Questions tagged [notes.app]

An application provided with the original iPhone, and made available on the Mac in Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion. Used to record text notes, and can be synced using iCloud or other services.

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Changed user account name and now notes gone missing

I changed the name of my user account which then made a new folder on my computer for this account and I lost important notes which I now can’t or don’t know how to access. Any help would be ...
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Hidden MacOS shortcuts: Control+v -> scrollDown; Control+y -> types 'd'

Just as the title suggests, I just recently discovered 2 hidden macOS keyboard shortcuts when messing around in the Mac Notes app. Control+v scrolls down a nondeterministic number of lines. Control+y ...
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How can I restore Notes from a time machine backup?

I originally had the Notes app syncing to my Google account. I changed my google password 8 months ago and never bothered to update it on my machine. Today I went to Notes/Accounts and unchecked the ...
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How to export/backup Notes in macOS in one go

I have a lot of Notes on my machine which I don't want to loose. It's not logical to export them one by one. I don’t have space for iCloud to sync them and wish for a different tool even if I had ...
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Configure Native Notes.app to Use Monospaced by Default

For every carriage return on a monospaced line, the following line resets to the default Body format. I used this post as a reference but everything's outdated and I don't find anything else recent ...
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Macbook Notes app can't access data

I was using the notes app just fine when I closed and reopened it to a pop-up message saying that it couldn't access my data. I tried reopening the app several times and restarting my computer. The ...
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iPhone Notes become blank/empty in times, you get them back after OS restart

This is taking up the wording and image of the 201911 Apple forum question Apple Notes Blank. Sometimes when I go to my notes on my phone, the contents of my notes have disappeared. If you still ...
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Advanced search in Apple Notes

I have about 10k notes in Apple Notes on my MacBook and I was wondering if there is a way just to search for titles, instead of the note contents? In earlier versions of the program the results were ...
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Restore a deleted Note - no Deleted Notes folder?

I put my phone in my pocket unlocked and when I took it out again it had opened Notes, deleted my growing task list and made a new empty note. I opened Notes on my Mac, and saw the note in question, ...
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How to remove all checked items in Notes?

How can I remove all checked items in Notes on iOS easily? From e.g. a grocery list, I want to remove all items (checkbox and text) that have been checked with a simple action. I think I did this ...
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Code markup in Apple Notes app

I am currently running macOS Sierra (10.12.6) and was wondering if there is an easy way to format code (like there is for Title, Heading, etc.) in Apple's Notes app? I'm open to any workarounds to ...
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Cmd+K not working in Notes since Sonoma

I use Cmd+K to create hyperlinks in my Notes app often. I notice after upgrading to Sonoma, it stopped working about 80% of the time. Now when I press Cmd+K, it opens the dialog, and when I paste the ...
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How do I resize an image in Notes?

I can't resize an image by dragging and dropping in Notes. How do I resize an image in Notes?
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iPhone Notes app is not loading all my notes but I can search for them from Home screen

I am using the Notes app on iPhone 7 plus running iOS 10.2.1. I don't use iCloud. However, a few days ago, the Notes app stopped loading all my notes. My notes app shows nothing. However, when I ...
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What would it take to create Markdown support for Notes App? [duplicate]

I'm a heavy Notes user and I was wondering if it's at all possible to create limited markdown support for Notes app. For example, to create syntax highlighting for snippets like this. const(a, b) =>...
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Restoring iCloud Notes from local copy

I used Notes on three MacOS/iOS devices (iCloud synchronization enabled). Accidentally I removed iCloud data. There were about 1000 notes, part of them were with attachments. Apple support can’t help ...
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How do I remove an imported folder from Notes.app?

I accidentally imported my entire filesystem as a folder in the Notes app on MacOS 11.3.1. Obviously, this is now causing Notes to be largely unresponsive, and frequently crash. I do not have the ...
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Make Notes app copy text as plain text

Is there a way to have the Notes app on Mac copy text as plain text? I use Notes a lot but it copies text as rich text. This can causes problems when pasting text to certain apps that pick up on the ...
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Calendar + Notes app not syncing to iCloud

I have a fresh install of macOS Sonoma and am struggling to sync properly to my iCloud account (which I've only just registered). My calendar is split into 3 different ones, so that I can have ...
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Airdrop Text File From Mac To iPhone Issue

When I airdrop a text file from my Mac to my iPhone, the phone automatically opens the contents as a new Apple Note. Not sure why it started doing this. I used to get the pop up menu that allowed to ...
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Apple Notes: Moving a Quick Note into a folder always fails the first time

When trying to move a Quick Note into one of the other folders in Apple Notes, it never works the first time for me: first it appears to work as intended, but after a few seconds, the note just ...
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Restore iPhone Note from iCloud

On an iPhone with iOS 16, how does one restore a single note from iCloud? I need to recover the proper version of the note. (I did not delete the file. I edited it, and Notes doesn't seem to have an ...
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Has OCR functionality on scanned docs in Notes changed?

In iOS 17.0.3, on the Notes app, I’ve been using the scan document feature to keep a copy of a document, saving within the Note and then copying & pasting elsewhere. Today, OCR is not working. ...
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Link to a note in Apple Notes, from another note

In Apple Notes on the Mac, is it possible to reference a note from within another note (by way of hyperlink)? So, for example, if I had two notes: Thoughts about pastries Pastries are great. Truly ...
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Are there iOS apps for taking notes with Apple Pencil in color, grid, and with pages to print?

I am searching for an app, in which I can take notes during lectures. To be more specific I would like to find an app which extends the default notes app in the following ways: Creating a color ...
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How to retain the formatting of Apple Notes at export?

I want to export some notes as PDFs or any other type of text file to save them locally, but when I go to File -> Export as PDF... it shrinks down the note page width, meaning the lines of code and ...
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Apple Notes - quickly open multiple specific notes

Is there a way (Apple Shortcuts or other) to have a command that will launch the Notes app on macOS and open separate windows for multiple of your favorite notes? Use Case: I would like to have 3 ...
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How can I export and important Notes stored on Gmail?

My phone has crashed and reset. my latest backup if from 2019. the only data I have left from the past two years are the notes which are stored also in Gmail. I still didn't re-install the phone and ...
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Saving iPhone data storage by moving Notes to iCloud?

Can I save data storage space on my iPhone by moving Notes folders from On My iPhone to iCloud, if possible, how?
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Attaching images into Notes for iCloud Web

I use Apple's Notes app on my Mac, iPhone and iPad. At times, I need to log into Notes for iCloud via a Web browser (using another Mac, PC or Linux box) using the web application to access my notes ...
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Importing Notes from one mac to another?

I was making extensive use of Notes on a loaner laptop for work. I just got my permanent machine, and after updating from the backed up data on CrashPlan, I found my notes didn't make it over. I ...
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How to recover local Notes data from external backup (Time Machine)

I accidentally deleted my local Notes. I attempted to recover them from Time Machine backup but encountered an issue where Notes crashed after some seconds and my recovered notes were discarded after ...
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Move entire Notes.app database from iPhone to Windows PC?

I'd like to move the entire Notes.app database (all the notes, all the folders, all the file attachments inside the notes) from iPhone to Windows PC? I've scanned a lot of documents with my iPhone's ...
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macOS Sonoma (14.1) Native text apps - Mail, Notes and TextEdit - autocomplete in US English (I'm in the UK)

This issue affects all native text apps (Notes, TextEdit, and Mail). It does not affect Safari. Nor does it affect Notes and Mail on iPadOS (17.1) (that's still in the UK). Only autocorrect works in ...
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How to send Notes with formatting to a remote iPhone

I made a note on my iPhone with formatting. How can I send this to another iPhone user and preserve the formatting? AirDrop is not possible because they are not nearby. I tried saving the note to ...
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Importing Notes

As discussed in this question, How to export/backup Notes in macOS in one go, I exported the Notes data using Exporter. Now I can't find out the way to import those notes back to the Notes app. The ...
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Shared note folders not visible in icloud notes

As soon as one shares a folder in Apple's notes app, be it in the web version or in any of the apps, the folder vanishs from the web version. So the question is: How can one view shared folders on the ...
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Unable to sync internet account's notes

I'm trying to sync my personal notes to my work Mac but they do not appear as an option in the internet accounts menu. I've just installed Sonoma. Any ideas?
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Nones on new iPhone not syncing (all usual troubleshooting attempted)

Someone please help me with this issue! I bought a new iPhone SE 3rd generation a few weeks. I activated an eSIM on it yesterday. While playing around today, I realized that my Notes on this device ...
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App constantly needs to reload when I leave it and open it again, while other apps don't

I use DayOne app (https://dayoneapp.com/) for journaling on my iPhone 6s, and every time I leave the app and go back, even only after a few seconds, the app freezes and needs to reload, which ...
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Search in Apple Notes.app for MacOS does not work at all

Today I started using Apple Notes App and populated it with little over a dozen notes. Then I tried to find a note by searching for keywords. Search does not return any result for me. I tried to find ...
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Retrieving Notes data using time machine on external hard drive to a new laptop [duplicate]

I'd like some help pleases. I have a time machine backup of my old macbook air (purchased 2013) which is no longer operational. I have a new macbook air purchased 2022 and I would like to transfer ...
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Can I interact with Apple Notes app from the command line?

I use the current Notes app on my iOS devices. It syncs nicely to my desktop. However there I prefer to work on text files usually in the command line. Particularly I am looking for a way to export ...
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Automated to do list in shortcuts app

I have a note that has unchecked tick boxes (kinda like a to do list but in a note). I want to tick off one by one, let’s say for each second. The attached photo shows what kind of tick boxes i need ...
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How to tune Notes on OS X to use plain text or not to reformat quotes?

As technical guy, I do hate the markup support in Notes.app and I would prefer to be just a smart text one. Here is my wishlist: Use a different font, like a fixed width one Drop any font/color/...
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Apple Notes: Could someone help write a script for me that opens Notes.app, creates blank new note, opens note in sep window, bring to front?

The kind of shortcut I'm looking for is essentially: double-click an icon on right screen, launch "NEW NOTE", POP it to FRONT, so I can immediately begin typing or paste my selection into. I'...
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Ipad Air gets so hot in Notes app

My iPad Air 5th usually gets very hot while drawing in the Notes app with pencil. Is it normal and if any workaround? A related question here only has a very vague answer, from which it is still ...
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How to restore non-synced Exchange Notes on Ventura?

I am running macOS Ventura 13.4.1 (c) (22F770820d) on my work laptop. I have enabled my work Exchange account and am syncing Calendars, Notes, and Reminders. While troubleshooting a sync problem with ...
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Is it possible to add a horizontal line to apple notes on a mac?

On MacOS I see ways to enter checklists and tables but no way to enter a horizontal line. Is this possible to do?
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Why does the Notes application treat notes different in different iCloud accounts?

I have two separate iCloud accounts, with the Notes application (latest Mac OS) configured to use both iCloud accounts. Notes stored in my primary iCould account work as expected. But notes in the ...

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