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iCloud Notes will not save. Windows 11 device New problem

Changes/updates to items in iCloud Notes will no longer save. "Saving..." displayed indefinitely at upper right-hand of screen. Windows 11 device. New problem. Thanks in advance!


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Posted on Mar 18, 2024 4:51 AM

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Posted on Mar 21, 2024 9:44 AM

That sounds like Apple support is using typical pass the buck excuses. I do not use Norton and the problem just happened a few weeks ago. There were no other changes to my PC whatsoever. The problem is with the notes application on the PC. until Apple admits or realizes, something is broken this product is unusable

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Apr 11, 2024 2:52 PM in response to CurtComer24

I'm having the same issue on Windows 11 with both Microsoft Edge & Firefox browsers. So I suspect this is an Apple bug rather than a Windows issue. This is a problem for me as I am constantly updating shared notes. I suspect Apple aren't that interested in supporting Windows so this could take a long time to be resolved.


I don't want to try the workarounds suggested here (copying the note contents, deleting the note, creating a new one and pasting in the old content) as that means the note has to be reshared and will break things if anyone else is editing it at the same time.


Are there any good third party products that allow shared notes on iphone/windows/web?



Apr 30, 2024 7:17 AM in response to CurtComer24

I've been having the same (or very similar) issue for a couple weeks, and I think this is intentional throttling by the backend system.

Each day I am able to get a single small edit to save; it's the first thing I do and is usually just changing a date but I tested and was able to get a single word to save. After that nothing saves. I think Apple's intent is to enforce Notes usage from the app, and have the web only for convenience. Since I've used the web version almost exclusively for months, I think I'm being throttled.

May 9, 2024 9:11 AM in response to arielh

Copying my old note and pasting it into a new note worked for me. It was an old ongoing list that I've been editing for a long time. The new, freshly pasted list is now working for me, even though it's just as long as the old one. I tried it again with another list and that one seems to be working too ...so far.


I wonder if it's simply a problem of too much cached data?

Jun 5, 2024 1:28 AM in response to CurtComer24

Same issue here. I have two notes that randomly won't save and I lose whatever updates I've created. It seems to be when I'm using notes via chrome on Windows. I've been using both notes since the start of the year and it's just recently started happening.

I have no idea what is happening with Apple at the moment but along with issues on my apple watch ultra , nothing feels very solid. What happened to "It just works"?

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