Notes backup

CharlieBrandt09 · Feb 15, 2013, 01:50 PM

So I use notes for a lot of things. Recently I switched from 4s to a 5 and everything transferred over from my backup...except for my notes. I had some very important info in there and was wondering if it might be stored somewhere else that I a not looking. Any help? Thanks.

madsci954 · Feb 15, 2013, 02:39 PM

Go to icloud.com from a Mac or PC and sign in with your iCloud / Apple ID and go to Notes. All your notes should be there.

Small White Car · Feb 15, 2013, 02:54 PM

Also, for the future, they SHOULD be stored in your backup. I'm not sure what went wrong. It may be worth restoring again just to see if it works the second time.

(Anyone else: I'm not wrong, am I? Anyone else know if Notes are excluded from the backup for some reason? I can't imagine why they would be.)

Nand · Feb 15, 2013, 02:57 PM

Check settings / notes / default Account

adam044 · Feb 15, 2013, 03:50 PM

My notes always have come back. Check out Evernote too sounds like it could be of use to you.

bollweevil · Feb 16, 2013, 12:25 PM

To user Small White Car: Notes are definitely included in the backup, at least in iOS 6.1. Yesterday, my iPhone 5 was replaced because of a defective camera. When I did "Restore from backup" onto my new iPhone, all of my notes magically appeared.

You could try restoring from backup again.

The backup itself is located here:

~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

However, everything has incomprehensible hexadecimal names, so I don't know how to find just the notes. Maybe you could try searching that folder for some text that you remember was in a note?

Feb 15, 2013, 01:50 PM	#1
CharlieBrandt09 macrumors regular Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Southern NJ	Notes backup So I use notes for a lot of things. Recently I switched from 4s to a 5 and everything transferred over from my backup...except for my notes. I had some very important info in there and was wondering if it might be stored somewhere else that I a not looking. Any help? Thanks. __________________ Mid-2011 iMac 21.5 iPhone 5 iPod Touch iPad (3rd Gen) 32 GB wifi ATV2
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adam044 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Boston	My notes always have come back. Check out Evernote too sounds like it could be of use to you. __________________ 13" Late 2011 MacBook Pro, 2.4 GHz > iPhone 5 32GB Black AT&T > iPad 4 > Apple TV 3 Twitter Instagram
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Feb 15, 2013, 02:39 PM	#2
madsci954 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio	Go to icloud.com from a Mac or PC and sign in with your iCloud / Apple ID and go to Notes. All your notes should be there.
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Feb 15, 2013, 02:54 PM	#3
Small White Car macrumors G3 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Washington DC	Also, for the future, they SHOULD be stored in your backup. I'm not sure what went wrong. It may be worth restoring again just to see if it works the second time. (Anyone else: I'm not wrong, am I? Anyone else know if Notes are excluded from the backup for some reason? I can't imagine why they would be.)
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Feb 15, 2013, 02:57 PM	#4
Nand macrumors member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: San Juan	Check settings / notes / default Account
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Feb 16, 2013, 12:25 PM	#6
bollweevil macrumors 6502 Join Date: Feb 2008	To user Small White Car: Notes are definitely included in the backup, at least in iOS 6.1. Yesterday, my iPhone 5 was replaced because of a defective camera. When I did "Restore from backup" onto my new iPhone, all of my notes magically appeared. You could try restoring from backup again. The backup itself is located here: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/ However, everything has incomprehensible hexadecimal names, so I don't know how to find just the notes. Maybe you could try searching that folder for some text that you remember was in a note?
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