caricia1990

Q: Where are apple notes stored?

My notes were not syncing to my phone or ipad so I went on to my macbook air to try and sync. It took me to my accounts and I unchecked the notes for a yahoo account I have and rechecked it again hoping this would help. It deleted my notes that were on my macbook air notes program and I cannot get them back? Can someone directo me to getting my notes back please.

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4)

Posted on Jul 8, 2013 6:08 PM

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Q: Where are apple notes stored?

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  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 8, 2013 7:59 PM in response to caricia1990
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    Jul 8, 2013 7:59 PM in response to caricia1990

    Triple-click the line below on this page to select it:

    ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes

    Right-click or control-click the highlighted line and select

     

    Services Reveal

    from the contextual menu.* A folder should open with an item selected. Quit the application if it's running. Restore the selected item from a backup that predates the unwanted change.

    *If you don't see the contextual menu item, copy the selected text to the Clipboard (command-C). In the Finder, select

    Go Go to Folder...

    from the menu bar, paste into the box that opens (command-V). You won't see what you pasted because a line break is included. Press return.

  • by caricia1990,

    caricia1990 caricia1990 Jul 8, 2013 8:24 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jul 8, 2013 8:24 PM in response to Linc Davis

    How do I restore the selected folder from a backup? I don't think it was backed up to anything? This started because it wasn't syncing to my other devices.

  • by Linc Davis,

    Linc Davis Linc Davis Jul 8, 2013 8:34 PM in response to caricia1990
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    Jul 8, 2013 8:34 PM in response to caricia1990

    If you don't have a backup, and you deleted the notes, and they're not on the Yahoo website, then they're gone. You will eventually lose all data that isn't backed up.

  • by caricia1990,

    caricia1990 caricia1990 Jul 8, 2013 8:38 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Jul 8, 2013 8:38 PM in response to Linc Davis

    All I did was uncheck the notes box in the mail, contacts, notes preferences section for my yahoo account. I didn't think it would have deleted them with no warning box of any sort. Thank you for your help. I will have to start backing up.

  • by progmusicman17,

    progmusicman17 progmusicman17 Sep 5, 2013 10:11 AM in response to caricia1990
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    Sep 5, 2013 10:11 AM in response to caricia1990

    I have found that my notes were backed up in Time Machine in the folder Linc notes above. However, when I'd restore this folder and re-open notes, I could only see my old notes for a second, then they'd be gone. Apparently this was because my computer was automatically comparing them to what I had 'in the cloud' and restoring the 'cloud' version.

     

    What I did to remedy this was to take my computer offline (turning off my wifi...perhaps you'd need to unplug your network cable depending on your set up), restore the folder, open my notes (which now were *not* restored from the cloud since I was offline), copy each of them into a text file and reconnect my network. At this point the 'cloud' again restored the cloud version, deleting the old notes again...but since I had them copied into text files, I could make 'new' notes, re-copying and pasting the old ones from the text files into 'new' notes...and presto...old notes were restored..

     

    I hope this helps someone...

  • by golden jin,

    golden jin golden jin Oct 8, 2013 6:19 PM in response to Linc Davis
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    Oct 8, 2013 6:19 PM in response to Linc Davis

    Hi, sir

     

    The notes which made by Apple, it cannot be opened anymore. Could you give me some suggestions?

     

    Thank you!

  • by golden jin,

    golden jin golden jin Oct 10, 2013 2:36 AM in response to golden jin
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    Oct 10, 2013 2:36 AM in response to golden jin

    Hi, Guys

     

    I have solved my problem. The secret is to login your iClound with your Apple ID.Next ,select the notes.Then,go back to the main screen and tap "notes" again. Finally, Suprise!   So easy, isn't it?

  • by sabatica,

    sabatica sabatica Oct 10, 2013 3:18 AM in response to golden jin
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    Oct 10, 2013 3:18 AM in response to golden jin

    It would've helped if you explained to us that your Notes were synced with Yahoo/iClud services/Local on your Mac.

     

    So no solution. You didn't give us the right info.

  • by mammonist,

    mammonist mammonist Mar 17, 2016 11:07 AM in response to Linc Davis
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    Mar 17, 2016 11:07 AM in response to Linc Davis

    Please help me preserve my marriage by recovering Notes I backed up by copying ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes.

     

    What happened is, we got my wife a new computer. She also has an iPad and iPhone. Evidently with her old Macbook she was syncing notes via gmail. When we switched to iCloud these were somehow all wiped out, except on her old computer. I took this machine and backed up her folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes just to be on the safe side. Sure enough, I turned on wifi, gmail synced, and her notes (from the Notes app) were wiped out. *But* I still have her com.apple.Notes--which should contain all her notes, right?

     

    So--I copied this backed up com.apple.Notes into her Containers folder and renamed the old one. Should work, right? Unfortunately, I opened Notes (we're still on her old Macbook) and there's nothing there.What in the world am I doing wrong?

     

    I'd be *so* grateful for any help. If the news is bad please include the name of a good divorce lawyer. Thanks.

  • by mammonist,

    mammonist mammonist Mar 17, 2016 11:19 AM in response to mammonist
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    Mar 17, 2016 11:19 AM in response to mammonist

    Uh oh. Just saw this elsewhere. Shall I assume I backed up the old version?

     

    Since macosx el capitan, upgraded notes keeps its databases in Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes. Previous folder Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes is used for previous format of notes, so - it contains your old formatted notes before converting it to next version of Notes.

    so Library/Group Containers/group.com.apple.notes and Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes should be copied for backing up, new one and old.