Hi and tnxs for reading.
I have a question about notes. I use notes a lot and they are synched between my Mac and iOS devices via iCloud.
I can I restore a note from a previous Time Machine backup? If I open notes and then TM, it automatically opens Finder Window and the Note App is hidden...
Is there a way to have the same result as Mail, for which I can surf my old email in TM?
Many Tnxs.
Cheers.
Notes isn't working the way Mail works. You can't restore individual notes. You can only restore all notes that were backed up at a certain time. Notes stores its data in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/
Tnxs, and if I need just to check what was there in the past and restore it, can I go back to the present notes or am I taking the risk to have them lost?
Notes is saving its data in 3 files. Restoring these 3 files from an earlier backup will overwrite the current 3 files.
So, it is there a way to check my previous notes without loosing the present ones? Example: I have 200 notes in different folders.
I need to check what was there 2 months ago, than take the note I need and go back to the present...
What are the step to be followed without loosing anything?
This is how I'd do it (I have never tried it myself, I will not take any responsibility if anything goes wrong, you should always have a working backup):
Before you start this procedure, remember that your syncing to iCloud. Deleting/changing anything on your Mac will have direct influence on what's happening to your data in iCloud.
1. copy the folder ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/ and it's contents to a safe place (e.g. Desktop or external drive)
2. restore the files in the Notes folder from the Time Machine backup
3. copy&paste to a text document or use "Export as PDF" inside Notes to save the old notes
4. manually delete the files from ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/ and replace them with your current files from step 1.
5. copy&paste your old notes
Tnxs. However I am wondering... if I force a TM backup before restoring the old notes, I think that after having done what you are suggesting about pasting the content of the old note I want to recover, instead of replacing the library with your step 1, I think I can go back to restore the last (more recent) backup created with TM, is this correct?
Your assumption is correct. But with that many important data I wouldn't rely on TM exclusively. I'd run a manual copy of these files. Two backups are better than one.
I thought this was going to solve my problem too, until i went to try it - I'm on OS10.10.1, so when I open Library (under Macintosh HD) there is no "Containers" folder...? are you on a different OS.??
Paul
You need your user library.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library.
Notes Backup on Time Machine??!
