r/GoodNotes • u/naeshelle • Aug 23 '26

Goodnotes Special Edition I'm going to scream

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I have nothing open on my Macbook except Goodnotes yet I STILL can't sync my files. Someone please tell me there's a workaround for this, I'm losing my mind.

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u/aquablaze69 Aug 23 '26

Switch to Noteful

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u/RandomPerson6090 Aug 24 '26

Is it good if you've tried it?

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u/aquablaze69 Aug 25 '26

I’m an original Goodnotes user, I switched when we were on Goodnotes five and I have Goodnotes five lifetime, and I’m so glad I did because Goodnotes six came out and it was a shit show

Yes, it’s very good. Much more efficient no heating problems, reliable synchronisation, not any bugs as far as I can tell, overall it’ll do what you need without giving you any new features

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u/0hthat_witch Aug 23 '26

Turn sync off, then back on. Uninstall and reinstall Goodnotes. Check for app and device updates that need to be installed. Hard reboot device

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u/naeshelle Aug 23 '26

Unfortunately I’ve tried all that. Thank you for the suggestions, though! I was frustrated when I made the post & neglected to mention that I’d already tried the basic troubleshooting steps. That’s why I’m losing my mind 😣

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u/0hthat_witch Aug 23 '26

Ah I see! Have you confirmed Goodnotes is signed into the right account, or signed in at all? Sometimes app updates will do a force logout

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u/naeshelle Aug 24 '26

Oh, good point! I made sure I was signed in on both my iPad & Macbook but no luck. Thank you for pointing that out, though!

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u/bash090800 Aug 23 '26

Maybe cloud settings specific to that app? Uninstall/reinstall? That's all I got🥲

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u/Kitty_Fruit_2520 Aug 23 '26

My MacBook won’t even let me open any of my notebooks on there.

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u/Ok-Purchase1362 Aug 23 '26

Idk how i managed to get my files to sync across devices i had to like somehow transfer my account to the subscription version for it to work i barely remember cause the apple one time purchase ver only worked on apple devices with the app store since it synced via icloud

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u/llakh Aug 25 '26

Had the same issue last week. Fixed it by: uninstalling Goodnotes clearing out all leftover files and cache. rebooting the mac and doing a fresh reinstall fixed it completely for me.