This is the exact use case that now has been broken for me, and hence the original question of how to sync faster. I use Getting Things Done and have a single Capture note for thoughts. If I’m on my laptop, I capture thoughts in that GTD note in the Mac client. If I’m out and about, I capture thoughts in that same GTD note in the iOS client.
This used to work fine when it was easy to just click “Sync” every time. But now with the new Mac version there is no sync button at all. On iOS you have to go through the multi step process of hamburger menu > Notes > Swipe down. So conflicts get generated, notes end up in “View only state”, things get lost. It’s infuriating.
I don’t understand why they got rid of manual sync functionality for the people who wanted it. As I said, I’ve been a paid EN user for 10 years, but the world has changed. The user expectation for note taking now in 2021, whether it’s Google docs, Notion, or quip, is that syncing is instant. If EN can’t deliver instant because of their infrastructure, fine, but then why not give control to us to click sync? Why actively take it away?
It sounds like the answer to my question is: there are workaround to sync like force quit and open, but generally, no, there is no way to sync faster.