how do I transfer notes from iphone to PC ?

I have type a lot of notes but wonder how to transfer it to my PC. Any comment ?

iPhone 3GS, iOS 3.1.3

Posted on May 12, 2011 2:50 AM

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Posted on Apr 13, 2016 10:42 AM

I see this was posted years ago but it appears the conversation is still going w/o much resolution....


  • Plug iphone into computer w/ USB.
  • itunes will open
  • Click on the iphone icon (currently in the upper left area of the tool bar)
  • Select "info" from the options on the left hand column
  • Scroll down to "other"
  • Select sync notes with and choose outlook, click apply in the bottom right

    - NOTE: if you already have notes saved to the account you are syncing with it may ask if you want to merge or replace - select MERGE.

  • Open outlook
  • Scroll down to the Notes icon in the bottom left hand corner and select the notes icon (if you have an older version of windows you can find it inthe far left yellow box of the three small icons on the bottom of the column - if you have a newer version click on the three dots in the bottom left hand corner)
  • Your iphone notes will be there
  • Click on the note, SAVE AS - RICH TEXT FORMAT and save to desktop or your chosen file. Unfortunately you cannot select multiple files and save as rich text so i suggest that you download your notes regularly. If you select multiple and try to save they will only save as "text only" files which you can only open as a note.
  • When you open the rich text file you saved it will open in a word document.


Hope this helps!


Best,

S


"How to download notes from iphone to PC"

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Nov 15, 2016 4:14 AM in response to Amestris

I tried what Amestris offered above but the only choice I found after clicking "Edit" was Delete. This is on a 4s running iOS 9.3.5. I have 39 notes "On my iPhone" and a bunch more in iCloud. I know I could cut and paste the local notes into new notes I would create backed up to iCloud but I would like to preserve the dates of the last edits if possible. I plan to upgrade to a new iPhone soon and this is one of the few questions I have about Backup and Restore. If I back up the 4s to iTunes on my MacBook will the local notes be included in the backup?

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