At this point, visit System Preferences > iCloud and deselect the checkbox next to “Notes” to prevent it from attempting to sync with your other devices in my testing, iCloud syncing being turned on made the newly imported backups just disappear immediately if they included items I had previously deleted. When you’re sure you’re good on backups, then, quit Notes if it’s running. Let me say that again: This process will completely replace your existing Notes database. But regardless, make sure that your critical notes are backed up, as this process will completely replace your database with an older version. I’d also suggest you hold down Option and drag this folder onto your Desktop (or wherever) to make a copy just in case something goes wrong. When that opens, look for the folder labeled that’s what we’ll be restoring.Īnd this is a good, good time for an important caveat: If you’re concerned about losing notes that may not have existed in the older version of your database, back them up! You can copy and paste them into text files, say, or click each one and choose to export it to a PDF from the Notes program. In the dialog box that’ll appear, type or paste the following in exactly and click “Go”: ~/Library/Group Containers To do so, click on Finder’s blue smiley face icon in the Dock to switch to that program, and then pick Go > Go to Folder from the menus at the top. I’m sorry for everything I’ve done, guys.Īnyway, first you’ll want to navigate to the folder where your database lives. That’s what I’m here for, right? Well, that, and making terrible jokes.
If that doesn’t help, you can actually restore these notes from a Time Machine backup, but…uhhh…it’s a little bit completely entirely not clear how you’d do so. If you open the app on your Mac, you can reveal the sidebar ( View > Show Folders) to find the “Recently Deleted” section to check that.
That said, if you’re looking for an item that you may have accidentally removed, the Notes program does keep stuff for 30 days after deletion.
These are the choices you get within iCloud’s online settings. You can do so with a bunch of other types of data ( which I’ve discussed before), but sadly, you can’t do that with Notes. In my very humble opinion, a big oversight of Apple’s is that you can’t restore backups of Notes from.
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