Notes won't sync

Question

Level 2

207 points

Notes won't sync

OK, maybe I did a stupid thing. After moving to Sierra, I made the settings for my Notes to be migrated to iCloud. I really didn't want that, so on the iMac, inside of the Notes app, I manually moved the notes back to the iMac side. I did a sync, and there's next to nothing on my iPod Touch Notes. On the iMac, inside the Notes app, the "on my iCloud" and then"on my Mac" looks exactly the same. However, when Open those folders in the "on my iCloud" side, those folders are empty. At this point I don't think this has anything to do with Restore Backups, because when I look at the versions available, they're quite old now.

I would like to sync my Notes between the iMac and the iPod Touch. How can I solve this problem.

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), '12 iPod Touch; '10 MacBook Pro

Posted on Oct 14, 2016 8:11 AM

Reply

Answer 1

zinacef

Level 10

88,804 points

Oct 14, 2016 9:36 AM in response to woodrackets

Try signing out of your iCloud account on all devices, wait a few, and sign back in to see it that resolves it.

Reply

Answer 2

Eric Root

Level 10

685,239 points

Oct 14, 2016 12:56 PM in response to woodrackets

Try Settings/iCloud and slide off syncing. Wait a few minutes and then resync.

Reply

Answer 3

woodrackets Author

Level 2

207 points

Oct 15, 2016 3:49 AM in response to zinacef

Thanx for you help, but this didn't do anything to the problem.

Reply

Answer 4

woodrackets Author

Level 2

207 points

Oct 15, 2016 3:50 AM in response to Eric Root

"Slide of syncing"? Exactly what button am I looking for?

Reply

Answer 5

Eric Root

Level 10

685,239 points

Oct 15, 2016 5:23 PM in response to woodrackets

Notes.

Reply

Answer 6

woodrackets Author

Level 2

207 points

Oct 18, 2016 4:06 AM in response to zinacef

zinacef & EricRoot,

Thanx for your help, fellas. Neither method worked.

I still have all the notes on the Mac (On My Mac), but the iCloud side has only empty folders. On my MacBook Notes there are only empty folders on the iCloud area of Notes. On my iPod Touch only empty folders.

Don't know what's next.

Reply

Answer 7

zinacef

Level 10

88,804 points

Oct 18, 2016 5:39 AM in response to woodrackets

Next step -- Contact - Official Apple Support

Reply

Answer 8

Eric Root

Level 10

685,239 points

Oct 18, 2016 1:50 PM in response to woodrackets

Have you tried copying the notes from the On My Mac to iCloud? If you do that with the option/alt key held down, you should have them in both places.

Reply

Answer 9

woodrackets Author

Level 2

207 points

Oct 19, 2016 4:25 AM in response to Eric Root

That's how I got in trouble in the first place. I was copying stuff from iCloud back to On My Mac & got a couple of error messages with the word "Crash" in them.

Do you think I should try it?

Reply

Answer 10

tygb

Level 9

65,010 points

Oct 19, 2016 4:40 AM in response to woodrackets

Hello !

If you turn off the notes feature in iCloud preferences or Internet Accounts preferences, your iCloud notes are removed from your notes app. If you turn it on again, your notes reappear in the app, up to date.

After turning off notes in iCloud preferences, you still have access to your iCloud notes by using the notes app on iCloud.com. If your other devices have iCloud notes turned on, they also continue to have your most recent notes .

Thanks !

Reply

Answer 11

Eric Root

Level 10

685,239 points

Oct 19, 2016 2:36 PM in response to woodrackets

Do a backup first. I do this on a routine basis and have never had any problems.

Reply

Answer 12

woodrackets Author

Level 2

207 points

Nov 3, 2016 4:39 AM in response to Eric Root

Jut tried this. It didn't work. Wow. I also did a sync. Nothing. No effect.

I'm outta bullets.

Reply

Answer 13

Nov 16, 2016 8:06 PM in response to woodrackets

iMAc OSX Sierra. MacBookPro OSX Sierra. iPhone 6 iOS10.1.1 (14B150). iCloud Web.

Notes won't sync between them. I make changes and they don't appear even on iCloud Web.

Tried restarting, rebooting, switching on and off sync. Nothing works!

It used to work fine but today Notes app is ruined.

What's going on?

Reply

Answer 14

Dec 19, 2016 8:58 AM in response to kikepintocardenas

I've been having similar issues with Notes on multiple devices. One way sync on my iMac and iPad, yet both my MacBook and iPhone work fine, all running consistent versions. Very frustrating.

Reply

Answer 15

Dec 19, 2016 9:52 AM in response to jmilleruk

Someone from Apple gave me some instructions and asked me to send some kind of technical reports from all my devices. I did it some weeks ago and I'm still waiting for him to get in contact with me. I hope they're really paying attention to this issue. In the meantime I'm using another app for notes. Try to get in contact with Apple support. Maybe they can find the problem and the solution... If not it will be even much more frustrating.

Reply