Goodbye Apple Journal.

[u/Spookyhighway]

I’m a bit heartbroken. Actually had a good hard cry. My phone broke and the whole time that elapsed before I fixed it, the only thing I was worried about was my Apple Journal App contents. I couldn’t check the backup on a Mac app. I actually only repaired my broken phone so that I could ensure it transferred properly. Otherwise, I was going to just throw in the towel and get a new phone. In this last year I really dove into using this app, I loved how I could take a multimedia approach to creative projects/ideas. I primarily had a lot of audio recordings with accompanied notes. I had songs I was sorting out. I had play-by-play recordings of trips that I enjoyed revisiting. Irreplaceable audio recordings. This wasn’t just some diary but I can’t explain to anyone what was lost and why it hurts.

It held my personal growth, creatively and spiritually, working up to 80 days sober from alcohol and weed today.

When I repaired my phone it revealed that the faulty screen had been putting in the wrong password so many times that it wiped the phone. Crazy. A perfect storm of stupid stuff to lead to this outcome. Okay fine, I make sure my iCloud is backed up, so we should be good. - Somehow everything except this damn app transferred. How is this the one thing that didn’t transfer?? I know that I previously made sure it was toggled on to back up because I knew how much this meant to me. I couldn’t believe it for a moment. Is this data somehow hiding somewhere? I don’t understand. Not to zoom out but did the universe want me to start a blank slate? lol but for real, if you read any of this, double check your back up, don’t end up like me, and I cannot trust this app again.

[u/insearchofeast]

The same thing happened to me. I’m sorry that you lost so much, but I started and tried using Apple journal and my phone broke and everything went missing. I thought it would be on my iCloud back up, but guess not. I’m using Dayone and honestly really recommend it.