[SOLVED] Sync GNotes or Google Keep with Chrome

I have JellyBean and I have Keep as well as Gnotes, both on my phone and in Chrome browser.

Keep does not see my Notes folder in my Gmail account at all.
GNote sees it and I can create/edit/delete from my phone.

The desktop apps in Chrome, however, allows me to create new on the computer which then reflects on my phone, which is good.

The desktop apps do not see the existing Notes in Gmail and does not import/sync it. (It was created while I used an iPhone and a MacbookPro.)

Is there a way to import this into Keep or Gnotes?

OK, the trick was to install an add-in to Thunderbird. It is called [url="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/addon/importexporttools/"]ImportExportTools[/url]. So I exported the notes in .txt format. I then uploaded the entire folder into Drive. It works like a charm on laptop and phone.

I also repeated the export in HTML format but Drive opened the notes then as garbage.

Evidently, one needs to have Thunderbird and the correct add-in to do this. I am not sure how Evolution would be able to do this as I do not have it installed presently.

Hi Z,

sorry but I cannot help you as I don't have mobile devices or Google accounts etc!.

Try Evolution out!.

Wolfman wrote:Hi Z,

sorry but I cannot help you as I don't have mobile devices or Google accounts etc!.

Try Evolution out!.

No sweat, Wolfman, I managed to find a fix! I have found yet another Thunderbird add-in (Tbird won't start now so I can't get the name) but I think it is Thunderkeep. So What I did, was to manually copy from Tbirds Notes account in my Gmail account and paste it into individual new notes in Thunderkeep, obviously all within Thunderbird.

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Once I have my new Zorin, I would love to give Evolution another try. Even though I have managed to find a solution in Thunderbird, it could help someone else if I also find a way in Evolution.

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Hi Z,

glad you are sorted, I will mark this as solved!.