How to view and report changes to a shared note in the Notes app

The Notes app, which came with our iPhone, iPad and Mac, does more than write the shopping list or reading list. One of its most useful features is the ability to share a note with multiple people so that anyone can edit, change, and contribute. In such a situation, it’s really important to see what changes have been made to the content, which thankfully is very straightforward.

Highlight edits and notices for shared notes

When we share a note, we give someone else permission to edit and make changes to the text and content of the note. A very useful option in these circumstances is to find out what has changed since we last saw the note. This highlighting of the changes, which we can activate from the app itself, will mark added or edited texts with yellow shading for a few seconds, giving us a very visual idea of ​​the situation. Additionally, we may optionally receive a notification whenever some of the participants in the shared note make a change.

To activate these options we must have a shared note, so Let’s quickly go through the steps to share one:

1. We open the app Notes on our iPhone, iPad or Mac.
2. We create a new note or select an existing one.
3. We touch the button in the form of three dots in a circle. (Only on iPhone and iPad).
4. Click on Share note represented by a person and a “+”.
5. We send the invitation via Messages or copy the link to send it via any service.

Well, we already have a split note. Now let’s see how to turn on and off change highlighting as well as change notifications. The process is virtually identical on iPhone, iPad or Mac and is as follows:

1. We open the app Notes on our iPhone, iPad or Mac.
2. We select the shared note.
3. We hit the button in the form of a person with a small check mark.
4. We activate or deactivate Highlight all changes.
5. We activate or deactivate Hide Reviews.

Note that by default, Notes are shared with edit highlighting turned off and notifications turned on, so if we want to make any changes to this behavior, we have to follow the steps we just saw.

It’s simple. Thus, when several people edit and participate in the same note, we can have a better reference of the changes that have been made. A function which, although of moderate precision, makes it possible to get an idea of ​​the situation very quickly and intuitively.