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Q: icloud notes not syncing

This is a weird one, any note created on my imac appears on my iphone and ipad through icloud

 

But any note created on my ipad or iphone doesn't appear on my imac.

 

Have searched for this particularly icloud issue, but couldn't find out which device i need to work on or what the workaround is

 

Thanks for any help!

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2010 july

Posted on May 10, 2013 9:17 AM

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  • by Regrett,

    Regrett Regrett Mar 2, 2014 10:57 AM in response to jaysnoop
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    Mar 2, 2014 10:57 AM in response to jaysnoop

    Jaysnoop - Thanks for shouting.  That was exactly my problem.  Unbeknownst to me, I had two other notes accounts on my iPad (one was for an Outlook account) and for some reason the notes I created this morning on my iPad were using the Outlook account.  I switched the default to iCloud and moved the missing notes to that account and voila, they are visible on my MacBook as I was originally expecting.

  • by talden,

    talden talden Apr 17, 2014 4:16 PM in response to jaysnoop
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    Apr 17, 2014 4:16 PM in response to jaysnoop

    Aah Haa, on my iPhone, changing settings-->notes--> default account to iCloud  worked great!! It's been a pain since I installed IOS7 and I never understood why.  Thanks Jaysnoop for figuring it out.  One thing though, only new notes will sync. Old notes will not appear on your Mac.

  • by Lawrence Rowe,

    Lawrence Rowe Lawrence Rowe Jun 5, 2014 2:38 PM in response to Jackjohnsonsea
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    Jun 5, 2014 2:38 PM in response to Jackjohnsonsea

    I know this is an old note I'm responding to, but I just want to say this is basically why I'm going to ditch my iPhone for a Galaxy5 today. Tired of having to spend hours searching for answers on my own to these little problems. (My notes don't sync either, but that's just the latest of many problems.)

  • by bebemd,

    bebemd bebemd Jul 12, 2014 8:32 AM in response to Lawrence Rowe
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    Jul 12, 2014 8:32 AM in response to Lawrence Rowe

    One of the other posters mentioned adding space to the icloud account, it worked for me!

    My issue was that suddenly my iphone and mac air notes wouldn't sync. The two notes were independent of each other. Every time I would go into my Icloud settings on my iphone and turn notes on, it would slide back to off. It was strange. So I simply went to "icloud" in the settings on my iphone. scrolled down to "storage and backup" and "change storage plan' by adding more storage.

     

    I went back to Icloud, slid the notes to on and it synced. All my notes appeared.

     

    This may work for any of you who are having issues with syncing, it may be a storage sizing issue.

  • by ManchesterAlex,

    ManchesterAlex ManchesterAlex Jul 18, 2014 4:47 PM in response to talden
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    Jul 18, 2014 4:47 PM in response to talden

    I reset my notes to sync to icloud instead of gmail, and when that happened, then it fixed the problem for any NEW notes I created (in either place). But it didn't move any of my old notes, and editing the old notes on the ipad didn't help.

     

    I found on the iCloud you can go to Account Settings > Advanced > Reset Documents & Data > Reset Documents and Data, then click Reset. That didn't solve it either though, even after restarting the ipad.

     

    The final kludge that did (sort of) work was this: open an old note on the ipad, double tap to get the context menu. "select all". create a new note, then hit paste. That instantly syncs the "new" note. and then you can delete the old one (which is now just an unsynced duplicate).  Then repeat this sequence with every single note that you want synced, one after the other. I did my few most important ones, then gave up on the rest.

     

    But hey, Apple is better than PC, because things just work, amiright.

  • by c.cost,

    c.cost c.cost Oct 19, 2014 7:32 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Oct 19, 2014 7:32 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    Check to see if when you added another email account to your phone (i.e. gmail or outlook), your "default note account" wasn't switched over to that account. Go go Settings \ Notes \ Default Account. ... Switch it back to iCloud.

     

    I don't know how to bring the notes over from the "offending" account to iCloud, other than copying and pasting. It would be good to be able to transfer notes, like in Reminders or Calendar.

  • by tonyfirshman1,

    tonyfirshman1 tonyfirshman1 Oct 22, 2014 5:02 AM in response to jaysnoop
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    Oct 22, 2014 5:02 AM in response to jaysnoop

    Thanks for this thread - I finally twigged why I couldn't sync with my new iPhone 6 - my notes were "On My iPhone".  I have successfully synced using Gmail account.

    Icloud is history now - too much data and I am certainly not paying Apple for more storage!

    I re-wrote (copy/paste) all notes individually. It would help others if there was some way of moving/copying notes from one account to the other.

  • by brallen467,

    brallen467 brallen467 Nov 22, 2014 9:15 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Nov 22, 2014 9:15 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    I have a new iPhone 6.  Realized NOTES weren't syncing with my MAC.  Here's what I did to fix it. On the iPhone 6 I went to settings/iCloud and turn off NOTES.  Turn the phone all the way off.  Turn the phone on.  Check NOTES.  None there.  That's good.  They were all suppose to be stored in iCloud.  Go to settings/iCloud and turn on NOTES.  Wait a few minutes.  Go to notes on the phone and NOTES are now synced and updating changes to MAC and other devices.  Hope this helps.  Apple has hiccups when you change phones, devices ect. 

  • by salientgreen,

    salientgreen salientgreen Dec 3, 2014 8:57 PM in response to brallen467
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    Dec 3, 2014 8:57 PM in response to brallen467

    Thanks, brallen467. I just got a new iPad and had this problem. Your answer solved it for me.

  • by Aceon6_v2,

    Aceon6_v2 Aceon6_v2 Jan 12, 2015 6:41 AM in response to brallen467
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    Jan 12, 2015 6:41 AM in response to brallen467

    Only the copy and paste method worked for me. I think mine got bollixed up when Apple switched us from Mobile Me to iCloud. Mail and Calendars were fine, but for some reason, my me.com Notes weren't moved over, so they only "lived" on my phone.

     

    Repeating what I did:

    On the iPhone, open the Notes app

    Tap Accounts

    Tap On My iPhone

    One by one, open each note, select all, tap Accounts, tap iCloud, tap New, then paste.

    Once you verify that the notes you moved are in iCloud (I checked using the browser app), you can delete all the notes on your device.

    Make sure your device is now set up to open to the iCloud account by default.

     

    You'll need to do this again if you created Notes on another device that may be stranded. I'll check my iPad tonight.

  • by Little Laurels,

    Little Laurels Little Laurels Jan 18, 2015 8:43 PM in response to jaysnoop
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    Jan 18, 2015 8:43 PM in response to jaysnoop

    OR make sure all of your accounts (gmail etc - anything that could be saving notes) are in your notes on your computer. Open Notes, Go to Accounts, Use the + button to add any new account.

  • by maxmel12,

    maxmel12 maxmel12 Jul 8, 2015 7:19 AM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Jul 8, 2015 7:19 AM in response to groovycatmedia

    Helo! You have to creat the notes in All Notes.

  • by anthonyfromreston,

    anthonyfromreston anthonyfromreston Sep 27, 2015 7:30 PM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Sep 27, 2015 7:30 PM in response to groovycatmedia

    I'm having the opposite problem: notes I create on my iMac won't sync to my other devices.

     

    I've tried everything in this thread, with negative results.

  • by anthonyfromreston,

    anthonyfromreston anthonyfromreston Sep 27, 2015 7:32 PM in response to maxmel12
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    Sep 27, 2015 7:32 PM in response to maxmel12

    That didn't work.

  • by Thalerzapple,

    Thalerzapple Thalerzapple Sep 30, 2015 7:12 PM in response to groovycatmedia
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    Sep 30, 2015 7:12 PM in response to groovycatmedia

    I believe iOS9 made significant changes to several applications, and these changes are really only compatible with El Capitan (downloadable as of today 9/30/2015) as described during the download and installation instructions in the iOS9 release notes. This is acceptable; however what is NOT acceptable is that Apple allowed this small "gap" in compatibility to be a short-term issue between the mobile devices running iOS9 and OSX. I am downloading and installing El Capitan this evening to attempt to solve the issue, and see if this resolves it between my iMac and my iPhone, then check my Macbook Pro and see if the issue remains between the un-upgraded Macbook Pro and my iOS9 iPhone.

     

    Update to this to be provided in less than 24hrs.

     

    -Justin

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