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Dec 14, 2013 8:18 AM in response to DenisFby putnik,To recover iCloud data from Time Machine, close the application and also turn wifi OFF during the recovery, to avoid syncing back the old data. When found, copy the file and give it a new name. Turn on WiFi, the original file will disappear again. A short time later the new file will appear in iCloud.
To go to library folders, hold down the option key while using the Finder “Go To Folder” command.
Alternatively, go to the home folder and select the "Show View Options" at the gear wheel icon. Then select "Show Library Folder" at the bottom of the dialogue box.
That will take you to a folder in your user library. Then enter Time Machine with the folder highlighted.
RECOVER CONTACTS
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook.
RECOVER NOTES~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/
Copy the text to the clipboard. Create a new note and paste the text.
RECOVER DOCUMENTS
~/Library/MobileDocuments
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Mar 3, 2015 1:57 PM in response to leowill3by amy.k,Just wanted to say...
I had this issue too, and I saw what you did.
>> I went into time machine (which I didn't actually NEED to do - opening straight from the go-to link provided [ ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/ ])
>> opened the notesv2.storedata-wal file in the text edit app
>> copied/pasted into a new Note fileIt looks like gobbledygook at first, but the -wal file actually has the info if you look closely. Then you just have to delete a bunch of formatting to get to the words!
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Mar 24, 2015 8:08 PM in response to amy.kby jhodges6479,I found that if you use Time Machine to restore all 3 files in the Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes folder, it works perfectly and you can avoid using the text editor. So long as you don't have newer notes that you don't want to over write.
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Jun 24, 2015 1:03 PM in response to jhodges6479by greenmind,Why has apple made restoring of notes from Time Machine so difficult? I keep a list in my iPod notes of x'mass gifts I give people each year, so as not to regift from another year, and also to give me an idea of what they like. I accidentally deleted my gifts note, from my ipod, and it disappeared from my iMac soon after via the cloud. I have searched time machine notes, and have even located old notes, indicating gifts 2013, & 2014. The problem is when I restore them, my notes program is unable to open them. My words program was able to, but "but the entire note" was just a bunch of long gobbility goop. I searched the entire text, and none were old notes. Even restoring all 3 files in the Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes folder, restores un-openable files. I only tried that as a last resort, because I'd rather not overwrite my new notes. Does anyone know of a way to do this properly.
