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Why do my Math Notes stop updating dynamically on my iPhone?

I created a Math Note for work that only included the basic formulas. Everything worked great considering it was my first venture into Math Notes.


After I was satisfied with everything, I attempted to “pretty it up” by adding headers for the different sections. Namely, “Input”, “Calculations” and “Results”. This also worked well especially after I discovered that you can collapse headers.


I ran into problems during subsequent cleanup runs that caused the equations and result to become static. They would no longer update dynamically as you changed the inputs. 😔


I’m assuming this is a bug of sorts but after several formula rewrites, I found a quick solution for existing (once working) formulas. Within the Math Note, you can Select All, Cut and then Paste it back in. It maintains all of the formatting (Title, Headings, etc) that initially broke it but the new Pasted stuff will work dynamically again! 🪄


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iPhone 14 Pro Max

Posted on Oct 22, 2024 5:03 PM

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Nov 3, 2024 1:56 PM in response to hippazoid_mac

Hi, I noticed the exact same problem, results no longer update. I thought I noticed this worked all the time for me in 15.0.1 but after I updated to 15.1 it was broken. I could be wrong about the cause but the results are the same.

I was very useful to be able to change just one value and see the results of that single change, change multiple results, now that’s stopped being dynamic it’s really annoying because it was so useful.

My formulas are not fixed though by copying and pasting.


Nov 4, 2024 8:06 AM in response to hippazoid_mac

Okay, I think I have found the bug causing the problem.


If I add a link into the note to another note it breaks the update of the calculations in that note.


With a link in the note the calculations no longer update, I then removed the link, deleted the answers, re-entered them by typing = and the calculations were able to dynamically update again.


This is a repeatable bug on my setup with macOS Sequoia 15.1 on a M3 MacBook Air

Why do my Math Notes stop updating dynamically on my iPhone?

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