Q: How to have notes on macbook update to iPad automatically?
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Jan 15, 2015 12:03 PMby PSkilton,You will have to sign into iCloud on both devices and make sure that the Notes that you want synced are saved under the iCloud account on your iPad. See iCloud: Notes overview> for information.
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Jan 15, 2015 1:02 PMby Maha66,TThanks for the response. Can you tell me how to do it? On my MacBook i have preferences, iCloud, it has my name and a sign out tab (so I'm assuming im signed in), and notes is checked. On my iPad i have settings, iCloud, a red sign out (so I assume I'm logged in), and notes are on. But they are not updating. What else do I need to do? Thanks again.
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Jan 15, 2015 1:22 PMby PSkilton,Okay, seeing that you are signed into iCloud on both devices, and notes is enabled on both, Notes should be syncing.
On your iPad go to Settings>Notes>Default Account (make sure that the iCloud account is the default account. Otherwise, any notes that you have made will not be synced with iCloud.
If your default account is not iCloud, change it to be so, and then you can copy and paste your notes into new notes, which will make them be created on the iCloud account, enabling them to sync. Hope this helps! -
Jan 15, 2015 5:22 PMby PSkilton,Okay, if you log into iCloud do any of your notes show up in the notes app?
Also, check out this page Syncing notes
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Jan 16, 2015 7:59 AMby Maha66,II've been logged in to iCloud on both devices. strangely, when I made notes on my MacBook they showed up on the iPad but not vice versa! Unfortunately, carrying the MacBook around in the field is completely impractical. Thanks for trying to help but I give up. Looks like I'll have to copy and paste them into an email on the iPad, email them to myself, and copy and paste into the MacBook. Thanks again!
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Jan 16, 2015 9:03 AMby Maha66,Thanks again for trying to help but Ive had it with iCloud. I just checked my calendar on my macbook and its gone! Thank god its still on my iPad. On my macbook all my contacts have mysteriously doubled (2 of each). Ill go ahead and delete one of each of the doubles when i get time. Honestly, my original question was an attempt to simplify my life and now the opposite has happened! Ive logged off of iCloud on both devices and hope and pray the mysteries stop. Ill duplicate notes onto the macbook the old fashion way (email and cut and paste). Hopefully, Ill only have to log onto iCloud when I want to backup my iPad and then log off again. Thanks again but I don't have time for this. Hopefully the wackiness is over.
