Possible to restore calendar from backup

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Possible to restore calendar from backup

Deleted a calendar on my MacBook -Sierra OS - and need to get it back. I tried the Restore on Icloud, and it replaced all of my calendars that I had not deleted, but did not find the missing culprit. I can't get to it from my iPhone X either.

I back up my mac regularly using Time Machine to an external drive. Is there a way to find a calendar portion of the backup and use Time Machine to restore it?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013), macOS Sierra (10.12.6)

Posted on Oct 31, 2018 1:49 PM

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Cåts

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Oct 31, 2018 1:54 PM in response to rcn15

I did a similar thing in High Sierra and fixed it. I thought I'd lost all my Calendar events and reminders.

Hopefully this will work the same in El Capitan.

Open your calendar so you can see it and put it to the side (but in view)

Then,open System Preferences>iCloud>

you'll see the window below. If Calendar is NOT checked in the list, you will need to check it and look at your calendar.

You should see everything slowly reappear.

If you uncheck it again, the events, etc will disappear again. Checking the box next to Calendarsshould solve the issue.

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Eric Root

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Oct 31, 2018 7:25 PM in response to rcn15

Doing the below will erase any entries made since you did the backup.

Enter the Time Machine application and go to a backup when the calendar existed. Paste the below into the search box and restore the folder. You may need to restart the computer.

~/Library/Calendars

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rcn15 Author

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Nov 2, 2018 6:41 AM in response to Cåts

The box was already checked. We have several named calendars, of which only one is missing.

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rcn15 Author

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Nov 2, 2018 6:43 AM in response to Eric Root

Thank you. I didn't know what to search for. This did not add the calendar I needed although I'm not sure why. Perhaps it is just gone forever. Time to see a genius.

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Eric Root

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Nov 2, 2018 8:51 AM in response to rcn15

You are welcome. While in Time Machine, did you go back far enough? Something else to try.

Go to iCloud.com using a computer and select Settings. When that page loads, look at the bottom left side under Advanced and see if you can restore from there.

How to Recover Files, Contacts, Calendars and Reminders in iCloud

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