Syncing between Mac App and iPhone App DELETES changes! Help!

[letah 0]

Hi,

 

I've been testing how syncing works after realizing some of my data was lost.

 

So I go to my Mac app, make a change to an existing not. Sync up. Close the note. Then synch up. 

 

Next I go to my iphone App. I can see the edited name of the note in the list. 

 

I open the note. 

 

I close the note. 

 

It syncs.

 

Now I go back to my Mac app, sync. And the old note appears, not the new note.

 

When I go back to the iphone, I can see it update and change the name of the note back to the old name.

 

What's going on here? It seems to me that it should never lose data.

 

I am a recent user (exported from Springpad). This never happened in Springpad. All changes were uploaded immediately and the most recent change always won out.

 

Help Please! I'm afraid to use Evernote!

 

Letah

[JMichaelTX 4,117]

I think the problem occurred because you did NOT immediately sync the EN iPhone BEFORE viewing/editing anything.

 

I have developed a habit that helps me avoid 99% of sync issues:

1. Manually sync, and sync often.  Don't rely on the autosync.
2. Always manually sync after:
   1. Entry/Edit of an important Note
   2. The end of each session
   3. The end of each day
   4. You're finished with one device, and want to switch to another device
   5. You first start using another device
3. For important work, view the Notes on the other device to make sure all Notes are sync'd
4. Backup important and hard-to-replace Notes. Go to File > Export to export as an ENEX archive file.
5. Make sure you have an active, frequent Backup system always running (at least once a day, hourly if possible)
   1. I use Time Machine on the Mac for hourly backups of changes
   2. A lot of people use the online backups like Carbonite and CrashPlan

I know it may sound/look like a lot of work, but once you get into the habit of doing this stuff, it becomes automatic, second nature.