iCloud Notes will not save. Windows 11 device New problem

That sounds like Apple support is using typical pass the buck excuses. I do not use Norton and the problem just happened a few weeks ago. There were no other changes to my PC whatsoever. The problem is with the notes application on the PC. until Apple admits or realizes, something is broken this product is unusable

Same problem. Started at the same time. I use Firefox (latest version). Same problem with Chrome (latest version). Windows 11 (latest version). I am able to edit notes using my iPhone without problems.

I am experiencing the same problem. Attempting to exit the tab puts up a warning that changes have not been saved. Never goes away. This just started happening a week or so ago I think.

18th April and still an issue. Any news @Apple?

Same here on pretty much anything iCloud PC/Windows related. All iOS works/syncs/saves fine (which is not exactly where I mostly use notes). Rather frustrating. Hope it gets fixed soon.

Okay. Funny enough as soon as I posted that workaround I figured out a decent solution using what I learned from my testing.

1. Just type whatever you needed to type on apple notes as normal.
2. Copy that message.
3. Sign out using the same steps from my previous message to save you time. (Go to the top right of your screen click on the avatar icon and click sign out. Then Click Trust and Sign Out. You should see "Changes are being saved" header click cancel and on the top of your screen after clicking cancel, you should see 'Leave site' header at least on Google Chrome--click leave)
4. Go back into Apple Notes and go to the place where you were going to place said message and paste it. Wait for 'Edited' to change to 'Saving...' (which is the only time it'll actually save for some reason) and do step 3 again. And boom you should see your changes.

: )

Hi,

I had the same problem for a week. Today I found a simple solution. It might not be the best. I do not know if it will last long or if it works for other people.

Here is what I found. Failure to save an edited Notes file happened only to only one file, not all, my Notes files. Apparently, this problematic Note file contained too many characters. Apple iCould could not handle it. I solved my problem after I divided this lengthy Note into several smaller Notes.

Even dividing that old lengthy Note is not one straightforward step. I had to copy the original Note in a Notepad document, divide them into small parts and create/post new Note files on iCould as separate files one by one.

Cutting down and even deleting the original lengthy Note required me to close the iCloud Notes app and reopen it again. But at last, all ends well.

Let me know if the above works for you or otherwise. Good luck.

Ariel

Same issue.

The error only occurs with slightly larger files.

This is incredibly frustrating and is rendering my Mac useless in cooperative projects. I love my Mac but I live in the real world where I have to move between platforms. As a result I have had to move to Microsoft cloud.

Well done Apple.

I get the same issue and the only way to force the change I have made on my PC on the web is to copy the text I have added/changed and then refresh the icloud.com/notes page and paste it back it

I have the same problem. It's been going on for at least a week, since last weekend I entered a note and on opening Notes it's not there. Frustrating. I see in the top right it says 'saving' and that doesn't disappear. I'm entering Notes on a HP laptop rather than on my iPhone. Easier for me - have a keyboard. I hope this is fixed soon.

I have had same problem off and on. Have Windows 10 Pro, using current Edge browser. Have had this issue in the past, and for no apparent reason it cleared up and desktop Notes started successfully saving notes, saying Edited and then Saved, with time date stamp every second that I changed the note's content. Now nothing updates - last time it updated was 3/15/24, after that - nothing. Tried multiple solutions, none were permanent, powered down PC and waited overnight, no fix - previously when I closed the browser and reopened Edge, it would begin saving current edits again, but not for the last 2 weeks or so. Not happy with Apple for not being able to fix what should be a straightforward sync issue.

Same issue, slighty different. For me, when I open a fresh iCloud session on my chrome/windows browser, my notes syncs/saves for the first 1-2 minutes. Then it stops. This issue started for me in March-ish same time as others on here. The amount of notes and work I lost because of this is crazy. The entire tool is totally defunct now.