* Note: The Notes and Journal function lets you highlight and add notes to most of the content you read in the Gospel Library. (Backup, restore, and sharing features will be added to Notes and Journal later.) Useful only for backup, restore, and sharing.
How to Download Notes and Journal Entries You can always download your notes and journal entries to have a personal back-up or just to have the text to use for other purposes, such as preparing a talk or lesson.If this is the case with you, go to your old 2.5 app and sync the annotations. Download and study the scriptures, General Conference talks, and many other gospel instruction materials published by the Church (Gospel Principles. If you didn’t sync the annotations you entered on the old app 2.5, they weren’t backed up. LDS Gospel Library is an official application of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. For example, the new iOS mobile app 3.0 was a separate app to download. Before you ever delete the Gospel Library mobile app, be sure you are signed in and that your latest annotations were synced or they will be lost.(Any annotations you have entered directly into LDS.org–not through the mobile app–are automatically saved.) It will tell you if you are signed in and if there are pending changes that have not yet synced. Do this by going to Settings, then click Sync. On your mobile app, you should occasionally verify that you are signed in and that all your annotations are synced.As long as you are signed in, your annotations will automatically sync and be saved in the central database. However, to take advantage of this service, you must sign in using your LDS account so the notes and journal entries can be backed up for long-term preservation. This is a benefit if you ever switch mobile devices or want to access the notes from different computers.
The Church places great value on helping you record and preserve your personal study insights and spiritual impressions. Learn more about using the Notes and Journal in the LDS Gospel Library. You can also make journal entries in the same system.Įverything you enter is saved in your own personal, private space on LDS.org called Notes and Journal. Whether you enter the notes on your smartphone, tablet, or computer, it is synced across all your devices. The Gospel Library has a Notes and Journal function that lets you highlight and add notes to most of the content* you read in the Gospel Library, such as scriptures and manuals, on LDS.org or on the mobile app.