Okay...

I've converted all of the iPhone notes into NoteXML format, renamed them into unique <rfc compliant uuid>.note files and then started Conboy. All Conboy recognizes with the XML Storage backend are note files created by it.

I realize this means their might be some discrepancy in the Note XML markup that I used within my files. I copied the format directly from the markup used in Conboy's own note files.

Is there any way to see if the storage backend is even trying to see the files?

BTW: rather than catting /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid, I used the python "uuid.uuid4()" function which apparently creates the same RFC-compliant uuids.

Any thoughts on debugging this?

When I select the note browser (folder icon) it just shows the ones it knows about.

I also check the file permissions and they are all carry 644 perms and are owned by user.user.