How Mental Note uses iCloud

With the release of Mental Note version 3.0, iCloud is now supported for complete backups as well as individual note transfers.

Complete Backups using iCloud

When you create a backup it is possible to automatically have it upload from your device to your iCloud account.

Setup: To use iCloud backup, ensure your device has been configured for iCloud in the Settings app. Then, from Mental Note settings, enable “Use iCloud” in the Backup section.

Backup: Open Mental Note settings (tap the gear icon), then tap “Create”. Once the backup is created, it will automatically be uploaded to your iCloud account.

Restore: Open Mental Note settings (tap the gear icon), then tap “Restore”. All of your available backups will be listed under the “Backups” section. Backups stored in iCloud will display a cloud logo.

Individual Note Transfer using iCloud

It is possible to transfer a note from one device to another. This version supports transfer from any iOS device to any other iOS device (e.g. from iPhone to iPad and vice versa).

Setup: To use iCloud note transfer, ensure all of your devices are setup with the same iCloud account. Also ensure all of your devices have “Use iCloud” turned on in Mental Note settings.

Export: Export in “Note” format to “iCloud”.

Import:Open Mental Note settings (tap the gear icon), then tap “Restore”. All of your available notes will be listed under the “Notes” section. Notes stored in iCloud will display a cloud logo.

Note: Your device must be running iOS 5 or higher in order to make use of iCloud.