{"id":45721,"date":"2024-11-08T16:29:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T21:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=45721"},"modified":"2024-11-18T15:41:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T20:41:35","slug":"lost-icloud-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/08\/lost-icloud-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost iCloud Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/11\/07\/iphone-notes-gone-deleted-apple-notes-app-heres-the-fix\/\">Benjamin Mayo<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/9to5mac.com\/2024\/11\/07\/iphone-notes-gone-deleted-apple-notes-app-heres-the-fix\/\">\n<p>Some iPhone users are reporting a scary bug with the Notes app on iPhone. After agreeing to new iCloud terms and conditions as prompted by the system, the Notes app appears to disconnect from iCloud and instead presents users with a screen of zero notes, as if all the user&rsquo;s notes have been deleted.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>For some people, it seems to be a temporary glitch that sorts itself out, and the notes appear quickly thereafter. For others, including myself, it did not fix itself. Thankfully, the proactive steps to fix it is simple and straightforward.<\/p>\n<p>[&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p>If this fix does not work for you, and the toggle was already on when you checked the iCloud Settings screen, you can also try turning the toggle off, turning it back on again and then rebooting the phone.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This seems to be an iCloud issue, not an iOS 18 issue.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openweb.com\/share\/2oaAaMQnsIeoDeabE8NSy6SClj9\">Pepe Waters<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.openweb.com\/share\/2oaAaMQnsIeoDeabE8NSy6SClj9\"><p>My notes were all deleted yesterday and so far have not been retrievable after trying absolutely everything recommended on the forums\/this article\/via customer support. Very upset at the lack of information as to how it&rsquo;s going to be fixed. It&rsquo;s been a long wasted day with no progress made. Glad to hear some people could get their notes back but hope it&rsquo;s not going to be washed over for the rest of us. Feeling extremely cautious and frustrated that it happened with no fix in sight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/10\/27\/bitten-by-the-black-box-of-icloud\/\">Bitten by the Black Box of iCloud<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/07\/apple-notes-and-icloud-syncing\/\">Apple Notes and iCloud Syncing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p id=\"lost-icloud-notes-update-2024-11-18\">Update (2024-11-18): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/11\/16\/apple-icloud-notes-support-document\/\">Joe Rossignol<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2024\/11\/16\/apple-icloud-notes-support-document\/\"><p>Apple has now indirectly acknowledged this issue in a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/121669\">new support document<\/a> that outlines steps to follow if your iCloud notes are not appearing on your iPhone, iPad, or Vision Pro.<\/p><p>Fortunately, the notes can be re-synced from iCloud. Apple&rsquo;s steps are pretty much identical to the ones we shared earlier this month[&#8230;]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@jsq\/113494197457456068\">Jesse Squires<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/mastodon.social\/@jsq\/113494197457456068\"><p>The biggest problem with Apple is that they pretend like widely reported bugs simply don&rsquo;t exist.<\/p><p>Maybe they should try not gaslighting their users and proactively acknowledge issues and provide workarounds or timelines for bug fixes?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schwarztech.net\/snippets\/if-you-dont-see-your-icloud-notes-in-the-notes-app\">Eric Schwarz<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/schwarztech.net\/snippets\/if-you-dont-see-your-icloud-notes-in-the-notes-app\">\n<p>I&rsquo;m somewhat surprised Apple can&rsquo;t automate this in a iOS point release (check and see if Notes aren&rsquo;t appearing and force a re-sync), although part of me wonders if that could potentially cause more problems.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Benjamin Mayo: Some iPhone users are reporting a scary bug with the Notes app on iPhone. 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