Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that
may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that
may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that
may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and
sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and >> opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as >> much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a >> newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and
sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and >>> opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as >>> much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a >>> newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and
sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and >>> opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as >>> much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a >>> newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
On 3 Aug 2025 at 18:05:48 BST, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and >>>> sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and
opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have >>>> this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as
much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a
newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are >> still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
Tried a reboot? It's not often that it helps, but...
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and
sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting >>> and opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have
this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't
do as much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to
getting a newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
On 3 Aug 2025 at 18:05:48 BST, "Chris" <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and >>>> sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting and
opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have >>>> this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't do as
much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to getting a
newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are >> still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
Tried a reboot? It's not often that it helps, but...
On 03/08/2025 18:05, Chris wrote:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and >>>> sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting >>>> and opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine.
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have >>>> this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't >>>> do as much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to
getting a newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are >> still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
Another possibility is simply too many or too many complex notes Files.
Some people have reported that organising their Notes files into
sub-folders helps with various speed (and crashing) issues in Notes.
For example: <https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/notes-app-has-keyboard-lag-but-no-other-apps-do.2388016/>
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 03/08/2025 18:05, Chris wrote:
Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
On 01/08/2025 16:56, Chris wrote:
Sorry for cross-posting to UCSM, but there's lots of expertise there that >>>>> may not be in the ipad ng.
I've over 1600 mostly hand written notes saved to my ipad (9th gen) and >>>>> sync'd with icloud. The ipad is being quite unresponsive with selecting >>>>> and opening any new notes. Like 4-5 second lag. Once open it's fine. >>>>>
In all other respects the ipad is great.
Is this an icloud, ipad, internet or other issue? Does anyone else have >>>>> this many or more notes on their ipad?
On my Mac (M2 MBP), I've no issues in terms of performance, but can't >>>>> do as much with the notes as I can on the ipad.
The ipad has done me well over the last three years so am open to
getting a newer one if it's a hardware issue as I use it daily.
Sounds like it is possibly the notes are not actually stored on the
iPad, so have to be re-downloaded from the iCloud servers before
opening each time.
That's a good thought. Turning off wifi makes no difference. The notes are >>> still all there, but the lag is still the same.
So not a download lag.
Another possibility is simply too many or too many complex notes Files.
Some people have reported that organising their Notes files into
sub-folders helps with various speed (and crashing) issues in Notes.
For example:
<https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/notes-app-has-keyboard-lag-but-no-other-apps-do.2388016/>
That's a good find. I'll try that.
Is there an alternative Notes app I can try that allows tagging notes to multiple topics?
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there an alternative Notes app I can try that allows tagging notes to
multiple topics?
Mrs B uses Evernote which seems to support tags but I’ve not checked that out personally.
<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/39651699994003-Tags-overview>
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there an alternative Notes app I can try that allows tagging notes to >>> multiple topics?
Mrs B uses Evernote which seems to support tags but I’ve not checked that >> out personally.
<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/39651699994003-Tags-overview> >>
Does it do handwriting?
On 2025-08-09, Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Alan B <alanrichardbarker@gmail.com.invalid> wrote:
Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> wrote:
Is there an alternative Notes app I can try that allows tagging notes to >>>> multiple topics?
Mrs B uses Evernote which seems to support tags but I’ve not checked that >>> out personally.
<https://help.evernote.com/hc/en-us/articles/39651699994003-Tags-overview> >>>
Does it do handwriting?
Short answer: dunno.
But we found this on the user forum:
<https://discussion.evernote.com/forums/topic/141176-ipad-and-writing-notes-by-hand/>
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