iCloud notes

You can store notes in iCloud so that you can view and edit them on all your devices as well as iCloud.com. Notes stored in iCloud appear under iCloud in the sidebar of the Notes app. If you don’t see iCloud in the sidebar, you need to sign in to iCloud and turn on the Notes feature in iCloud preferences.

If you see an Upgrade button next to iCloud in the sidebar of the Notes app, you haven’t upgraded your notes yet. This means that until you upgrade, you can’t apply paragraph styles or checklists, use the Attachments Browser or the Recently Deleted folder (for temporary storage of deleted items), lock your notes, or add people to notes.

If you upgrade your notes, you can view and edit them on other devices with OS X 10.11 or later or iOS 9 or later that are signed in to iCloud using the same Apple ID. You can’t access upgraded notes on devices with earlier versions of OS X or iOS. Also, any notes you create or edit on those devices won’t appear on devices with upgraded notes.

When you upgrade, most of the formatting in your notes stays the same. However, any notes with HTML formatting (notes you created by copying and pasting from a website) may look significantly different.

For more information, see iCloud Support.