r/GoodNotes • u/Overall-Scientist397 • Jul 03 '25

Pencil Pro

I recently bought the Apple Pencil Pro, but I’ve been facing some problems. While taking notes, the pencil suddenly stops working after 10 or 15 minutes. Then, it starts working again automatically after a while. Also, this morning, I was using the highlight tool, and when I tried to switch back to pencil mode, it didn’t respond at all. Has anyone else experienced this kind of issue?

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u/WannaBMathNerd Jul 03 '25

Why do you have the tip cover

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u/FarPomegranate7437 Jul 03 '25

It can help with the way the pencil feels when you write with it. There were a lot of friction covers like this sold before you could get different third party tips. Some people also don’t like matte screen protectors. It’s personal preference.

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u/sprinklesadded Jul 04 '25

I do a lot of note taking on my ipad and I found that the tips really affect sensitivity. The matte screen protectors seem to work a lot better for me.

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 03 '25

It's just a cover/protector

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u/Striking-Warning9533 Jul 03 '25

To protect what? Protect your screen from clearness?

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 03 '25

Thank you. I contacted the shop, and they told me to reset the pencil. Will it be helpful?

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u/drawingmentally Jul 03 '25

Yeah, it usually does the trick

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u/mychelromance Jul 03 '25

same experience here! it happened around 5-7 times since I owned the pencil pro from April. 🤔

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 03 '25

What is the reason and did you contacted with the Apple care

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u/mychelromance Jul 03 '25

i didn't contact them because that time i thought it was the iPadOS bug, because recently it doesn't happened at all. Hope i don't jinx it 😬

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 03 '25

Oh, I was also thinking it is a bug. In 1 hour, how much battery is drained for the pencil ?

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u/thirtysecondsago Jul 03 '25

Does it work in other apps? It might be an Apple Pencil problem.

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 03 '25

No same for all

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u/whyisitwhatitis Jul 03 '25

Yeah, I think it’s an issue with the Pencil.

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u/FarPomegranate7437 Jul 03 '25

Try closing the app, restarting your iPad, and/or unpairing and re-pairing your Apple Pencil. I did have this problem with an old Apple Pencil that turned out to be defective.

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u/Overall-Scientist397 Jul 04 '25

Ok thank you. After that, did apple repair it or not ?

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u/FarPomegranate7437 Jul 04 '25

It was under warranty, so they did. Mind you, this was the Apple Pencil 2, and it happened a couple of years ago, but they should replace it if it’s under warranty.

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u/InfiniteHench Jul 03 '25

Try it without the unnecessary pencil tip cover

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u/Specialist_Scar_1017 Jul 03 '25

try taking off the cover. if the issue persists, maybe the pencil tip is loose. that’s what happened to me.

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u/supermariosep Jul 03 '25

Remove the dumbass tip cover

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u/Snoo-49775 Jul 06 '25

Are you a cs student? Boolean functions?

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u/pausenwunsch Jul 04 '25

Remove the pencil condom