Getting Notes to Sync in Mail from iPhone OS 3.0

One feature I am really excited about in the new iPhone 3.0 OS released on Wednesday is the ability to sync your notes with the Mail application in Leopard.  However, it took me a few tries to figure out how to get this to work exactly.  I realized that I ran into this problem because I had never created a note on my Mac in Mail, so this walkthrough assumes you are in the same position.  I’ve outlined the steps below:

1. Enable Notes syncing in iTunes.  You can do this by going to the ‘Info’ tab when you have your iPhone/iPod attached to your computer.  Check the ‘Sync Notes’ checkbox about halfway down the page.
2. If you go ahead sync your iPhone now, and you’ll notice that none of the Notes show up in mail.  If you have multiple mailboxes, they’ll be listed under the ‘Reminders’ heading in the Mail sidebar, with little note icons, but you won’t see any from your iPhone.  What you have to do is create a note in Mail now, by going to File > New Note.  Type something in and save it, and you’ll see a new note icon under ‘Reminders/Notes’ labeled ‘On My Mac’. 
3. Sync your iPhone one more time.  After its completed, you should see all your notes under the ‘On My Mac’.

Notes/Tasks 1.0 Beta 1 Released!

The first beta version of the 1.0 release of Notes/Tasks is now available.  You can download it here (via Sourceforge). 

Notes/Tasks Version 0.8 Released

I’ve released the latest version of Notes/Tasks, version 0.8, my Qt application for note and task management.  Notes/Tasks provides a powerful and simple tool for note and task management.

In this latest release, I’ve added the ability to synchronize your notes and tasks with notestasks.com – you can access your notes from anywhere.  There is also a special mobile interface for iPhones!  Also new is AES encryption for you data, adding security for sensitive information.

Check it out and let me know what you think!