My notes are not syncing between Mac and iphone - I have tried every suggestion

My notes are not syncing between Mac and iphone - I have tried every suggestion for every article I could find - checked all setteings dozens of times -

HELP!???

iPhone 7, iOS 15

Posted on Apr 16, 2023 3:43 PM

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Posted on Aug 13, 2023 2:50 PM


Those steps do not fix the problem on my devices. My iOS device (iPhone 13) reliably syncs to iCloud and my Mac M2 Pro receives those syncs. But it will NO LONGER work in the opposite direction: A change to an existing or new Note that is made on the Mac will not sync to my IOS device. Often when I try to solve this issue by editing a note to try to force a refresh, a duplicate Note appears making 2 identical notes, but the Mac-to-iOS sync still won't update either note in iOS. This has started happening awhile ago during recent updates of macOS Ventura, now on 13.4.1. My use is to create a Note or update an existing Note on macOS, then access that edited Note on iOS when I'm away from the computer. It always lets me down when I open the note on iOS and find the update I made on the Mac is never there anymore.

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Oct 17, 2023 2:29 AM in response to GladTidings

none of the avobe methods works, I have a iOS16 device with synced notes, a Monterey and a Movaje device with notes synced OK but the notes in Ventura's device arent working anymore, no matter what I trie, when I enter in iCLoud details notes, it says an error occurred try later, fro days...

This is de Apple's "magic" and this is why I dont use any iCloud/Music/iPhotos/iCloudDrive service beyond Notes and Mail no transparency at all, no way to fix nothing but restart and pray

Oct 17, 2023 2:51 AM in response to guguii

I updated yesterday to Ventura 13.6, and since then they are broken,


Apple Support suggested me to update to Sonoma but I I refuses, as everybody knows MacOS is a nest of bugs the first releases, so I only update new macOS at their half life span as sooner. Too bad experiences in the past.


I dont know why I even keep updating software, old bugs are there new bugs appear...

Oct 28, 2023 11:45 AM in response to GladTidings

I have tried all the suggestions. Rebooted both devices many times. Finally, trying the SAME thing, my notes are miraculously working. There is absolutely nothing I can attribute a solution to. It's a glitch with icloud. I am having similar problems trying to text non-iphone users from my MAC. I was "forced" to update operating systems and I have been having problems ever since. Wasted so much time on these issues. Thanks

Nov 7, 2023 3:23 AM in response to BadgerCanyonMike

it turns out that my mac studio is the only device at home cant access to iCloud.com in a web browser.


I cant in safe mode, Safari, Chrome new user account, Firewall ON/OFF or whatever. It just shows an error, besides this, everything works OK, all webs, lighting fast internet connection and iCloud works OK in all other iDevices and Macs. I can access iCLoud via ShareScreen or Timeviewer with other mac...


I've been told in App Support to reinstall macOS. Yet to do that

Nov 7, 2023 6:27 PM in response to GladTidings

It worked very well to sync notes from iPhone into iCloud.com.cn, but it won't sync in the opposite direction. I had to disable the sync of Notes in settings manually, and then enable it again to sync successfully. I guess it's a bug on the iPhone.

I had an iPhone 14 plus, IOS v16.6. and I don't use macOS.

I set my iPhone to English language, but iCould.com.cn is Chinese.

Nov 13, 2023 5:49 AM in response to GladTidings

After spending hours on the phone with apple support, we finally fixed the problem.


Go to 🍎menu>system settings> select your name top left

icloud>Notes (which is under show more apps for me)

Not only should it be toggled to "on", click on it and toggle "sync on mac"

Turn it off for 30 sec. then switch it back on. That is worked for me. If your notes disappear in future, try this again.


Hope this helps!

Dec 30, 2023 1:28 PM in response to mwmom

Thank You mwmom!

Wooo, finally! Works for me -

The downside is you'll lose any updates you've made to Notes on the Mac in the sync process - so backup your work... ouch.


Hey Apple - this problem is bad for folks with long usage that have replaced/upgraded their Macs, or have been forced to do Mac rebuilds to solve hardware issues - in other words, loyal customers. You can do better.

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