Notes app is the actual app, named Notes, on both the iPhone and the Mac OS X. As some other answer states there is an app, called Stickies on the Mac OS X, and this question/answer is NOT about that. 'Sync the Notes app', means sync the content of the individual notes within the Notes app, not the app executable itself.
I recently wrote an article on, but when I was doing my research, it became clear to me that many users have trouble figuring out how to sync messages from iPhone to Mac. Even if you’ve been sending and receiving messages on Mac, it’s possible your iMessage suddenly stopped working. This problem with iMessage is a communication error between your devices. If you’re receiving messages on iPhone and separate messages on Mac or iPad, something has gone awry. However, we can pretty easily fix iMessage by going through the steps to sync iPhone and iPad as well as to sync iPhone to Mac. Here’s how to get iMessage on Mac, iPad, and iPhone. When iMessage isn’t syncing between your devices, it’s usually a communication issue in Apple’s Continuity feature.
This problem can be fixed by making sure your iPhone, iPad, and Mac have all enabled your phone number and emails as ways to send and receive messages. Setting that up, as well as making sure all your devices are using the same Apple ID, will allow you to sync text messages from iPhone to iPad and from iPhone to Mac.
Prepare iPhone to Sync Messages. On iPhone, open the Settings app.
Tap Messages. Select Send & Receive. At the top, you’ll see your Apple ID. Make a mental note of this, because you need to make sure you’re using the same one on iPad and Mac too.
Under 'You Can Be Reached By iMessage At' make sure you’ve checked your phone number and all the emails that you use for messages, including your Apple ID email. Under 'Start New Conversations From,' select your phone number, unless you have a strong preference for one of your email addresses.
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How to Sync Messages from iPhone to Mac. On Mac, open the Messages app; it will be in your Applications folder. If you’re not already logged in, Messages will prompt you to do so.
At the very top left of your display, click Messages on the Menu and choose Preferences. Select Accounts. Tap your iMessage account. Near the top, you’ll see your Apple ID. Make sure it’s the same as the Apple ID you're logged in with on your iPhone.
Under 'You can be reached for messages at' make sure you’ve checked your phone number and all the emails you use for messages, including your Apple ID email. Under 'Start new conversations from,' select the same thing (phone number or email) that you did on the iPhone. For example, I chose my phone number on iPhone, which means I’m also going to select my phone number on my Mac (and my iPad.) How to Sync iPhone & iPad Text Messages These steps are the same as the ones you took earlier on your iPhone, but now you'll make sure your iPad is synced. On the iPad, open the Settings app. Tap Messages. Select Send & Receive. At the top, find your Apple ID.
Make sure it matches the Apple ID on your iPhone and your Mac if you want your text messages to sync between all devices. We’re following the same process we did on the iPhone, so under 'You Can Be Reached By iMessage At,' check your phone number and the emails you use for iMessages, including your Apple ID email. Under 'Start New Conversations From,' select the same number or email that you chose on your iPhone and your Mac. After following these steps, you shouldn’t have any more problems with messages not syncing between devices. If it ever stops working again, you should be able to return to this article for a reminder on how to sync messages from your iPhone to your Mac or your iPhone to your iPad. Master your iPhone in one minute a day: to get our FREE Tip of the Day delivered right to your inbox.
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Simplenote is an easy way to keep notes, lists, ideas and more. Your notes stay in sync with all your devices for free. Share notes with other users to collaborate on a project together or to access the same list. The Simplenote experience is all about speed and efficiency. Open it, write some thoughts, and you’re done. As your collection of notes grows, you can search them instantly and keep them organized with tags and pins. Work with other people on the same note by sharing it and publish notes to the web for other people to see.
The best way to learn about Simplenote is to try it. You'll be asked to create an account. This allows your notes to be backed up online and synchronized automatically. After you sign up, try creating some notes!
Then go to simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices. Curdycoccopuffs, Can rest easy. I was depressed once, and I kept some notes in the notes app that comes on the iPhone.
I talked about how I was feeling, what I was thinking, as well specific events that happened. These notes were very valuable to me as they detailed my experience. I wanted to save them and be able to look back later in my life and review/ analyze what I had written during that difficult time. But one day, while trying to access my notes I discovered, to my horror, that the notes had disappeared! I still don’t know what happened and have found no way to retrieve them.
They are lost. Valuable details and memories I can’t get back. I looked around for a new note app that would guarantee the safety of my precious notes. I found that app in Simplenote!
My private notes are fingerprint and password protected. They are backed up and can be accessed from any of my devices! The app has a cool feature that saves not just the current note, but also the original version of the note and all versions following! I feel assured knowing my notes are safe with simplenote! Curdycoccopuffs, Can rest easy. I was depressed once, and I kept some notes in the notes app that comes on the iPhone. I talked about how I was feeling, what I was thinking, as well specific events that happened.
These notes were very valuable to me as they detailed my experience. I wanted to save them and be able to look back later in my life and review/ analyze what I had written during that difficult time. But one day, while trying to access my notes I discovered, to my horror, that the notes had disappeared! I still don’t know what happened and have found no way to retrieve them. They are lost. Valuable details and memories I can’t get back. I looked around for a new note app that would guarantee the safety of my precious notes.
I found that app in Simplenote! My private notes are fingerprint and password protected. They are backed up and can be accessed from any of my devices! The app has a cool feature that saves not just the current note, but also the original version of the note and all versions following! I feel assured knowing my notes are safe with simplenote!
Floipoid, The best app on my phone This is literally the best app on my phone. That is saying a lot, but this app just gets me. It is just so common sense with its functionality and lack of stupid extra bs, and it just works the way it's supposed to. It's free, your notes are safely stored including old versions of notes saved, and it syncs between devices. There's a version for every os including desktop os's. It's got some other useful functions I don't use like the ability to share a note with collaborators and writing in markup or something, but I can't comment on them because I haven't used them. I bet they work great though.
This is probably the least buggy app I've ever used too. It's lack of stupid extra bs means it just works right. Download it right now.
It's a strict upgrade from your dumb default notes app, there are no downsides to replacing it with this. The simple fact that if you ever accidentally delete a note you can just look at the saved history version is all the reason you need, and is the reason I sought this app out in the first place. Just DO IT!!!!!!!!!!! Floipoid, The best app on my phone This is literally the best app on my phone. That is saying a lot, but this app just gets me.
It is just so common sense with its functionality and lack of stupid extra bs, and it just works the way it's supposed to. It's free, your notes are safely stored including old versions of notes saved, and it syncs between devices. There's a version for every os including desktop os's. It's got some other useful functions I don't use like the ability to share a note with collaborators and writing in markup or something, but I can't comment on them because I haven't used them. I bet they work great though. This is probably the least buggy app I've ever used too.
It's lack of stupid extra bs means it just works right. Download it right now. It's a strict upgrade from your dumb default notes app, there are no downsides to replacing it with this. The simple fact that if you ever accidentally delete a note you can just look at the saved history version is all the reason you need, and is the reason I sought this app out in the first place. Just DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!