I too have occasionally lost Apple notes due to what I've imagined must be cloud sync issues.
Whatever the cause, sometimes notes disappear and that is unforgivable.
If I cannot trust that something I store in a note won't ever disappear, unless I explicitly delete it, then I cannot trust the system period, and thus cannot use it.
I can't tell you how many times or how often it's happened. I think I must be on the third or fourth re-creation of my "Restaurants" list in the last couple of years, and that's just the one that comes to mind easiest.
Really disappointing that they couldn't get that right.
Re:Tired of note-taking apps
by hajimemash on Monday July 20, 2020 @01:32AM
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This delete issue happened to me as recently as 2 months back and I lost a year-long running note.
Edits also sometimes result in a bunch of duplicated notes.
Why?
Because several times now I've lost notes due to Apple's cloud "sync." On a few occasions, the note turned up in the trash (with no action on my part) or simply disappeared.
Putting aside the spontaneous deletes, one thing that seems to more frequently push things into the trash is editing the same note on more than once device - the handling of this on the icloud backend appears to be "hell, just delete it."
edit: I should note that this spontaneous delete thing was more common a year ago, but then again, I've dramatically reduced the number of notes I maintain, now down to like 30 or so as opposed to the hundred+ I used to keep.