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Hi there,
I would like to explore the method of manually and regularly moving onenote files from my iphone to my PC so that I can view them on my PC.
Is this possible? If so, can anyone please tell me how?
I'm thinking this will require copying a file or something from my iPhone to my PC, but how?
Thanks
iPhone 5s
Yes...go to the App Store and install the free OneNote app on your phone. Note that you can only sync notes if you're running OneNote 2010 or newer on the PC. I use OneNote on both of our Windows PCs, an iPhone 4, an iPad 4 and an iPhone 5s.
http://blogs.office.com/2014/09/17/onenote-announces-share-extension-ios8/
onenote sync files on ms's hotmail services
I have the same onenotes on iphone, ipad, ms surface, OS X, windows 8.1 without doing anything in terms of transferring files
in ios you don't really have much access to the file system itself
ksa_dude wrote:
Thanks for your reply. So, how can I move onenote files from iPhone to PC?
If you install OneNote on your iPhone, your files will be available from any iteration of OneNote that you're logged into with the same Microsoft account.
Thank you all for your suggestions.
I understand that I can sync my files online, but it is just this particular step that I would like to avoid. I don't want to sync my file online, ie, I don't want to store my notes on MS servers. I trust MS, I just don't feel like it.
I'm OK moving my files manually every now and then. If it is PC to PC, it is easy, at least for me: I can copy the onenote file from Documents from PC 1 to PC 2 thru a USB drive or something. But iPhone? I don't know.
Update: I've just installed an iPhone file explorer in my PC. Endless number of files all over the place!
Search feature is limited, so I'm hoping I'll be able to locate the .one file of my notebook and be able to copy it offline to my PC.
Maybe I should try a different file explorer, the one I've installed is a demo version of iExplorer. Thanks
ksa_dude wrote:
I understand that I can sync my files online, but it is just this particular step that I would like to avoid. I don't want to sync my file online, ie, I don't want to store my notes on MS servers. I trust MS, I just don't feel like it.
If you don't want to sync your files using MS's servers, why are you using a program that's specifically designed for that? You might be better off using a non-cloudbased program.
Meg, earlier versions of onenote for PC and iPhone did not support online sync. You were able to take notes offline only.
For why onenote, I think there is some trade-off here. I believe onenote is a program that is one of a kind, and it offers what I want. I also want that on-the-go. So, my desired solution would be to take notes on-the-go using my iPhone, and then regularly take those notes to the PC offline, not online. I want to bypass online servers, so nothing about MS, really.
I wish I can access my iPhone as if it was a hard-drive. As I mentioned earlier, I tried using a file explorer but there were too many files to search through for the *.one files.
I will stay hopeful 🙂
I wouldn't hold you breath. I understand what you say you want to do, but that is going in exactly the opposite direction that the industry is moving.
Using MS's cloud based sync is not an "extra step". It reduces the effort to keep things synchronized on your part to nearly zero.
If there is no 'trust issue' there, as you seem to imply, then it seems you are simply trying to complicate your life by refusing to use the application the way it was designed to be used.
One Note isn't anywhere near being 'one of a kind'. It's one among many, and not a very good one at. It's bloated, slow, and cumbersome.
Investigate other options, or use it the way it's meant to be used, but hoping that Microsoft will move in the direction you want to go is pretty much pointless.
Tools like File Explorer can often do more harm than good. you were never intended to have access to the file system on the phone. One wrong move can really screw things up.
Thanks for your reply. So, how can I move onenote files from iPhone to PC?
I'm currently exploring this by installing an iPhone file explorer in my PC, not sure though if it works. Thanks
AFAIK you can only sync OneNote between the phone and the PC online via the MSFT servers....
How can I access onenote files from the iPhone?
