Notes sort order options?

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Notes sort order options?

i am trying to figure out if there is a way to manually order the lists in notes or to otherwise force it to be in alphabetical order.

right now i am going through the process of pre-pending 00, 01, 02 etc to the notes so they will sort in an order that i need and i am finding that they don't sort in alphabetical order and won't move "manually".

is the /only/ order here one that relates to when you last editited it or something?

< sigh >

MacBook Pro, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.1), with 64 bit Win7 Parallels

Posted on Sep 13, 2012 7:35 PM

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sberman

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Sep 13, 2012 7:50 PM in response to hotwheels22

Yes, I'm quite sure the only sort possibility within Notes is when they were last edited.

Alternatively, you can drag them from Notes to somewhere else (e.g., a folder you create for this purpose) and sort them however you like.

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Answer 2

Sep 13, 2012 8:10 PM in response to hotwheels22

On 10.8 and 10.8.1, the only sort order is "most recently edited," yes.

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hotwheels22 Author

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Sep 14, 2012 7:25 AM in response to William Lloyd

thanks.

oh, this is very frustrating...

guess i will file a "request" to let me order my notes in an order that makes more sense and is more manageable...

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Sep 14, 2012 7:31 AM in response to hotwheels22

You wouldn't be the first 🙂

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Answer 5

Feb 6, 2013 8:52 AM in response to hotwheels22

In Mountain Lion 10.8.2 (not on the iPhone) you can now sort ...

Choose View>Sort by to sort by date created, date edited, or title.

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Mar 23, 2015 8:27 AM in response to Dean Suhr

I hope sorting on my Mac will transfer the order to the iPhone and iPad. I never opened notes on my computer but will give this a go.

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