Finding Stickie database in Monterey

I've followed the previous thread on this but with no joy.

I have found several Libraries but none of them have a "Containers" folder.

I tried pasting <chflags nohidden ~/Library> into Terminal but nothing happened.

I want to move my Stickies data to my new MacBook without importing everything else.


MacBook Air, macOS 13.3

Posted on Oct 10, 2023 10:39 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2023 11:08 AM

With the introduction of Catalina, the old /Users/username/Library/StickiesDatabase digest was converted to individual RTFD packages for each sticky item and the StickiesDatabase itself is no longer used. On Monterey, the individual Stickies are found in this folder when you run the Stickies application at least once:


/Users/yourshortname/Library/Containers/com.apple.Stickies/Data/Library/Stickies


If you enter the following in the Finder's Go To Folder dialog (shift+cmd+G) on Monterey:


~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Stickies/Data/Library

It will open a new Finder window on that location, exposing the Stickies folder in it. Copy the Stickies folder to a USB stick for transfer to your new Mac. On that new Mac, once it has been setup with your user account, run the Stickies application once and it will build the above path for you.


Do the Finder's Go To Folder shortcut again and enter the above tilde (~) path, then press return. This will reveal the Stickies Library folder again, with an empty Stickies folder and you replace it with the Stickies folder you placed on the USB Stick.


Run the Stickies application again on the new Mac.



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Oct 10, 2023 11:08 AM in response to AccentCreate

With the introduction of Catalina, the old /Users/username/Library/StickiesDatabase digest was converted to individual RTFD packages for each sticky item and the StickiesDatabase itself is no longer used. On Monterey, the individual Stickies are found in this folder when you run the Stickies application at least once:


/Users/yourshortname/Library/Containers/com.apple.Stickies/Data/Library/Stickies


If you enter the following in the Finder's Go To Folder dialog (shift+cmd+G) on Monterey:


~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Stickies/Data/Library

It will open a new Finder window on that location, exposing the Stickies folder in it. Copy the Stickies folder to a USB stick for transfer to your new Mac. On that new Mac, once it has been setup with your user account, run the Stickies application once and it will build the above path for you.


Do the Finder's Go To Folder shortcut again and enter the above tilde (~) path, then press return. This will reveal the Stickies Library folder again, with an empty Stickies folder and you replace it with the Stickies folder you placed on the USB Stick.


Run the Stickies application again on the new Mac.



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