Handwriting text with my Apple Pencil 1 on iPad Pro disappears in notes

After finishing handwriting with my apple pencil 1 on Ipad pro 2015 with the actual IpadOS I discovered the half of the text disappeared. I didn’t delete it myself. It happened the next day after writing & of course after switching on & off the notes app. What could it be & how can I fix it??


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Posted on May 26, 2023 02:09 PM

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Posted on Nov 14, 2023 03:04 PM

I may have a solution - this happened to me, an entire note disappeared after adding just one more line. Tried recreating the note, but every time I added a line, it was erased. I found this thread and read the bug is related to iCloud syncing. So, I found that I had the Notes app open on three devices: Mac, iPhone, iPad. I closed the apps on the Mac and iPhone and then tried to draw again on my iPad. It worked! It seems the conflict occurs when multiple devices are trying to sync to iCloud. So, just close Notes on other devices when recording a handwritten note on iPad. Hope this is useful.

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Nov 14, 2023 03:04 PM in response to Giliya

I may have a solution - this happened to me, an entire note disappeared after adding just one more line. Tried recreating the note, but every time I added a line, it was erased. I found this thread and read the bug is related to iCloud syncing. So, I found that I had the Notes app open on three devices: Mac, iPhone, iPad. I closed the apps on the Mac and iPhone and then tried to draw again on my iPad. It worked! It seems the conflict occurs when multiple devices are trying to sync to iCloud. So, just close Notes on other devices when recording a handwritten note on iPad. Hope this is useful.

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