GoodNotes 5
How-to guides, FAQs, troubleshooting tips, and reference information for GoodNotes 5.
General Troubleshooting
- Some images in an imported PDF are not properly rendered (iPadOS 15 bug)
- Why does my iCloud Sync show a "Request failed with HTTP Status Code 503" error?
- PDF text is turned into dots (iPadOS 15 bug)
- Images won't print (iPadOS 15)
- How to restore the data if I accidentally deleted GoodNotes app and all of my notebooks are lost
- iCloud sync isn't working and GoodNotes keeps telling me the app version is out of date.
Frequently Asked Questions - GoodNotes 5
- GoodNotes 5 is removing support for iPadOS 12
- Is GoodNotes draining my battery too fast?
- FREQUENTLY REQUESTED FEATURES
- How can I get more templates for GoodNotes?
- Apple Pencil Compatibility
- Why is precision eraser option no longer available?
Collaborating with Others
Sync, Backup, and Restore
Downloading GoodNotes 5 & Getting Started
Importing & Exporting Documents
- I've sent a file to my GoodNotes email address (...@goodnotes.email) but I don't see it imported to my library
- I imported a PDF to GoodNotes and saw frames around the text in it.
- Opening an email attachment in GoodNotes
- Printing multiple pages from one document
- I can't search my imported PDF document.
- Exporting documents or pages in GoodNotes 5
Searching Notes & Using Handwriting Recognition
Taking Notes & Annotating Documents
- (NEW in v5.7.42) Adding external links
- Elements Tool: Enrich and reuse your notes
- Disabling pressure sensitivity while using Apple Pencil
- Pasting an image to a GoodNotes page
- Copying and pasting content from within GoodNotes
- Writing with the Zoom Window
Viewing & Navigating Documents
Organizing Documents
- Deleting pages and covers in GoodNotes 5
- Renaming documents and folders in GoodNotes 5
- Copying or moving pages from one document to another in GoodNotes 5
- Moving documents and/or folders to another folder in GoodNotes 5
- Emptying the trash
- Viewing your documents and folders in a list
Presenting with GoodNotes
Templates
- Changing the background color of a template
- Creating a template from an existing page
- Changing a notebook's cover
- Custom templates from GoodNotes 4 didn't transfer over to GoodNotes 5
- Adjusting Zoom window return height for a template
- Changing a page's paper template in GoodNotes 5
Configuring GoodNotes
GoodNotes 5 for Mac
- SOLVED: GoodNotes on macOS Monterey (beta) won't sync via iCloud
- Installing GoodNotes for macOS for free when you already bought it on your iPhone or iPad
- How to use GoodNotes 5 for macOS
- GoodNotes 5 is not syncing with the Mac app.
- Public statement about the universal Mac app - Timeline for Mac development