To store your Notes with iCloud, ensure the iCloud Notes option is enabled on all your devices.
macOS: Enable iCloud Notes
![Apple menu, System Preferences](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/apple-menu-system-preferences.png)
![Click Apple ID](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sys-prefs-apple-id-settings.png)
![iCloud settings in System Preferences->Apple ID->iCloud, with Notes enabled.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sys-prefs-icloud-notes.png)
iOS / iPadOS: Enable iCloud Notes
![iPhone home screen, Settings](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/iphone-x-home-screen-very-mini_settings.png)
![](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ios-settings-john-smith-cropped.png)
![](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ios-settings-john-smith-tap-icloud-640x1024.png)
![Settings->your name->iCloud, enable notes.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ios-icloud-notes.png)
macOS: Notes app
The Notes app is located in Macintosh HD/Applications
![The Notes app, located in /Macintosh HD/Applications.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/map-apps-notes.png)
Below is a screenshot of the Notes application. The column on the left display a list of notes, where there’s currently only one note in the list, Meeting notes.
![The Notes app, macOS.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/apple-notes-macos.png)
There is a third column, the Folders list.
If you can’t see it. choose View Show Folders from the menu bar. As the name implies, you can create folders to further organise your notes. But it can also display folders belonging to other internet accounts, if you have them.
![Apple Notes: View->Show Folders.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/apple-notes-show-folders.gif)
In the screenshot below the folder, Notes, is selected (b). This folder belongs to the account, iCloud (a).
![Notes contained in the folder, Notes. The Notes folder is stored with iCloud.](http://howtouseamac.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/macos-notes-folders.gif)
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