Notes (El Capitan): See notes on all your devices

See notes on all your devices

When you create notes in iCloud or another Internet account, they appear automatically in the Notes app on your iOS devices and Mac computers where you use the same accounts. If you store notes only on your Mac, they don’t appear on your other devices.

If you’re using upgraded iCloud notes, your notes are only visible on devices that use OS X El Capitan or later or iOS 9 or later. You can’t access upgraded notes on devices with earlier versions of OS X or iOS. If you lock a note, it is only visible on devices with iOS 9.3 or later or OS X v10.11.4 or later. (On devices with earlier versions, you won’t see locked notes at all.)

You can view and edit all of your iCloud notes in an Internet browser on iCloud.com.

  1. Set up Internet accounts on your Mac. See Set up Notes accounts.

  2. Set up the same Internet accounts on your other Mac computers and your iOS devices. See the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch user guide for more details. For a device that doesn’t use the latest iOS version, get the user guide for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from the Apple Support manuals website.

    Now all notes stored in the accounts you set up are visible on all your devices.

Last Modified: May 3, 2016
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