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Since running OS 10.8.2 I've noticed my notes were doubled up. I tried deleting one of the iCloud accounts but now it doesn't respond at all. I have turned notes off in the iCloud settings but I can not get notes to run now without crashing. Is there a way I can delete and reinstall so my notes will come back down from iCloud?
Update: I tried the recommended procedure above myself (to reiterate, number 3 was replaced with macjack's recommendation) and it fixed a problem I've had for several weeks with Notes; namely, my iCloud account was duplicated. It wasn't a crippling problem, just a bit ugly. Anyway, the cleanup fixed it and my Notes works flawlessly now.
So, thank you macjack, and Gavstar, I can vouch for the worthiness of the process.
Go to your Finder "Go" menu hold the option key to choose "Library". Then go to Containers folder and find and delete com.apple.Notes/Container.plist
Great stuff, this has solved the problem of crashing. I'm back to the original problem of the iCloud notes being duplicated though. Thanks very much for your help
Try deleting the other iCloud account, not the one you tried the first time.
I found the following on another discussion. It includes macjack's suggestion, as well as clearing cache. I think the suggestion number 3 below is not quite correct, and macjack's suggestion should be taken instead:
Now we are going to fix the duplicating notes issue. I found this solution on another thread(https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4137558?start=0&tstart=0). This person actually called Apple and was told to follow these steps:
Thanks Lanny, but there is only one iCloud account. Thats the strange thing on why it is duplicating.
Amazing! That did the trick.
Thank you sberman and macjack for your very helpful advice.
"Click on the finder click go, hold the option key and click on containers. Drag com.apple.notes to the trash"
I have Mac OSX...when I do this proceedure there are no "Containers" to select. Is that on an older OS? Where would it be in OSX Lion?
Check the update in my most recent post above. That will answer your question.
sberman's solution solved a problem with Notes for me, I had one note that could not be deleted, whenever I tried to delete it, the program would crash.
I had main electric shut down.
when restarting, notes had disappeared and could not sync.
Tried this method and worked immediately.
I really dont understand what is being said in the first step, and I'd like to fix my notes...can someone please explain whats being said in layman terms?
Notes on iPhone do not sync on imac
How do I restart or reinstall notes?
