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Retrieve notes from an old Mac.

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Lou_le_Loup Posted messages 3 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Hello,

I just acquired a new MacBook Pro. The old one was drowned in cold tea. The shop where I bought it still managed to transfer the data from my old Mac to an external hard drive.

I had a huge number of passwords in my Notes application.
Is it possible to retrieve them with a specific path? Or in another way? This is a mess...

Thanks in advance!

Configuration: Mac OS X (10.10.1) / Chrome 42.0.2311.90

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  1. Anonymous user
     
    Good evening,

    in the latest versions of OS X, the Notes data is located here:


    to access the user library, you need to go to the Finder's Go menu while holding down the alt key to see the Library line appear, or you can request it to be visible from a presentation options window of your directory, or use a utility like Onyx...

    this is because this user library is hidden by default in current OS X versions

    To get an appropriate response, always specify your exact system configuration
    Have a nice day :-) - Francis
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    1. Dimsouze
       
      Even with Onyx, I still can’t figure out how to find that ******* file.
      A bit lost, thanks anyway for your response.
      Here’s how the external drive is structured.
      http://www.hostingpics.net/viewer.php?id=209915Capturedcran20150416235135.png
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    2. Anonymous user
       
      You have successfully made hidden folders visible with Onyx, good, now you need to go to
      Users / your_name / Library / Containers and locate the file "com.apple.Notes",
      the operation consists of replacing the old folder "com.apple.Notes", which contains the information, with the new one that is empty.
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    3. Dimsouze
       
      Thank you, Francis! You’re really a star! You save me from so much crap!
      Thanks again!
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    4. Dimsouze
       
      Thank you very much!!!
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    5. Lou_le_Loup Posted messages 3 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
       
      Hello Francis, I just found this page and I have exactly the same problem. I managed to find the folder "com.apple.Notes" on my hard drive but I don't understand what I should do to open my old Notes. When I open Data I see that there are a multitude of folders but none seem to be related to my old Notes application.

      Your help would be Greatly appreciated.
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