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how to restore a deleted iCloud note from time machine backup?

The short of it... one of my kids decided they didn't need certain notes, therefore deleted them!!!!

(my fault i did not have notes/synced/off on new device!),

but they are important and iCloud is synced across all devices and those notes are gone.

Wasn't sure if a device/ restore from back up would work - didn't.


Tried some of the Apple Communities/ going to lib/ turn off wifi/ move the 3 files to desktop/ move back to lib file, nothing.

Could I get some 'really specific' step by steps? seems others have had success, and maybe i'm in TM when I should be on my Mac or vice versa?! or in the wrong library?

My TM backups just does not let me get anywhere to restore those deleted notes.

Any help would be wonderful!

Thanks


Thinking Apple should have given us an iCloud safety net or at least allow TM/ iCloud to be userfriendly.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Dec 28, 2013 10:38 AM

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Dec 28, 2013 12:58 PM in response to c.nett

I used this to restore my deleted notes from Time Machine, hope this helps others 🙂



closed Notes,

turned WiFi off,

entered finder/go+option/ to 'get to library': /Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/

entered TM and selected the 3 files/ hit restore/ keep both (just to make sure, then I deleted the newer file, not the 'restored' file when this worked out)

opened notes and my deleted notes were back so I copied my notes into pages as a backup,

turned on WiFi and the notes disappeared!

replaced my restored notes by copy/pasting my backups into notes/iCloud....

notes/mac would not show across iCloud.... don't remeber this being an issue prior to Mavericks when 'all' notes were selected?


Apple needs to hear from us so they can fix glitches like this. TM was created for instances like this, hopefully this is just an oversite. Pass this along to Apple Feedback/iCloud/bug. If enough of us flag such issues, hopfully it's addressed on the next update.


Dear Apple, this should be much easier than it is. We should be able to open Notes, go into Time Machine, and restore anything regardless if it's on my Mac or on the cloud.

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Jul 14, 2014 4:31 PM in response to c.nett

There is a trick you can do to "Keep" the notes, without needing to copy them out.


If you re-connect to the Internet without editing the note, iCloud will see it, and delete it, since it matches one that was already deleted.


If, WHILE YOU ARE OFFLINE, edit the note in some simple way - I just types "asdf" at the bottom of mine - it is "updated" and will sync up to iCloud as a "new" note when you go back online.


This allows you to easily restore a note, without needing to copy / paste it into something else first.

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Sep 30, 2016 9:38 PM in response to Geoffrey Schaller

I did the initial steps (thanks c.nett, for the great fix)


But I have 42 notes. Too many to cut/paste. Too many to edit.


So here's what I did next (instead of cut/paste or editing).


In Notes...

View-->Show Folders

Then, create a new folder under "On My Mac". Name it MYDUPS.


Select one of the notes files and then type COMMAND-A. This selects ALL notes.

Drag the notes to your new folder named MYDUPS, BUT......

Before you let go, hold down the OPTION key so that the notes are "copied" rather than moved.

When you're done, you'll have 2 copies of each note. One in each folder.


When I turned the Wifi back on, I was expecting the notes in the main fold to disappear as the author noted. Mine did not (not sure why). Nonetheless, even if they had, I'd still have copies of each of them in the MYDUPS folder.

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