I tried to transfer sticky notes accumulated over the years from my old iMac OS Sierra to the new iMac OS High Sierra from a backup drive in Time Machine, but the Restore button is not working, cab't highlight. Is there any other way I could transfer stickies? Would Migration Assistant work for that?
iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5-inch, Late 2015), macOS High Sierra (10.13), Processor 3.1GHz, Memory 16 GB
Migration should work but if it's not working for you the database can be found in Macintosh HD/User/[your account]/~Library/StickiesDatabase
you can migrate it to your other hard drive
from your original drive hold down OPTION to GO>LIBRARY
scroll down to STICKIESDATABASE
hold down OPTION and drag a copy of the file to a folder or desktop, then copy the file to the other drive, same location.
Migration should work but if it's not working for you the database can be found in Macintosh HD/User/[your account]/~Library/StickiesDatabase
you can migrate it to your other hard drive
from your original drive hold down OPTION to GO>LIBRARY
scroll down to STICKIESDATABASE
hold down OPTION and drag a copy of the file to a folder or desktop, then copy the file to the other drive, same location.
NOTE: In Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra the Home/Library folder is now invisible. To make it permanently visible enter the following in the Terminal application window: chflags nohidden ~/Library and press the Return key - 10.7: Un-hide the User Library folder.
For Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring up this window:
and check the last checkbox in the window.
First I'm trying to find StickiesDatabase on my hard drive and this is what I see under users/my name: Applications, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, cloud Drive x3, Movies, Music, Pictures, Public, Sites. Can't find Library under Users, there is only Library under System but no StickiesDatabase there.
Could't find it in backup drive either.
I followed the instructions, copied & pasted to the terminal - it didn't work (I X-ed my name):
Last login: Mon Oct 23 17:02:03 on ttys000
Krystynas-iMac:~ kXXXXXXXXXXy$ chflags nohidden ~/Library
Krystynas-iMac:~ kXXXXXXXXXXy$ chflags nohidden ~/Library
Btw. the link provided leads to 2011 Forum. Is it still the same?
from your original drive hold down OPTION go to GO>LIBRARY
otherwise it's invisible.
Try this method:
For Mavericks, Yosemite, El Capitan, Sierra and High Sierra go to your Home folder and use the View ➙ Show View Options menu to bring up this window:
how to transfer sticky notes from an old iMac to a new iMac?
