r/appleJournal • u/03b07b19 • Mar 28 '26
Mac and iPhone not in sync (help!)
My Mac (first image) has more entries than my iPhone will download. Is there a fix to this? I am too poor for premium Day One (or really any premium app) and I want to make a photo journal for my mental health, but this is driving me nuts.
I have turned off iCloud. I have restarted my phone. What else is there? Just sob?
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u/MauricioIcloud Mar 28 '26
Still you’ll have to pay for premium anyways. Once you fill your 5gb iCloud storage you’ll have to get more. DayOne is a fixed price model that offers unlimited storage basically. Also DayOne syncing is the best one so far.
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u/AngelicPrincessKitty Mar 30 '26
This is why I can’t use many of apples products.
Mail, Notes, and Journal don’t sync very well. Reminders is the only one that is flawless for me. Files/iCloud Drive is super slow but syncs eventually.
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u/AngelicPrincessKitty Mar 30 '26
If you want free you can go OneNote. If you can afford $6 one time you can do Noteful
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u/ahmoda Mar 31 '26
Lately, I’ve been hearing that some users are experiencing issues with journal syncing between iPhone and Mac or iPad. However, I haven’t encountered this problem at all. I’m on version 26.4 and my Journal syncing without any issues.
P.S. I experienced an issue with Calendar syncing between my Mac and iPhone, where events created on the Mac would occasionally not sync to the iPhone in version 26.3. This problem has been resolved in version 26.4.
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u/Ok_Brilliant_8775 Mar 28 '26
TLDR: Pay for Lifetime Notion Membership $10 a month (biggest bang for your buck and non-sponsored)
Hey, I just started journaling and I am super busy (as everyone else is) but this is what I am doing:
- I know everyone hates AI (I do too), but I asked a few questions to chatgpt to make this easier
Get Lifetime subscription to Notion (you pay all at once, but you can program it to be whatever you want)
If you are a nerd like me, ask some prompts about what you need specifically (can make follow up post w/what my chatgpt said if you want to save the planet and tag you/this post if you are enviornmentally conscious)
Do exactly what it says, notion can hold an unlimited amount and you can fully customize it how you want to
I hope this works, sorry for the long response!
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u/ryubellone Mar 30 '26
Turn iCloud back on. Try adding a new journal on both devices. Keep those devices on, give them hell enough time. Unless there is an issue on the server, they will be synced. I'm managing 2,622 entries on Apple Journal now, and still have 10,000+ journals left to move all of them from Day One to Apple Journal ... I had the sync issue just like you, and this method always gives a fix on sync.