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  1. JippaLippa

    Any good cross-platform note-taking app to suggest?

    Hello, everyone. Due to the creative nature of my profession, I very often make rough sketches and take hand-written notes throughout the day. That said, I have decided to cut my consumption of paper and switch to a fully digital note taking system; that said I need some specific requirements...
  2. Pigstick21

    iPhone Document Scan not Spotlight Searchable

    Just started to use my iPhone (15+) to scan documents (using the Scan Documents option in Files), save to iCloud and then open on my MacMini. It seemed to work really well. However, I have found that .pdf contents are not searchable by Spotlight when I do this. If I open Preview and then scan...
  3. purdnost

    Apple Notes Format Option Question

    I've just come across this formatting option in Apple Notes. Can anyone clarify what it's called and its purpose? When tapped, it applies a slight indentation to a line of text and adds a small gray vertical line to the left of it.
  4. P

    !Urgent! All Notes on MacBook away, not syncing

    I have a huge problem! Yesterday I edited a Note in the Apples Notes app on my Macbook Air M1 and today I saw that on my iPhone 11 these changes were not synced. I also checked on my PC (Windows 11) in the iCloud Browser and also saw that there my Note was still at the stand from 2 days ago. So...
  5. Jared G.K.

    Google Notes Do Not Sync

    This refers to Apple Notes on the Mac AND on iPhone/iPad. Did anyone ever manage to make Google notes and Apple Notes sync? I tried several times, over the last months (or even longer). The Google account is active (mail and calendar sync flawlessly). Notes sync is turned on. After a few...
  6. B

    All iPads Sometimes I can’t move cursor with Apple Pencil 2

    This is a bit strange. When I’m using the Notes.app (and only the Notes.app), sometimes I can’t move the cursor by tapping with Apple Pencil 2. The cursor remains frozen at the end of the line. I have a couple of workarounds: long-pressing on the soft-keyboard, quitting and restarting the...
  7. circatee

    Gifted an Apple Pencil, for my iPad Air 5th Gen

    I was gifted an Apple Pencil, to use with my iPad Air 5th gen. I also have a smart keyboard, that I use with the iPad. My main use of the iPad, is to take notes during meetings and the likes. It it 'worth it' to use the pencil? From my initial testing, it seemed more of a headache. But, I...
  8. P

    Open several Notes windows side by side

    The default App "Notes" got my daily driver for all my notes and texts. However, I am not able to open several windows of it, just like I do with all other Apps. How can I open several windows of it, to have a side by side view on different notes? In the internet search I found the...
  9. R

    anyone else have issues with NOTES not syncing?

    my notes on my iphone arent syncing with my desktop again. this has been an on going issue for several weeks now. i've called apple about it twice. we went through all the troubleshooting steps and that didnt fix it. the 2nd time i called i was told it was a known issue. several weeks later it...
  10. Chadwick83

    iOS 16 & MacBook OS 10.13 Calendar, Note & Reminders

    I have an iPhone 13 pro max still running iOS 15.7.1 and my early 2011 MacBook pro is running High Sierra 10.13.6. I see many people saying not to update my iPhone to iOS 16 because calendar, notes and reminders won't auto sync over wifi. I have also seen people saying they are still compatible...
  11. circatee

    iPhone Shared Notes Notifications

    I use Notes, and have a Shared Note with a friend. My notifications for Notes are on. However, when my friend updates\adds items to the Note, I do not get a notification. However, if I open Notes at some stage, I will then get a notification that the Shared Note was updated. Rather odd...
  12. circatee

    Universal OneNote to Apple Notes

    Has anyone here moved from the likes of OneNote/Evernote, to Apple Notes? Any regrets?
  13. E

    iCloud Notes not syncing between iCloud and Mac

    My notes sync between my iPhone and iCloud no problem. But they will not sync between my macbook (15" macbook pro 2018 model) and icloud or icloud and the macbook. This started about two weeks ago. I thought it might be because the icloud drive was full, so i cleared that out. Nope. I signed out...
  14. A

    Mojave and iCloud Support

    Hi all I was using MacBook Pro 2017 and High Sierra 10.13.6 Recently photo taken using iPhone 6s wasn't upload to Photos App in the MackBook Pro. The photos available in iCloud and also upload to Photos App in iPhone. iCloud still has free space arounf 3 GB. Text save in iCloud also not...
  15. M

    Safe To Delete The Contents Of Attachments In The Following File Path : Users, MyID, Library, Containers, Notes, Data, Library, CoreData, Attachments?

    Hi I have a 256 Gb SSD and have found old attachments in Notes (which were already deleted) taking up 25 Gb of space. Is it safe to delete the contents of Attachments in the following file path? Users, [My User Name], Library, Containers, Notes, Data, Library, CoreData, Attachments I had...
  16. M

    iPhone looking for password/protected notes app

    Hi, I'm looking for an app that can do ALL of the following: - Allow me to keep a list of all of my passowords (including usernames & site names) - Allow me to search by site name (if I want to easily find my Facebook pass, for example) - Allow to backup the whole content easily, to somewhere I...
  17. R

    OutlineEdit 3 released

    Hi, after a long time of working on it, the next big version of OutlineEdit for Mac has been released, with many new features. OutlineEdit 3.0 highlights: ⋅ All about outlines: Create hierarchical, structured documents fast and easy ⋅ Fully native application: Great look and feel, ease of use...
  18. L

    How to remove profile photo from shared notes?

    I added a profile photo on icloud shared notes by mistake from my Macbook now I can’t remove it and I don’t have access to my macbook Is there any way to remove it??
  19. U

    Problems moving Notes messages from old server to new server

    Hello! I tried to transfer my Notes folder from my old (Cyrus) IMAP server to my new email server (also Cyrus). The messages are not showing in Notes.app although I know they are there. First I made a backup of my IMAP Notes folder in case something went wrong. This turned out to be a good...
  20. A

    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...