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    Are macOS notes with password as secure as Notes in Keychain Access?

    I store a lot of important stuff in "Secure Notes" within Keychain Access on macOS. See example here. Unfortunately these entries cannot be viewed on iOS and iPadOS. One could use the Notes.app, which syncs to iPhone and iPad. Such notes in the Notes.app are can be secured with a password. See...
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    MacOS Shortcuts "get current webpage from Safari" returns error: The requested operation is not supported. Safari Reader is unavailable.

    I just want to do the simplest thing you could possibly think of... Send the content of Safari Reader, or the open/active web page in Safari, to a new note. This should be built into Apple, but I guess they're under pressure from companies like Pocket not to allow people to do this, I don't...
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    Other Can apple see my data if it isn't synced to iCloud?

    I know that apple has access to decrypt and read my files in iCloud, but what if i didn't sync them to iCloud? I didnt sync Notes, Calendar, Reminders to iCloud and am afraid that Apple is secretly uploading my files to itself
  4. slomojoe

    Untagged Notes ?

    for the life of me i cannot understand why apple doesn't allow us to find untagged notes am i an idiot and do i not know how to do this ? if i am not an idiot, has anyone heard anything in ventura / 16 that speaks to this feature ?
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    Resolved Notes on MacBook now blank

    All of a sudden new notes via iOS devices didn't appear on my MacBook Notes app. I turned Notes icon off in iCloud settings on mac, then when I turned Notes on again all the Notes disappeared. I've turned iCloud on and off again, and deleted containers/com.apple.Notes, restarted etc. None of...
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    iPad Pro There seems to be an issue with the Notes app on iPadOS 15.

    I was able to replicate this issue with multiple Apple Pencil and iPad Pro units at the Apple Store, even when Wi-Fi was turned off (which caused one of them to think it was being stolen and make a loud alarm sound, guess it was a first for the employees there who were more than understanding...
  7. coolfireblue

    Using Siri to tag in Notes 🥵

    Using Siri to tag something in the Notes app doesn’t show up as an active tag #️⃣ It just shows up as text with a hashtag at the front of it. However, when you use the keypad it works perfectly – turns yellow, is active and will get sorted and organised - as it ought. Dictating, “new line” or...
  8. sregreb

    Notes widget wont display folder contents

    I have this weird problem with the Notes widget. Same problem on IPhone and IPad, latest OS on both. The widget will not display contents of any folder (Notes, Quick Notes, or any folder I create). If I have the Widget display an individual note, that works. But not a folder. I also have...
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    iPhone k app - take notes and photos at once

    Excited to announce my 3rd iOS app: k, an app to take notes and photos at once (the instantly launching keyboard and camera). Take photos with text/drawing/plain and take instant text notes, too. If you're interested, please give it a try :) I can't wait to hear what you guys think - and...
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    How to create Notes with the Apple Watch keyboard (a workaround)

    Series 7 comes with a great mini keyboard, but no Apple Notes app (yet!). So here's a work-around I've found to take notes on your Series 7 using the keyboard: Make a Siri shortcut that either: • Creates a new reminder in a "Watch notes" folder in the Reminders app • Creates a new email to...
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    Universal lockable notes app that can import text files

    I've tried to use the stock Notes app for this, and though it meets most of my needs, I'm looking for an alternative. I have a bunch of plain text files (hundreds) that I want to put into a Notes-type app. I'm willing to keep these all in their own self-contained Notes-type app. My only real...
  12. OrangeCuse44

    Notes app password protected note erased

    I have a password protected Note that I store info in and after the “upgrade” to iPad OS 15, the contents vanished. Is there any way to recover this from a backup or something?
  13. fluder

    FSNotes 5 – Pro notes manager for macOS

    Hi, guys! I am the author of this application, ask your questions, i will try to answer. Any feedback would be appreciated. FSNotes is modern notes manager for macOS and iOS. App respects open formats like GitHub Flavored Markdown, so you can easily write documents on iPhone and MacBook. It's...
  14. wolf7988

    Lost Notes After Update to Big Sur

    Hello everyone, I am in dire need of help. More specifically, I recently updated my MBP from Yosemite to Big Sur, and for whatever reason, it deleted all of my saved notes from the Notes app. I did find a folder that said "Notes backup", and I believe this may be the backup copy that maybe they...
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    Move iCloud notes to iPhone

    Hello, as the title says - how can I move my notes from iCloud to local storage? I wanna ask first before I do something as I don't want to accidentally delete them or anything. Thanks!
  16. Jacob Brown

    Notes Formatting Problems

    I have been using Notes and I have an issue with formatting. I usually have a title at the top which says "Hobbies". If I copy and paste text into this note often the first word, sentence, or whole paragraph will use the title format. If I try to change the body text back to "body" it changes...
  17. scsskid

    MacOS Notes Link Previews, manual generation

    Hi, is there a way to convert Web URL/Links to Rich Link Previews, like when sharing them to Notes from Safari, see preview in attached file? Thanks!
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    Someone deleted a very important file within Notes.app and then also deleted the recently deleted folder.

    Someone deleted a very important file in the notes app and then also deleted the recently deleted folder. I dont have time capsule with me, and the icloud was already over written. There are no recently deleted files within it. I have both iphone and macbook pro synching the files with my icloud...
  19. schneida

    Note taking and document management similar to OneNote 2016

    Hi guys, I'm looking for a software similar to OneNote 2016 (only available on Windows) that I can use to prepare classes. OneNote 2016 which is available on Windows is pretty neat for that as it allows me to structure my classes (the document management aspect) and is a very flexible note...
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    MacBook won't go to sleep when in Notes

    So i have default settings that on battery after about 2 minutes the laptop goes to sleep if it doesn't register any inputs. Yesterday I have discovered when I'm in Notes.app, my macbook air 2015 won't go to sleep. This is new to me, I remember it always going to sleep no matter what I had...