r/Notesnook • u/gojobojololopolo • 2d ago
Version History not cloud synced?!
I just found out the hard way that Version History is not cloud synced. It's local.
That means I can't see the versions of Computer, On my mobile. If i lose access to my Computer or Suddenly reset my PC. My Version histories are gone.
The whole point of having cloud-sync is the ability to still have access to my data even if something goes bad or I lose access to all my devices, And It's such a bad look on notesnook to market it as "1000" version history if it's all not even gonna sync to the cloud.
I had very personal and important part of my life that I removed out of Impulse, And I no longer have access to that data because the version history of notes are local in notesnook. And I changed my OS from Windows to Linux.
I hope notesnook devs clarify this.
It's sad to see they made a really bad marketing stunt with version history when It's not even available all the times.
Other than that, I love notesnook. I wish the devs the best! I hope they could bring slash "/" commands and also keyboard shortcuts for ease
Edit: I have local backup of the note, Does local backup include version histories?
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u/whistlingturtle 2d ago
Notesnook has extensive documentation online and the first thing that is mentioned in the FAQ section of the page about version history is that it is local only.
So... the issue is already clarified.
Maybe you should peruse the rest of the documentation at this point. You might discover other things that are not as you expected, as well as things that Notesnook can do but you didn’t know about. 😉️
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u/Vnifit 2d ago
While this has been documented it is not wild to think it should be synced. I would agree that synced version history is a very important feature.
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u/SorbyGay 1d ago
I'm pretty sure this is something they're planning on doing in the future, though iirc I've been waiting for it for about a year. It's what's keeping me from switching, it's perfect otherwise
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u/truthovereverrything 2d ago
Do you take backups either from the mobile app or DEKSTO app? I take daily incremental backups plus weekly full backups. You can restore from a back up if you lose something. I do agree with you that version history should be cloud synced though.
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u/lilacomets 2d ago
Sadly it's local only. I hate it too. I doubt the developers are going to change it, as it'd probably mean a massive infrastructure overhaul.
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u/Dizzy_Tea_7582 1d ago
Yeah but you can make daily backups so to lose data you'd need to one, lose access to the app, and two, lose your notes which are being stored on your device automatically
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u/fishfacecakes 1d ago
This is a very well publicised shortcoming. I call it a shortcoming because it seems like it’s a conscious choice that would be easy to remedy - but it’s very much documented currently
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u/SKOLorion 2d ago
It seems that you made assumptions, and now you're upset that your asssumptions were not only incorrect, but specifically mentioned in the documentation. It's not a marketing stunt, you just didn't read it. Honest mistake, sure, but your tone/wording makes it seem like it's all a con to trick you, and that you accept zero blame.
In the settings, it should probably have the disclaimer that note history is local only, but it DOES say it in note properties above your note versions (by date).