Move iPhone notes to iCloud

Solution 1:

Using OSX 10.8 it is simply not possible at the moment, what you need to do is to access a Mac running 10.7 or lower and sync them to that Mac and move them to an IMAP notes account. Then, you can access the IMAP notes in 10.8 Notes app and drag them all to iCloud. The only manual part necessary is to remove the duplicate notes left "On your iPhone" - they need to be removed one by one (or simply left alone).

Details:

1. Turn off iCloud Notes sync (Settings -> iCloud -> Notes switch to Off)
2. Set up an IMAP account in Mail on both computers (running 10.7 and 10.8)
3. Set up iTunes synchronization with the Mac running 10.7 (Make sure to select to synchronize Notes in iTunes)
4. Synchronize with iTunes
5. Go to Mail in 10.7 and drag the notes "On your Mac" to the IMAP notes folder
6. Turn on iCloud Notes sync (Settings -> iCloud -> Notes switch to On)
7. Open the Notes app in 10.8 and drag the notes from your IMAP notes account to the iCloud notes account
8. (Optional) Switch to your "On my iPhone" notes account and remove all notes, one-by-one, in order to avoid confusion later.
9. On your phone, make sure that you are using the iCloud notes account (Notes -> Accounts -> iCloud) when using notes

Solution 2:

Just make sure that you have your iCloud notes sync enabled on your iPhone as per:

Transfer iPhone notes via iCloud

Note that notes which were already on your iPhone before you enabled iCloud Notes sync will not automatically sync to your iCloud account.

What I would do in your case is simply email the notes to your @me.com account which you created just before you enabled iCloud Notes sync. This should move these specific notes to your iCloud account.

Solution 3:

Make sure that "Notes" is enabled in the iCloud settings on iOS.

Secondly, you will have to upgrade your notes to the new iOS 9 / OS X El Capitan version (if you haven't already). In the top level of your iOS Notes app (tap the Accounts button), you will have a little button that allows you to upgrade your iCloud notes. (More info here: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204987)

Finally, go into your "On My iPhone" notes folder, then select "Move All" (or select specific notes to move) and select your iCloud Notes folder as the destination.

(Thank you to 'airplay' of http://discussions.apple.com/thread/4961565 for the original advice)