Q: Is there any way to open or view contents of a notesexternalrecord file?
I had a note in the Notes app synced via iCloud. It was titled "Hera Don't Hate Me". I have no memory of deleting this note, but it is no longer on my iPhone, desktop, or iCloud.
I entered a phrase that I knew the note contained into Spotlight on my Yosemite desktop system... "succulence I had to taste". Spotlight revealed the note by name, "Hera Don't Hate Me" under TOP HIT, but it said the note was inside an External Notes Record, the path of which was deep inside com.apple.Notes Container in my User Library on another system drive (Mountain Lion).
The note obviously contains my writing—it wouldn't have shown up in Spotlight if it didn't—but when I try to open it in notes, the note isn't displayed.
Is there any way to get at the information that I know is inside this “p274.notesexternalrecord” file? I tried opening it with TextWrangler, but there didn't appear to be anything there. I tried moving the file into the Notes Container on my Yosemite system, but that didn't seem to do anything. I tried booting from the Mountain Lion system to view it, but with no luck. This is beyond my abilities, any help in getting at the info in this file would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
rob
Notes, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
Posted on Aug 13, 2016 9:00 AM

