Iām still working to resolve the issue. After hours on the phone with a senior engineer and reinstalling Ventura on the MBP and not installing any third party apps, Notes is still not syncing from the MBP to iCloud. Notes on the iOS devices sync fine.
Eventually, this will get fixed.
Even when fixed, the questions Iām confronted with are, āhow much more time and how often do I want to contend with this in the future? Is it time to seriously and āonce and for allā abandon Apple Notes and move to plain text or an app using the Json file format?ā
Iāll always be subconsciously leery that syncing will stop working again in the future. This is at least the third time in five years that Iāve spent hours dealing with Apple Note syncing issues.
I need to have my notes and task manager linked (though Iām willing to use a modified system where tasks without dates could reside in project or meeting notes. Iād have to learn a new workflow and habits. Iām willing if it would work for me.
For context, I have ~35 projects in Reminders with corresponding notes in Apple Notes. Most of these projects have 5-12 tasks associated with them; some have more.
An example of my typical workflow is to be in a meeting (usually related to a project of some sort), taking notes that contain follow-up tasks for me or for those to whom I will delegate them. In Notes, I share the note to Reminders and then add the task details so I know what I need to follow-up on. When experimenting with Craft+OF, I could ātransferā the note from Craft to OF and the tasks and their subtasks would be sent to OF with a callback link to the corresponding Craft note. This also works with Craft+Things.
I often have a PDF or other document(s) embedded in the meeting note for reference, for example, a PDF of an Excel spreadsheet with five year projections from my CFO.
If I were you reading the above, Iād ask, āthen why not just use Craft and OF?ā Answer, I certainly can. It is just an expensive option over the long-term, but perhaps less costly than the time Iām losing and dealing with the frustration.
My earnest question is based on the above workflow description and your expertise and experience.
If you were in thy shoes, what would you do? Stick it out with AN and Reminders hoping syncing is fixed and stays fixed? Move on to other apps? If the latter, what combination of note app and task manager would you use?
Though I donāt like the idea, Iām willing to pay a subscription. My time and peace of mind are worth something and right now Iāve been paying a high price for an app that is not consistently reliable.
If Iām going to change, now is a good time while Iām on holiday.
Addendum: Based on my experience and reading this forum, my most likely note taking + task manager contenders are, in no particular order (Iām ruling out Evernote and OneNote0:
Craft
NotePlan
Obsidian
DevonTHINK
Agenda
Reminders
Things
OmniFocus
The key for me is efficiently connecting my notes and tasks and being able to seamlessly get emails into a my task manager.
Advice?