Full Time Machine backup: Where are old Dashboard Stickies saved?

And how best to restore just those?

Hello
locate the file "StickiesDatabase"
path : User -> Home folder -> Library -> StickiesDatabase with time machine
one click to select , then click "restore"
HTH

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☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
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I don't have enough points to make a user tip. so I thought I'd share this way
Force Time Machine to take a full backup when the backup disk is on a network server (OS X 10.9)
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Choose “Use This Disk”. (Note: If you choose “Don’t Back Up” at this point it stops and you will see in TM preferences that it thinks it has never taken a backup.)
A new “(your computer’s name).sparsebundle” is created and a full backup is performed. Note: If your NAS is not TM-compatible, you probably had to create your own sparse bundle manually in the first place. In that case you will need to do that again, using the technique you used originally. Then you will see this message:
If you are still watching the sparse bundle in the finder window, it may not show the proper size for quite a while (over 10 minutes in my case).
I have tested this with a complete restore, but again heed my warning at the beginning
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I don't have enough points to make a user tip. so I thought I'd share this way
Force Time Machine to take a full backup when the backup disk is on a network server (OS X 10.9)
This works for me because my Time Machine backs up to my NAS. I have not tried this with any other kind of backup disk. It assumes that you have already had Time Machine set up properly and working, that for whatever reason, you would like a full backup of the mac at this point in time. WARNING: Before proceeding, make sure that you have a full backup on a USB stick just in case and real all of the steps!
Connect to the server (hereafter called “server”) and open a finder window to show the sparse bundle.
Rename the sparse bundle from “(your computer’s name).sparsebundle" to “(your computer’s name).sparsebundle.old”. You will get the usual warning message about changing the file type (extension) but make sure to change it.
Open Time Machine Preferences so you can see what is happening and then do “Backup Now”
You will se the status “looking for backup disk” for a minute or two and then this message:
Choose “Use This Disk”. (Note: If you choose “Don’t Back Up” at this point it stops and you will see in TM preferences that it thinks it has never taken a backup.)
A new “(your computer’s name).sparsebundle” is created and a full backup is performed. Note: If your NAS is not TM-compatible, you probably had to create your own sparse bundle manually in the first place. In that case you will need to do that again, using the technique you used originally. Then you will see this message:
If you are still watching the sparse bundle in the finder window, it may not show the proper size for quite a while (over 10 minutes in my case).
I have tested this with a complete restore, but again heed my warning at the beginning
Message was edited by: SilverSkyRat

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