Find your Nave notes in iCloud Drive

Open the Nave folder

1. Open the Files app on your iPhone. If you can't find it, use the iPhone's search to look for Files.
2. Choose Browse and then iCloud Drive.
3. Open the Nave folder and look for your Markdown note files.

The location you're looking for is:

Files → Browse → iCloud Drive → Nave

Files and the app you're writing in are different views of your information. Apple's guide to finding files explains how to switch between iCloud Drive and local storage.

A .md file is a Markdown note. For a readable example and opening options, see Markdown notes on iPhone.

If the Nave folder isn't there

First, check that you're browsing iCloud Drive, rather than Downloads or another storage location.

Then open iPhone Settings › your name › iCloud and check that iCloud Drive syncing is enabled. Depending on your software, the option appears under Drive or iCloud Drive with a Sync this iPhone switch. See Apple's current setup instructions.

If iCloud Drive was off, Nave saves notes locally in its own Documents folder. A local app folder may not be exposed in Files. A missing iCloud folder alone does not prove your notes have been lost.

Open Nave and check whether your notes are still there. If they are, keep the app installed while you investigate. Contact Nave support before deleting or reinstalling the app when your only copy may be local.

If notes aren't on your other device

Nave writes files; iCloud Drive handles syncing. Check these basics:

• Both devices use the same Apple Account.
• iCloud Drive is enabled on each device.
• The devices have a working connection. Allow an upload to finish before checking the other device.
• Check any storage or sync warning shown in iCloud settings. Low Data Mode can also hold back transfers.

On a Mac, look in Finder › iCloud Drive › Nave. You can also check Drive on iCloud.com. Apple documents those access routes in its iCloud Drive guide.

Seeing a Markdown file on your Mac means you can access the file. Nave itself is currently an iPhone app; its Mac version is still coming.

Keep an extra copy

Syncing is useful, but an extra copy in another location gives you a separate version to return to.

To copy files on your iPhone:

1. In Files, open the Nave folder in iCloud Drive.
2. Use More › Select and choose the files you want to keep.
3. Choose More › Copy Items.
4. Browse to a separate destination, such as a folder under On My iPhone or another storage service.
5. Touch and hold inside the destination folder, then choose Paste. Open a copied file to check it.

Use Copy, rather than Move, when you want the working files to remain where Nave expects them. Apple's archive and copy instructions cover other devices as well.

Before deleting an app or a file

Deleting Nave removes its settings and search index, but not the notes already stored in iCloud Drive. Local-only notes need more care: preserve a copy before removing an app whose Documents folder may contain the only version.

Deleting or moving a file inside the synced Nave folder changes the files themselves. Make a separate copy before cleaning up or experimenting with another editor.

For the app's storage and deletion details, see Nave's privacy policy. If a note is missing, contact support and describe where you last saw it; you don't need to paste private note text into the message.