Q: Syncing notes between a mac and another mac ?
I am using notes on my MacBook, as well as my iPhone and iPad. They all sync just fine in all directions.
I also share my notes with my wife. She has a MacBook Air, an iPhone and an iPad too. To do that I have added my iCloud account to her devices and use it to share my iCloud calendars and notes.
The calendars all sync fine.
Notes were syncing fine too - up until some time last year - something like mid-october. Since that time, notes no longer sync. She still sees the notes the way they were at that time. Notes I have added since do not appear. Notes that I have updated since still show up with the old content. For example, I see a note on my Mac (and iPhone and iPad) with an update date of November 11, 2015. But other Mac, iPhone and iPad, that same note comes with an update date from October 8, 2015 (and the content is different - not the same as what I have).
I checked the notes in iCloud. They are all OK: meaning the syncing works fine for my own devices.
But somehow my wife's devices seem to pick up an older version ? I tried disconnecting her devices from my iCloud account. The notes then obviously disappear. I then reconnect my iCloud account on her devices. Notes reappear. But still with their old versions.
Does anyone have any idea what could cause this ?
Thanks
MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.4)
Posted on Mar 27, 2016 3:14 AM