i just updated to the latest version and i lost my mission control memo .. i really have a lot of important information on there .. is it possible to get it back ?

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MacBook Pro, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Oct 26, 2015 5:22 PM

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Oct 26, 2015 5:42 PM in response to meshalfromtoronto

This is an important lesson in computers. Never update your system without making a backup.


Mission control memos are stickies that are part of the old Dashboard system that has been around since 10.5.

Alas, they are not permanent. For permanent memos, you'll want to use Stickies Application itself in Applications -> Utilities or Notes. Memos in Dashboard are there much like the clipboard, they only survive temporarily.


A good clone backup might have saved them. Restoring the memos though from the Dashboard is very hard as it would require identifying which Library file is updates when you put memos in and using a data recovery tool.

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i just updated to the latest version and i lost my mission control memo .. i really have a lot of important information on there .. is it possible to get it back ?

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