jasonfromwoodstock

Q: Notes App note being backed up by Time Machine.

I'm having issues with the new Notes application in Mountain Lion not being backed up by Time Machine. If it is being backed up then the new OS is keeping me from accessing the time stamps or backups. Normally I could just open up an application and enter into the time machine to find the stored local time stamps but the Notes screen minimizes and the finder window opens automatically keeping me from accessing stored backup of the new Notes app. Is anyone having this same issue?

Mac Pro, OS X Mountain Lion

Posted on Aug 5, 2012 9:55 AM

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  • by AceNeerav,

    AceNeerav AceNeerav Sep 26, 2012 5:32 AM in response to ltualla
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    Sep 26, 2012 5:32 AM in response to ltualla
    • quit notes
    • disconnect from the internet
    • restore ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes directory
    • relaunch notes.
    • now try and do some fake editing in each note inorder to change the last modified date to most current time.
    • reconnect to the internet
    • let icloud sync the notes to all devices...
  • by ltualla,

    ltualla ltualla Sep 26, 2012 5:35 AM in response to AceNeerav
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    Sep 26, 2012 5:35 AM in response to AceNeerav

    I don't get it... How do I restore?

  • by ltualla,

    ltualla ltualla Sep 26, 2012 5:47 AM in response to AceNeerav
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    Sep 26, 2012 5:47 AM in response to AceNeerav

    I mean, can I restore it without Time Machine?

  • by Koen V.,

    Koen V. Koen V. Jan 22, 2013 3:11 PM in response to jasonfromwoodstock
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    Jan 22, 2013 3:11 PM in response to jasonfromwoodstock

    All,

     

    I turned it around: not backing up Notes but backing up iCloud (and/or syncing it to another cloud provider).

     

    Have a look at this: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4910?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US

     

    For me, this is the fix. I have stopped searching for alternative apps (which don't really exist) and I'm using Notes again without really worrying about having lost any data when an empty Notes shows up.

     

    Cheers,

    Koen

  • by Hat7,

    Hat7 Hat7 Mar 10, 2013 6:50 PM in response to William Lloyd
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    Mar 10, 2013 6:50 PM in response to William Lloyd

    Sorry for replying to an old topic, but I had the same issue where my Notes got deleted, and this was the key back to the them, via my Time Machine backup. These three data files, not anything else listed in this thread. THANK YOU, so much.

  • by abaylar,

    abaylar abaylar Apr 25, 2013 11:21 AM in response to Hat7
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    Apr 25, 2013 11:21 AM in response to Hat7

    If you need to get back your notes, you first disconnect from internet... Then copy your notes to a safe place (desktop).. Then delete the folder at your library and then copy the safe folder back to notes at library... you can see one old file date..that is the main file you need to get back the notes.. You can delete the other 2 new dated ones as they are copy from icloud.. Now you can enjoy opening your note.app and you will see all your old notes are back

  • by leonCR,

    leonCR leonCR Jun 12, 2013 1:18 PM in response to William Lloyd
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    Jun 12, 2013 1:18 PM in response to William Lloyd

    Hi,

     

    Thank you very much William Lloyd, your advice work for me.

     

    Best,

    Leo

  • by jlcracroft,

    jlcracroft jlcracroft Jul 16, 2013 7:58 AM in response to William Lloyd
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    Jul 16, 2013 7:58 AM in response to William Lloyd

    This worked for me. I was able to copy the valuable data from the note I was missing (after re-launching notes from the backup), paste the selected text to Pages, reconnect to the internet and paste the missing data back to my current note. Thanks William!

  • by mschlief,

    mschlief mschlief Oct 18, 2013 4:33 PM in response to Colin Robinson
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    Oct 18, 2013 4:33 PM in response to Colin Robinson

    I don't have "containers" within the folder labeled library.  Am I looking in the wrong place?

  • by Kirill B.,

    Kirill B. Kirill B. Oct 25, 2013 12:58 AM in response to William Lloyd
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    Oct 25, 2013 12:58 AM in response to William Lloyd

    I didnt find any better way..I did it to my father with TeamViewer,so dissconnecting from the internet was not an option.So i logged off from iCloud on his machine and did restore,work flawless.

    Unchecking notes from iCloud didnt help,only log off.

  • by prashanthfromespoo,

    prashanthfromespoo prashanthfromespoo Oct 29, 2013 3:56 AM in response to William Lloyd
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    Oct 29, 2013 3:56 AM in response to William Lloyd

    This works..remove the existing files, restore the 3 files mentioned below, then reopen Notes. However before reconnecting to the network you must update the last modified time of the restored notes to the current time so that iCloud does not overwrrite them.

     

    If you dont have hundreds of files you can do this by simply by opening each note and and making a minor edit such as adding a space.

     

    cheers

     

     

    William Lloyd wrote:

     

    So the actual database that you want is a Core Data database.

     

    You would need to restore the contents of your ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes directory.

     

    There are 3 files in there:

     

    NotesV1.storedata

    NotesV1.storedata-shm

    NotesV1.storedata-wal

     

    I think if you restore that directory to a point in time you should be able to recover the notes.  However, because it syncs with iCloud, there is the possibiilty that they would be immediately deleted again from a server-side command.

     

  • by mtulyatt,

    mtulyatt mtulyatt Oct 30, 2013 9:47 PM in response to William Lloyd
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    Oct 30, 2013 9:47 PM in response to William Lloyd

    Thanks for this!!!

    I followed these instructions and it worked.

     

    I disconnected from the internet first.

    Coppied the files to my desktop.

    Then just coppied and pasted them ontop of the current files, replacing them.

    This restored my notes that I had lost.

    Then I coppied the note that I wanted to keep.

    Pasted it in as a new note.

     

    This gave me two versions on the same note.

    Then turned the internet back on, and it deleted the old vesion, keeping the new version.

     

    Thanks again!!!

  • by DtwinJax,

    DtwinJax DtwinJax Dec 19, 2013 8:08 PM in response to mtulyatt
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    Dec 19, 2013 8:08 PM in response to mtulyatt

    I was able to use Spotlight and search for the note I lost, and it brought up the name of my deleted note, which I cut and paste into a new note.  Not sure how far back it goes, and if it had been updated, not sure what would have happened.

  • by Gafutch,

    Gafutch Gafutch Jun 11, 2014 2:30 PM in response to jasonfromwoodstock
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    Jun 11, 2014 2:30 PM in response to jasonfromwoodstock

    Thank you! School lesson notes restored!

  • by JamieB26,

    JamieB26 JamieB26 Jul 3, 2016 5:48 PM in response to ltualla
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    Jul 3, 2016 5:48 PM in response to ltualla

    This was way long ago, but did you ever find out? I found the files as well, but I don't understand HOW to restore them.

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