Hello Eric,
I was suggesting the Simplenote app as an alternative to the default
Notes app for the iPhone. However, you should be able to sync Notes
when you connect your iPhone to your Mac or PC through iTunes. For
Mac users, this is done through the Notes capability of Apple Mail.
In your Mail app, you could bring up item chooser menu (VO-I), find
the "Note" button in the tool bar, and press it (VO-Space) to create a
new note, or you could simply use the shortcut keys Control-Command-N
to create a new note. The sidebar of Mail lets you navigate to and
select "Reminders", as well as "Mailboxes", and the Notes show up
under this category. I believe this only syncs with your iPhone if
you have that box option checked on the "Info" tab for your device
when it's connected. Also, your notes changes on your iPhone won't be
updated to change the same note under the Notes category of Mail
unless you you have this configured in the additional Advanced options
category of the "Info" tab when your iPhone is connected. I haven't
tried this myself, so I don't know that these statements are accurate.
This process is also different if you have a MobileMe account, and
have set up your iPhone to sync Notes in your MobileMe preferences
pane. In that case, your Notes will sync without a USB connection.
This is getting beyond my scope of knowledge or experimentation. I
usually use the default Notes app on the iPod Touch without syncing.
If I want the content on my Mac, I'll copy and paste it into
Simplenote, then access it through Notational Velocity.
The limitations of the default Notes app are: (1) unless you have a
MobileMe account, and have also configured it to sync Notes, you can
only update Notes between your computer and your iPhone or iPod Touch
when you connect your device via USB cable to iTunes. Even then, you
must have the boxes checked on the Info tab. Your amended notes won't
be sent back to the Mail app unless you also configure this in the
Advanced options of the Info tab. (2) If you are a Windows user, you
won't be able to sync your notes between your iPhone/iPod Touch and
your computer at all unless you have bought Office. (3) version
update issues have to be separately handled.
The free Simplenote app by Codality works extremely well, and provides
a searchable interface either through a web account or through a
desktop client. Notational Velocity also supports tags, for faster
searching/sorting. This will be updated in upcoming versions of
Simplenote. In addition, your versions are kept updated and current
from all access points: the iPhone app, your desktop client, and the
web Simplenote interface. Again, the most detailed discussions about
this app have been on the mac-access list, but this should get you
started.
To learn more about using Notes under Mail, the best guide I've read
is the Take Control series, "Take Control of Apple Mail in Leopard":
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/leopard-apple-mail
A new version should be coming out for Snow Leopard soon.
You can read up on syncing Notes in the accessible HTML version of the
iPhone user's guide. Here's the link to the section on "Notes":
http://help.apple.com/iphone/3/voiceover/en/iphdd3a93c0.html
Full guide is at:
http://help.apple.com/iphone/voiceover/
I don't guarantee that any of the above description about syncing
Notes is completely correct, since I'm not using this method myself.
Cheers,
Esther
On 15 Apr 2010, at 16:31, eric wrote:
Another question about using Notes. Where on my Mac can I type a note
then have it sink to my notes application on my iPhone? I'm asking
about the Notes Application that comes with the phone. Tips
appreciated.
Eric>
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