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Re: Sub-folder Notes?

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On 19 Jul 2020 at 21:07:13 BST, "Martin S Taylor"
<correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> wrote:

> On Jul 13, 2020, Mark wrote
> (in article <rehgr7$1ip2$1@gioia.aioe.org>):
> 
>> I just tried again... created a new note in that same sub-folder on
>> iPhone and it immediatley synced to the desktop - yay!
>> 
>> Then I amended the note that wasn't showing (in that same sub-folder)
>> to see if that would nudge it into action... saw the spinny sync thing
>> start and thought maybe... Except - poof! The note vanished from the
>> iPhone as well. Not ideal.
>> 
>> 10.14.6/13.5.1 here. Will mess around with it again later.
> 
> I have to say I really dislike Notes. A slight mis-correction of an important 
> phone number, and the mistake is replicated to all your devices. That's 
> expected, normal, and unavoidable with any sensible note-taking app.
> 
> What is ridiculous is that there's no straightforward way to recover the old 
> version from a backup. Yes, I can restore my iPhone from its backup (though I 
> have to be careful it doesn't immediately re-sync the incorrect phone 
> number).
> 
> And I could restore on my desktop if I could remember where Notes kept all 
> its data. Why can't Time Machine work with Notes the way it works with Mail 
> or Pages and allow me to restore from within the app? That would allow me to 
> restore just one Note instead of the whole database.
> 
> {\rant}

Totally agree, it's ridiculous. You've reminded me to submit another feature
request to Apple for it, as I have on most major OS versions.

	Cheers - Jaimie
-- 
Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random 
digits is, of course, in a state of sin.  -- John von Neumann

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Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-11 21:26 +0100
  Re: Sub-folder Notes? Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-07-13 12:19 +0100
    Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-13 12:34 +0100
      Re: Sub-folder Notes? Martin S Taylor <correspondence@mRaErMtOiVnEsTtHaIySlor.com> - 2020-07-19 21:07 +0100
        Re: Sub-folder Notes? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 20:35 +0000
          Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-19 22:20 +0000
            Re: Sub-folder Notes? Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@usually.sessile.org> - 2020-07-19 23:17 +0000
              Re: Sub-folder Notes? John McWilliams <jpmcw@comcast.net> - 2020-07-19 20:25 -0700
                Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-20 10:21 +0100
                Re: Sub-folder Notes? Mark <captain.black@gmail.com> - 2020-07-20 10:24 +0100

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