Notes showing in the sidebar, but actual note is not showing?

[iamMacPerson]

Ok so I have run into an issue on my MacBook Pro. I went to clean out my Notes since most of them are customer support case numbers and phone numbers I no longer need, but I still want to look at them to make sure (and, they date back to 2010). Well, I tried opening some of my older notes, and most (I'd say 90%) that are dated before July 2013 show in the side bar, and even have a title but the actual note won't show. I checked my iPhone and all the notes were intact, I even checked iCloud.com and my Mac Pro and sure enough, they were all OK. So its only this Mac.

I called Apple Support to try and get some help. Instead, I got an hour hold and a rep who didn't know how to transfer calls (kept ending the call with the Senior advisor and finally just hung up on me while transferring). When I got to someone who sounded like they could help, (another 45 min hold) they told me to reinstall the OS and thats it.

Well, I did that and same thing. I did restore from Time Machine and I'd like to not have to start from scratch again. I just did that 3 weeks ago when I had mass data corruption thinking it could be the OS so I started from scratch and just got back what I needed.

Any ideas how to fix it? I'd prefer not to have to call Apple again and it seems the people on this forum know more then them anyway.

 

[simonsi]

Did you try unchecking notes on that account in Internet Accounts and rechecking it - that should force a resent of the notes?

 

[iamMacPerson]

Did you try unchecking notes on that account in Internet Accounts and rechecking it - that should force a resent of the notes?

Yes, I also tried completely signing out then in to iCloud. Still didn't work.

I'm gonna run a permissions check to be sure but considering its a fresh install, I doubt its that.

 

[simonsi]

I can't think of anything else to try...

 

[iamMacPerson]

I can't think of anything else to try...

That's alright! Thanks for trying though!

Don't worry, a Senior Advisor couldn't figure it out either so I am waiting to hear back from engineering to see what they say.

 

[NoBoMac]

Can you view the notes in the Notes app?

 

[iamMacPerson]

Can you view the notes in the Notes app?

I can see them in the side bar but clicking on them brings up a blank note. It is only on this Mac and this user. I created a test user, they all pulled up fine.