How to back up notes to icloud

Seems like an easy task, doesn’t it? Well, Apple is known for making easy things more complicated than they deserve to be. And this is one of them. So, if you are about to save iPhone notes to iCloud, simply syncing them with iCloud would not be enough. The notes created before synchronization will stay saved only on the device, while all the new ones created after synchronization will be saved to your iCloud account. What? Yup, you’ve read that right!

Below are the steps to manually back up notes to iCloud.

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If you want to copy notes from iPhone to iCloud, enabling iCloud Notes Sync will only push newly-created iPhone notes to the iCloud account. The iPhone notes created prior to enabling iCloud Sync, remain stored locally on the iPhone under an account called “On My iPhone”, or just under account “Notes” in the latest iOS versions. If you have an iPad, they will be under “On My iPad”.

To access the “On My iPhone” notes account, simply open the Notes app and tap on “Notes” under “On My iPhone”.


Backup notes to iCloud

The best way to transfer “On My iPhone” notes to iCloud is by using CopyTrans Contacts.

  1. Download the program and install it:
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  2. Run CopyTrans Contacts and connect the iPhone to the PC.

  3. First, you need to set up a connection your iCloud account within the program. To do so, from the main program window, navigate to More > Cloud setup:

    How to back up notes to icloud

  4. Click + New connection and then click iCloud:

    How to back up notes to icloud

  5. Next, enter your iCloud account credentials, check the box next to Notes and click Add account.

    NOTE: We care about your online safety: your credentials go directly to Apple through a secure SSL connection.

    How to back up notes to icloud

  6. Close the Cloud setup window. From the main program window, click the Notes icon on the left. You will see both the local iPhone notes saved within the “On My iPhone” account and the notes from your iCloud account. The iCloud notes are marked by a small cloud icon:

    How to back up notes to icloud

  7. Now select a local iPhone note, right-click and choose Move to… or Copy to…. Finally, choose your iCloud account. In my case, it appears simply as iCloud account.

    How to back up notes to icloud

  8. The selected local iPhone notes are now transferred to iCloud. This is indicated by the small cloud icon which appears next to each of the respective notes:

    How to back up notes to icloud

  9. You can verify that the local iPhone notes were moved to iCloud by logging in to iCloud and navigating to the Notes section:

    How to back up notes to icloud

  10. And you are done! Great job! That is how to move notes from iPhone to iCloud.

    How to back up notes to icloud

Advantages of CopyTrans Contacts:

✔️ Manage iPhone and iCloud notes;
✔️ Move ALL notes to iCloud;
✔️ Work with notes’ pictures and attachments;
✔️ Move notes from Outlook or Google to the cloud;
✔️ Save iPhone contacts to PC in a few clicks;
✔️ Manage all iPhone, iCloud, Outlook and Gmail contacts;
✔️ Transfer iPhone messages to PC in different formats.
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Do Notes get backed up on iCloud?

Here's what iCloud Backup includes Your iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch backups only include information and settings stored on your device. They do not include information already stored in iCloud such as Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, Notes, Reminders, Voice Memos4, Messages in iCloud, iCloud Photos, and shared photos.

How do I save my Notes to iCloud?

Here's how to transfer iPhone Notes to Android using Smart Switch via iCloud:.
Sync your iPhone notes with iCloud. ... .
Grab your Samsung Galaxy and download the Smart Switch app from the Google Play Store..
Launch Smart Switch and select "Receive Data"..
Tap "iPhone/iPad", then "Get data from iCloud instead"..

Can you copy all Notes from iPhone to iCloud?

On your iPhone, open Settings > [your name] > iCloud. Toggle Notes to On. Your notes will upload to iCloud. Sign in to iCloud on another device to access your notes.

How do I backup my Notes from my iPhone?

Backup Using iCloud.
Tap the "Settings" app, and select "iCloud.".
Enter your information into the Apple ID and Password fields. ... .
Set the "Notes" toggle switch to the "On" position..
Tap "Documents & Data," and set the "Documents & Data" toggle switch to the "On" position..
Tap the "iCloud" button..