I am trying to find out how to import the StickiesDatabase from my original Snow Leopard installation (separate hard drive) to my new Mavericks install.
I do not see StickiesDatabase in the /Library though. Can anyone offer suggestions on how to bring all my old stickies back?
Thanks.
Hello all.
I've succeeded in retrieving my old Stickies Database from a partition that has my old Lion OS and files, so I can use it with Stickies in a new partition that has El Capitan. El Capitan will not let me open the Library folder which contains my old StickiesDatabase file.
Open a Terminal window and use the following command to reveal all hidden files:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Press Command/Option/Esc and Force Quit Finder. Finder will relaunch, with hidden files now shown.
Set up two Finder windows and drag and drop the old StickiesDatabase, found at
/[old disk or partition]/Users/[username]/Library/StickiesDatabase
on top of the new one, at
/[new disk or partition]/Users/[username]/Library/StickiesDatabase .
Open Stickies and see your old notes.
Put Finder back to normal with this command in Terminal:
defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE
Relaunch Finder, as per the instruction above, or use the Terminal command:
killall Finder
Create a new Stickie with the above commands recorded for future reference!
:-)
Regards, Rick.
@dvdflashbacks
I had this problem too, solved by copying my old StickiesDatabase to ~/Library/ as /Library and ~/Library are different. Enjoy.
Thanks for the quick response! Worked perfect!
Can you expand this in laymans terms? Trying to copy over my Stickies too....
thx
Hi Jason,
Based on what mianfrombirminham explained...I copied my original StickiesDatabase file to ~/Library.
If you open Finder and choose Go To Folder and type ~/Library it will open in a new window and you can past the StickiesDatabase.
thx - I wasn't sure what the difference between the two libraries is..?
My pleasure :)
@Jason Fisher-Jones
~/Library/ is located under /Users/yourusername/Library while /Library is not. ~/Library/ is user library while /Library is system :) hope that'll help.
worked perfectly, yay! thanks
🙂
Importing the Stickies database works seamlessly!! Thanks!! 🙂
Some answers I've read in other Forums aren't mentioning you have to do the folllowing steps...to find ~/library/Stickiesdatabase, you have to go to
> FINDER > Go To Folder > ~/library/Stickiesdatabase
Thanks for the help mianfrombirmingham
J. Canon
Thank you mianfrombirmingham!
This method worked great getting stickies over to Yosemite from Snow Leopard really quick, glad to have my stickies!
Can not import Stickies Database
