is all outlined here: How to lock or unlock notes on your iPhone or iPad
We hope this helps out.
Take care!
Hey pabroon,
We'd be happy to help out. Sounds like you attempted to paste a clip into a note and lock it and weren't able to do so. This would be expected.
You can't lock notes that have tags, PDFs, audio, video, Keynote, Pages, Numbers documents, or notes that use IMAP to sync with accounts, like Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail.
This is all outlined here: How to lock or unlock notes on your iPhone or iPad
We hope this helps out.
Take care!
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