Notes on iCloud.com

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On your Mac make sure Mail & Notes is selected in System Preferences > iCloud.

On your iOS devices tap Settings > iCloud. Make sure Notes is turned ON.

Support article here > Apple - Support - iCloud - Mail & Notes

😐 I agree with you..Andrew.

I don't understand why not build Notes as a single section in iCloud. For me, Notes is more useful and convinent than Reminders.

For example, I am writing an paper and searching some reference on PC and if I find something useful, I want to copy them to someplace then sync to iPhone, so that I can review and edit them on my way to school..

For I longtime, I use Springpad, when I hear iCloud I expected that finally I can edit the Notes on PC & iPad & iPhone, keeping them in synchronization all the time with a build in Apple service. All I found is disappoitment.

All I want to say is: If just some text or short words to sync, why makes it necessary to set the time and date and alarm and blablabla??

Out of interest does anyone else get only one type of flag. In mail. I use 3 colours of flag, iCloud.com only seems to use one. FTAoD, flags change colour, they aren't simply omitted if they are a different colour.

I have to agree on this. All this while my notes is syncing with my MacBook. Recently I transfered all my dates iPhone notes to his google account since he don't use any mac and I just want to make his transition from iOS to Android all over the air (OTA). I noticed that google handle notes in email and I can't edit it. So I decided to try iCloud and to my dissapointment it also handle the same eay as google handling it... Hope Apple can make this part of iCloud apps so notes can be more useful.

I also found this annoying but there's an alternate way of writing and editing notes. Mac OS has a Mail software which allows you to write, edit and delete Notes separately. These notes appears automatically on your iDevices through iCloud sync.

You are right it would be nice to see Notes as a standalone app in the cloud.

I would also definitly prefer a seperate Notes selection on iCloud.com.

Because i turned off showing my notes in the inbox, i can't even see my notes on iCloud.com.

But i look foward to Mountain Lion. Because there is a seperate Notes app, i hope there will be a seperate Notes app on iCloud.com too.

Maybe I missed it, but why isn't there a standalone Notes app that will sync with iCloud? I don't want to have to go to the iCloud web site, and I HATE using the OS X desktop Mail app for this - I don't like it as an app at all for mail or notes.

Is there a simple, free OS X desktop app that will sync with iCloud and let me create and edit notes that will then sync with all my iCloud devices?

Good news for you!

In Mac OS X Mountain Lion (which will be released in late summer) there are standalone apps for Notes and Reminders.

So then you no longer have to use Mail to edit your notes.

More information on http://www.apple.com/macosx/mountain-lion/

I have a use-case and a request:

My request is this: I don't care how Notes are represented (app, email, whatever) - just make them editable from a web interface (Mac, PC, Linux, etc).

My use-case: Like most people, I'm increasingly floating around between many devices. As an IT consultant, this is especially true; I have multiple laptops from multiple clients; 2 macs and 1 PC, 3 desktop machines (all PC), iphone, ipad, and then my wife's macbook air, iphone, & ipad.

I use Google Docs to store information that I need to access from anywhere. With iCloud Notes, I was impressed with the added simplicity of the interface and transparency of syncing. Google Docs are much more feature-rich, but for my needs, that isn't a requirement. Goolge Docs on the iPhone are great, allow editing in a great mobile-aware UI... but require a login/password before use (being really web-based, not a true app) - this is a huge hassle, especially since I have many characters in my email/password.

Liking the iCloud simplicity and transparency better, I started transitioning work from Google Docs to iCloud... until I realize that I can't edit my Notes on 2/3 of the devices I use. So I'll likely be (reluctantly) moving it back to Google Docs. Maybe I'll go pester Google forums to see if they'll make iPhone / iPad integration easier, via a real App that stores credentials. I'd be happy with that as well.

Thanks~!

Stephen

To save notes in iCloud write yourself an email in the iCloud webapp. Instead of sending hit the "SAVE" button. This will send your message into the draft folder. Go to the draft folder. You'll see your message there. Next go to the folder with an down arrow icon on the left of the menu bar. Move to Notes. Now your note should be in the Notes folder. I hope this helps. It's not ideal but it works.