Q: notes formatting features

None of the Notes features introduced in iOS 9.0 are available on my iPhone 6s. The symbols shown in the Apple how-to for bulleted lists, checklists, underline/bold/italics are not visible. Same for the squiggly symbol that would turn on sketching. There appears to be no way to turn these features on either. What am I missing?

MacBook, OS X Yosemite (10.10)

Posted on Oct 14, 2016 9:41 PM

I have this question too

Q: notes formatting features

All replies

Helpful answers

by sberman,

sberman Oct 14, 2016 10:31 PM in response to rlo from up north
Level 8 (41,017 points)

Oct 14, 2016 10:31 PM in response to rlo from up north

Are your notes stored in iCloud? If they're somewhere else, I'm not sure they're upgradeable. See this article:

Upgrade your notes with iOS 9 and OS X El Capitan - Apple Support

Your profile says you are running OS X Yosemite. If you have not upgraded to El Capitan (or Sierra), that would explain your issue.
Reply options

Link to this post

by rlo from up north,

rlo from up north Oct 15, 2016 9:57 PM in response to sberman
Level 1 (4 points)

iPhone

Oct 15, 2016 9:57 PM in response to sberman

Somehow some of my notes are on gmail, the rest are in folders on my iPhone. I have no idea how some notes ended up on gmail - the notes on / associated with gmail don't have the new features available on iOS 9 (my iPhone is actually running iOS 10.0). Moving a note from the gmail folder to any other folder and the notes iOS 9 features appear.
Reply options

Link to this post

by sberman,

sberman Oct 15, 2016 10:19 PM in response to rlo from up north
Level 8 (41,017 points)

Oct 15, 2016 10:19 PM in response to rlo from up north

Well, it seems as if it would be a good idea to house your notes in exactly one place - all in the same place - and remove all the other possibilities from the Notes application.

If you're running iOS 10, you can manage accounts at Settings > Notes.
Reply options

Link to this post

Q: notes formatting features

All replies Helpful answers

by sberman,

by rlo from up north,

by sberman,

All replies

Helpful answers