How can I back up notes from the Apple "Notes" app to my computer?

Question

I am losing notes when I changed from an iPhone 4s to the iPhone 5, There is no dependable way to back up notes per se as notes on the apple app are incorporated into the mail program and linked to an email address that i never use and to further complicate only backs up using iCloud which I also never use and do not trust.
Is is possible to back up notes in a straightforward manner to my computer? If not, is there a 3rd party app that allows notes and the straightforward backing up of notes? Taking notes is important to my business and I have lost many notes already using the Apple Notes app.
Please help,
Thank You,
Ken

Answer 1

Keith Doherty3 wrote:
Why do you not trust iCloud ?
Okay, that is not productive to this question that I even said that. Please let's leave that out and I'll open another topic to discuss this separately in detail.
Why do you not use the USB cable or activate Wifi sync process so the notes are transferred into either MS Outlook or Apple Mail on your PC/Mac.
I am using USB cable to sync, I have looked in Apple Mail (I'm on a Mac) and most of my notes are gone, they have never transferred over completely and only about 1/8th of my notes, only those from years ago are there.
Why not use differing software such as Evernote that allows syncing with PC/Mac and has a host of other uses over and above the basic notes app.
This is the way I need to go. The Apple 'notes' app has never functioned depenably and there is no way to back it up dependably, by my experience anyway. I have just purchased an App called 'Note Anytime, which is overly complicated for what I want which is just straightforward note taking capability with straightforward backup that I can use like any other files that need to be backed up, not through a mail pogram that I never use and does not work anyway.
I'll look into Evernote and thank you for that tip.
If your doing other stuff document creation etc you should be using Pages or something like Documents to Go.
I am a publisher by profession and use the full Adobe CC suite including InDesign for publishing. I also use Microsoft Office for the Mac for the times I need to work with Word documents. So, I'm covered in that department. Once I am able to save Notes as text files on my computer, I may have use to import those notes into publishing or word processing software also.
If paranoid or have sensitive data that you don't want sent via a conduit then you shouldn't be using a tablet of any discription as these are by definition Internet devices.
No paranoya here, just looking for a dependable note taking app that doesn't use a convoluted process to make a backup and doesn't 'drop' notes or lose them mysteriously.
Thanks for the tip on Evernote, I'll go check that out now.
Ken