"CONFLICTING CHANNELS" MESSAGE

[KAPUNA 2]

I now find a listing in the NOTEBOOKS column, on the left, labeled "Conflicting Channels" containing three of my notes. In trying to clean it up I get the message that all three files will be permanetly delected if I follow through with the deletion.

 

Would appreciate any assistance you folks can provide.

 

Just Plain Bill

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Conflicting Comments/ Changes is a notebook that Evernote creates for itself to hold additional copies of an existing note if it can't tell which copy is the most recent.  Search for the note in List view (sorted by Title) and you should find that there are two copies - one in the notebook you would expect,  and the other in Conflicting Changes.  Decide which note is the most recent,  move the note (if necessary) to the right notebook,  and delete the other.

 

Evernote may be telling you that notes will be 'permanently' deleted as part of its standard "are you sure?" check before moving those files to the Trash notebook,  or they may be too large and will be completely removed if you go through with deletion.  Make sure that you're happy with the differences between duplicated notes before you delete one.

 

This can happen forinstance if you're logged into Evernote from two devices,  or you've shared the note with someone else and they're editing the contents.  Evernote recognises that there have been changes from two potentially different authors,  and doesn't know which to accept.  It will save both and ask you to make an executive decision which one to keep.

 

Something similar can also happen if your internet connection is erratic - you save changes,  but they may appear to be from different devices if there's a broken connection in between.  Evernote will play safe and save them both.

 

(Note:  In Evernote for Mac conflicting content is appended to an existing note rather than being sent to a dfferent notebook.)

 

See https://evernote.com/contact/support/kb/#!/article/23275623

[KAPUNA 2]

Many thanks for your detailed explanation!

 

Just Plain Bill