Learn why random notes are appearing in your iPhone’s Notes app and explore steps to address software glitches, syncing issues, and security.
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How to Open a Document From iOS 17 Notes in Pages
Thanks to iOS 17, users can now open a document from Notes in Pages: here’s how you can do it in just a few simple steps.
How to Scan a Document with iPhone or iPad Using the Notes App
Apple brought a scanning tool to the Notes app in 2017. This guide shows how to scan a document with your iPhone using the Notes app.
Apple Notes has Grown Up
Dr. Mac has ditched Evernote Premium for Apple Notes and saved a pretty penny.
Notability Launches Feel Good Journal for Mental Health Month
May is Mental Health Month, and writing app Notability released a Feel Good Journal in the Notability Shop. It’s free to all users, providing zen doodling, self-care bingo, habit tracking, journal prompts, intention setting, and coloring. It includes motivating trackers, calming exercises, and grounding reminders to help you feel your best. Features include: Trackers: Set goals for the year, find daily gratitudes, acknowledge yourself, start new healthy habits, and even track the songs that add a skip in your step; Activities: Including coloring and completing a maze; Reminders: The journal also includes inspiring quotes to keep you motivated, and doodle and note pages so you can keep track — in your own way— of what made you feel good that day.
Notes and Evernote – TMO Daily Observations 2020-03-02
Bob “Dr Mac” LeVitus chats with host Kelly Guimont about Apple’s Notes app, how it has evolved, and if it’s an alternative to Evernote.
Apple Notes May Be Better Than Ever(note)
Dr. Mac’s been playing with Apple Notes lately and he thinks it might finally be mature enough to replace Evernote Premium in his workflow (which will save him $70 next year).
How to Move Notes Between Accounts
If you’ve got notes synced through several different accounts (such as through both iCloud and Google), then you might want to organize everything and move it all into one account instead. In today’s Quick Tip, Melissa Holt’s going to tell us how to get messy notes all cleaned up!
How to Restore Notes from a Time Machine Backup
Lost some notes out of the Mac’s default Notes app? Never fear—as long as you have a backup! In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll go over how to recover your database from Time Machine, but there are a lot of caveats. A lot. Pay attention to the warnings before you get started!
macOS: Importing Stickies (And Evernote!) into Notes
If you’re using Stickies—or Evernote, for that matter—you should know that there’s a way to import the data into Apple’s Notes program, so if you’d like to move your stuff into that app instead, you can! In today’s Quick Tip, we’ll explore the options for importing and exporting between those applications.
iOS 11: How to Make New Notes from Your iPad Pro Lock Screen
If you have an iPad Pro and Apple Pencil and want to quickly jot a note you don’t need to unlock your tablet first.
Data Forensics Company Recovers Notes Data Apple Claims is Deleted
Files deleted from Apple’s Notes app shouldn’t be recoverable after 30 days, but the security and data forensics company Elcomsoft found they could access records that were deleted months—or even more than a year—ago. That sounds pretty bad, but recovering those files requires some pretty specific elements, including knowing your iCloud login and password.