notes on my iphone
November 2, 2008 4:30 PM Subscribe
transfer of notes on iphone
I upgrades my firmware and I lost my notes. Gratefully I emailed all my notes to myself in case this were to happen. Now I have the notes on my email. Is there a way to transfer them back as notes on my iphone w/o retyping all of them? I'm pretty desperate- help!:)
I upgrades my firmware and I lost my notes. Gratefully I emailed all my notes to myself in case this were to happen. Now I have the notes on my email. Is there a way to transfer them back as notes on my iphone w/o retyping all of them? I'm pretty desperate- help!:)
Note that I don't have any relationship with the developer of Evernote. It's just that it is free (for most usage purposes) and it has desktop clients, so that you can create notes on your computer. Apple's iPhone Notes.app is pretty weak — as you're finding out — and I recommend avoiding its use whenever possible.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:45 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:45 PM on November 2, 2008
I'd go with Evernote. I've been using the free version for a while, and it's solid.
posted by wheat at 5:00 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by wheat at 5:00 PM on November 2, 2008
With Evernote I couldn't get past the fact that they store everything on the server and you have to connect every time you run the app and access an item. Have they changed that yet to allow you to store stuff on the phone?
posted by DefendBrooklyn at 5:11 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by DefendBrooklyn at 5:11 PM on November 2, 2008
Using Evernote here as well. Not thrilled about using the server as storage either, but the app does seem to work well.
posted by -t at 5:20 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by -t at 5:20 PM on November 2, 2008
+1 Evernote. The latest release allows for storage of "favorite" notes directly on the iPhone.
posted by stp123 at 6:00 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by stp123 at 6:00 PM on November 2, 2008
PhoneView may do the trick.
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
Good luck ;]
posted by gaiamark at 6:24 PM on November 2, 2008
http://www.ecamm.com/mac/phoneview/
Good luck ;]
posted by gaiamark at 6:24 PM on November 2, 2008
Sorry. I should add that PhoneView appears to be Mac only.
posted by gaiamark at 6:26 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by gaiamark at 6:26 PM on November 2, 2008
Another Evernote user here. It's got its flaws, but it's free and will work on a desktop client and on the iPhone. You can also use Evernote to store photos and even scanned (handwritten, even!) documents. The text of those documents is supposed to be searchable, but YMMV on that feature.
posted by heathergirl at 7:58 PM on November 2, 2008
posted by heathergirl at 7:58 PM on November 2, 2008
Another vote for Evernote here. They just added offline support that allows locally stored notes, which was the one major downside. I haven't had any luck with the OCR features working as promised, but it's a minor downside for an otherwise great (and free) service.
posted by mister barnacles at 8:02 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by mister barnacles at 8:02 AM on November 3, 2008
@DefendBrooklyn I believe that all the client versions (iPhone/iPod touch included) cache locally.
posted by wheat at 9:31 AM on November 3, 2008
posted by wheat at 9:31 AM on November 3, 2008
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posted by Blazecock Pileon at 4:43 PM on November 2, 2008