Dashboard Sticky recovery in Mavericks?

I don't have a Library file in my user folder, and i cannot find the database file for my dashboard stickies. What can i do to restore these?

Do a backup.
Quit the application.
Go to Finder and select your user/home folder. With that Finder window as the front window, either select Finder/View/Show View options or go command - J. When the View options opens, check ’Show Library Folder’. That should make your user library folder visible in your user/home folder. Select Library/StickiesDatabase. Recover from your backup.
Thanks to leonie for some information contained in this.

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Step 1
If you have more than one user, and the one in question is not an administrator, then go to Step 2.
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sudo find ~ $TMPDIR.. -exec chflags -h nouchg,nouappnd,noschg,nosappnd {} + -exec chown -h $UID {} + -exec chmod +rw {} + -exec chmod -h -N {} + -type d -exec chmod -h +x {} + 2>&-
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res
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How to re-add Recovery to Mavericks

I had a Recovery HD in Mountain Lion, but when I clean installed Mavericks, the Recovery Drive disappeared [or never showed up]. I did not even notice for quite a while as I was busy putting together my New system. By that time I had gone to 9.1 and then 9.2 which did not naturally address the issue. I am not sure how to do a re-install without Recovery, short of another clean install which I would rather not do now...
For one thing, I need to reduce my main internal drive to 1 partition. The other DU settings appear correct & amenable to Recovery Disk.
So how do I get from here to there? I need to download 9.3 somewhere in the process. Should I use a regular update or a combo file? If combo, what are steps to install?
I am drawing blanks so any help appreciated.

Björn Herrmann wrote:
Csound1, it is you who is wrong. That is no licensing violation since Mavericks is free.
Cost has nothing to do with Licensing. Mavericks may not be transferred, it is licensed to the original account holder of the account that downloaded it.
Here is the relevant section of the Mavericks EULA
3. Transfer.
A. If you obtained the Apple Software preinstalled on Apple-branded hardware, you may make a one-time permanent transfer of all of your license rights to the Apple Software (in its original form as provided by Apple) to another party, provided that: the Apple Software is transferred together with your Apple-branded hardware; (ii) the transfer must include all of the Apple Software, including all its component parts, printed materials and this License; (iii) you do not retain any copies of the Apple Software, full or partial, including copies stored on a computer or other storage device; and (iv) the party receiving the Apple Software accepts the terms and conditions of this License. For purposes of this License, if Apple provides an update (e.g., version 10.9 to 10.9.1) to the Apple Software, the update is considered part of the Apple Software and may not be transferred separately from the pre-update version of the Apple Software.
B. If you obtained your license to the Apple Software from the Mac App Store, it is not transferable. If you sell your Apple-branded hardware to a third party, you must remove the Apple Software from the Apple-branded hardware before doing so, and you may restore your original version of OS X.
Reinstalling it will require the user ID and password of the account that downloaded it.
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Recover dashboard sticky?

Can anyone tell me if stickies from dashboard are stored on the hard drive? If so, where are they stored? I am hoping to recover a sticky I accidentally deleted from dashboard. I am using Leopard and Time Machine. Thanks.

Hi i had the same problem but i only found this solution with Time Machine:
BEWARE: you can only recover stickies that you have not closed- so if you accidently closed/deleted a sticky this solution might not be possible..
I know this works if you deleted text from a sticky and want it back... worked for me!
First of all exit the Dashboard and do not open it again until you login in the end of the guide!
1. Go to folder user(your username)/library/preferences/
2. find the file file: widget-com.apple.widget.stickies.plist and single-click on it so its marked
3. Make a folder on your desktop named something like "Backup of dashboard stickie (TODAYS DATE)" and open the folder
4.you now have 2 finder windows open. Drag the file "widget-com.apple.widget.stickies.plist" and hold the alt-key and release the file in the "Backup of...." folder - now you have a backup (Make sure you copied the file and not moved it), then close the "Backup of..." folder.
5. In the finder window "Preferences" you have single clicked the file widget-com.apple.widget.stickies.plist - now open Time Machine.
6. Time Machine is in the folder "Preferences" with the file marked, now go as far back as you want to go to the date that the stickies where working. Choose Recover and Time Machine will now move the old file to today's folder.
7. Finder ask if you want to overwrite and you choose yes to this! (DONT START YOUR DASHBOARD YET!)
8. Log out your user and log in again - and voila it should have restored the missing text on your stickies....
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I have no recovery HD, tried installing Mavericks and now i can't acces lion either so I'm stuck with no OS.

Hello, im really mad and desperate.
Was in lion and needed xcode 5 so I downloaded mavericks installer
Double clicked mavericks and began installation
I wanted to install over lion with no backups, had no important files already left.
Installation failed for some reason.
Now everytime i boot my mac, the os x maverick installer shows up, but i cant select lion (i have 3 disks available for install none of which are candidates, since one is bootcamp , im here now, and the others are disk04 and disk06 iirc)
I don't have recovery HD, when holding down option in boot I ONLY SEE MAVERICK OS X INSTALLER AND BOOTCAMP OPTIONS , i have tried cmd R, holding alt, etc and I CAN'T IN ANY WAY ERASE, RESTORE OR WHATEVER lion hd.
I was able however to boot lion in safe boot mode, but that's no use since its really slow and buggy. I need answers, I don't want to buy another HD for something that Apple advertises as "Just download and install" which completley ruined my mac.

In that case you can do Internet Recovery:
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
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Want to reinstall maverick in my mac book pro

i upgraded to maverick but i want to clean my mac so i want to reinstall it in a clean way and put my mac book pro like coming from factory
is it possible to do that from internet?

This will install Mavericks by Internet Recovery:
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Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
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I erased my drive on Macbook pro, trying to reinstale os x Maverick but it is not available on App store, what should I do?

I erased my drive on Macbook pro, trying to re-install os x Maverick but it is not available on App store, what should I do?

Install Yosemite instead of Mavericks. Or you can do the following if your computer supports Internet Recovery:
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

I installed Mavericks on my macbook pro and now I want to go back to Lion, is this possible and how?

I'm not satisfied with OS X Mavericks and I'd like to go back to OS X Lion! How do I do this as easy as possible?

Erase your hard drive and install your Lion system backup. If you don't have a Lion backup, the you can do an Internet Recovery:
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

In search for OSX dashboard stickies's options

Hi
I'm using stickies inside my dashboard, but I have hard problems finding options for Dashboard Stickies.
Only options I have found is changing font type, size and sticky color.
I`m missing options like:
Duplicate sticky
Rich text editing (same as a non-dashboard sticky)
Shortcuts
Does these options exist?
Thank you!

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But anyway that's one problem solved. Wake on LAN still have no luck with that one. Well I got a work around but its not ideal. For me setting the Display Sleep to 3 hours works, because my iMac 24 and my main PC are nest to each other. But I guess for people that need this for remote servers even that wont work. O btw maybe this helps a few people, Teamviewer seems to be able to wake him up too.

How will OS X Mavericks perform on iMac 8,1

I see that minimum requirements for OS X Mavericks is 2 GB RAM. I have 4 GB on an iMac 8,1 (early 2008) 2.4 GHz. Is it smart to upgrade or will performance be so bad I will regret it? I am running Lion now and that is fine, but skipped Mountain Lion because I read that it was quite the resource hog. Anybody have a thought or better yet experience?

I do not have the same Mac as you (I have a MacBook Pro 8,2), but it is of approximately the same vintage, with 8 GB of RAM. Mavericks is fast and flawless on my machine. I'd suggest a few things to be aware of before you upgrade to Mavericks:
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The Mavericks installer (which is downloaded from the App store) deletes itself from your mac after it does the installation. If you want a backup hard copy of it, a nice way to go is with DiskMaker X, which will make a bootable USB flash drive installer for you on an 8 GB flash drive. You use DMX after the Mavericks Installer download, but before you install it. DiskMaker X (formerly Lion DiskMaker
If you have any apps that are really essential for you, make sure they are compatible with Mavericks before you upgrade, and get updated versions of them. Ditto for your printer.
Mavericks works really well, but it does not tolerate or play well with Crapware. Crapware is stuff like "optimizers", "defragmenters", third party "utilites", and "cleaners". All this stuff is unnecessary in the first place, poorly written, and can be harmful to macs. At best it slows macs down. Prime examples of this are MacKeeper and CleanMyMac. Macs take care of themselves very well with built in antivirus, security, and maintenance software that is already built in to Mavericks. Antivirus software is problematic and unnecessary for macs. Almost all of the Mavericks performance issues people write in with on the forums are due to crapware. I'd uninstall all the Crapware on your mac before upgrading (if you can; one of the hallmarks of Crapware is there is no uninstaller. This stuff can be impossible to uninstall). If there is a lot of Crapware on your Mac, a better option is to erase your HD and do a clean reinstall, and then not put the Crapware back on.
There are some more reputable third party utilities, for example TechTool. A properly maintained mac will almost never need to be repaired, by any utility, and does not need to have constant monitoring and optimizing going on by third party utilites, however reputable they might be. If you have TechTool or something similar, I'd at least uninstall the monitoring parts of it (I think it's called TechTool Protection).
Printer and Scanner problems can be minimized by uninstalling any third party printer manufacturer applications and utilities, and just using the OSX print dialogs and Image Capture, and letting OSX download the appropriate drivers for you from Apple. Those shiny CD's that come with printers and scanners should be left in their envelopes and thrown out.
Right before you run the installer, reboot in safe mode, which will minimize any conflicts between third party software and the installer.
4 GB of RAM is reasonable for good performance with Mavericks, but if you do any very memory-intensive stuff like video editing, you will probably want more.

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I think my hard drive crashed, oh my. First, let me say that all my data is backed-up on a cloud drive or on my network drive. So, I am good there. The computer is now completely inoperable, can't start up, not even in safe mode. Just goes to Apple grey screen and then shuts down, that Issa far as I can get. Does not even play the start-up chime anymore.
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Internet Recovery
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Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet
            if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.
DVD Installation:
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Be sure to make a backup first because the following procedure will erase
the drive and everything on it.
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Download and install Mac OS X 10.6.8 Update Combo v1.1.

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After installing mavericks i started getting image retention so i was wondering if reinstalling mountain lion will fix my problem.

It's unlikely that has a thing to do with OS version. But it you wish to reinstall Mountain Lion:
Erase the drive.
Reinstall Mountain Lion from a backup.
Since your computer can run Mavericks you will no longer be able to re-download Mountain Lion. However, if Mountain Lion was pre-installed on your computer, then you may be able to reinstall it by going through an Internet Recovery:
Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.
Partition and Format the hard drive:
Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.
Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.
Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.
This may restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

Mid 2011 iMac won't boot in any mode.

Hello,
Last ast week in the middle of a deadline my imac crashed. I was in the middle of a Pro Tools session and the next thing my mouse icon turns into a series of dots and everything freezes. So, I rebooted and since then I haven't been able to get it to boot in any mode.
On booting it gets to about 1/3 through the progress bar and then hangs.
I have tried the following, all steps have not worked:
Safe Mode
Recovery
Internet Recovery
External Mavericks Drive Boot
Resetting NVRam, PRam
I was able to use target disc mode to get my work from my drives. Randomly it booted once after the crash, I was able to run disc utility's repair disc on my system disc, to which it came back with "disc appears to be fine".
I have taken the iMac to my local authorised service centre, but so far it has been a week and they haven't even looked at it yet.
my question is basically, what could it be that is causing my iMac to do this? I was thinking it may be hardware issues.. But I have no clue really?

*Also,
I have tried running hardware test on startup, but nothing happens when I do. Just stays on the gray screen. After it randomly booted and I ran disc utility, it did the same thing. Mouse icon turned into a series of dots in a vertical line, froze, then rebooted.
After resetting the P and NVRam booting in safe mode shows a blue screen with vertical lines and/or shows some debug info on the gray startup screen.
I will post some photos for reference.

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Hi everyone.
I’ve searched through the discussions unable to make any concrete conclusions to resolve my dilemma so I hope someone here can help me out if possible.
My Macbook Pro 13 inch (late-2011) running Mavericks had its hard drive recently wiped by an Apple technician after I took it in following problems.
I stupidly didn’t back up any files onto an external hard drive or in TimeMachine when my hard drive was working before. However, from reading these discussions it appears other people with wiped hard drives have been able to recover data with some success. I’d like to know if this is at all possible in my situation?
To put my dilemma into some context, only days ago my Macbook began to freeze up. Eventually I had to force shut down with the power button as the computer became unresponsive.
Afterwards, when I turned on the computer the OS would not load past the grey screen with the apple logo. I attempted to perform a boot in Safe Mode but encountered the same problem. Then the computer would only shut down at this point each time I tried to turn the computer on again. Naturally I took it to my local Apple store and had a ‘Genius’ check it out.
After attempting to load the OS, I stupidly agreed with the Apple technician that the hard drive should be wiped (being less educated then about hard drives than I am now). I’ve been kicking myself ever since then thinking at the time a broken/corrupted hard drive meant that the data was already lost and that it was safe to wipe the hard drive in order to perform an ‘Internet Recovery’.
The Internet Recovery for Mavericks however failed and the Apple technician offered to replace the Hard Drive for a small ransom.
I’ve since tried to turn the Mac on at home and the grey screen still appears this time with a flashing folder with a question mark.
I know I have to go and buy a new hard drive and replace the existing one. But I still would like to know, is the data on the old hard drive able to be recovered or are my files lost forever since the Apple technician ‘wiped’ my hard drive?
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