My notes have vanished!

I have just go into my notes and have just noticed all of my notes have vanished! I didn't delete them as I need them! Has anyone else noticed this and how do I get them back?

Good news everybody - 10.8.3 has finally solved the problem!
There were a few things to do after updating to get it to work though:
Go into the Library folder (hold down the option key and select Library from the Go menu in the Finder)
Type com.apple.notes into the search box
Delete everything that it finds
Go to System Preferences and select Mail, Contacts & Calendars
Go through each account, first making sure that the IMAP Path Prefix on the Advanced... button is set to INBOX and then making sure that Notes is ticked in the Use With: box.
And that was it! It only took them 7 months and 3 system patches to fix it!

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In that case, you should definitely post your question here
https://discussions.apple.com/community/mac_os/mac_os_x_v10.6_snow_leopard
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Hello,
A few minutes ago I was grouping my apps into folders.
I moved my News folder back a couple of pages/screens - but it seems to have vanished!!!
However, when I do a search of the iPhone the apps are still there and working - they just do not appear on screen with the rest of the apps.
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I resynced with iTunes and then I could see the folder... though I am now doubting whether it was actually really missing in the first place... but I did look through the apps several times!!!
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question 2 - When I try to open itunes i get the message "the folder itunes is on a locked disk or you do not have write accessability to the folder...
I already downloaded the new itunes but even after that the message continues to appear.... what can I do to make itunes work back with my previous library...?
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Perhaps you should ask this question in the MAC forum. I have asked the administrators to move your post to a more appropriate forum.
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2. Make sure you have a fully up-to-date installation of OS X.
3. If you've installed an application called "Memory Clean" or any other third-party software that is supposed to "clean" or "purge" memory automatically, remove it according to the developer's instructions and restart. You should do that even if the software is not causing the problem, because it's useless.
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Hi... posted this earlier but the problem/question seems to have vanished... so, reposting.
Was asked to troubleshoot a Win 7 PS13 (CS6) crash today - first time to my knowledge PS has ever crashed! On restart, no Auto Recover option. All work lost. Did some checking.
Found two folders:
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So, my questions are:
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2. Is the AutoRecover messed up? Or...
3. Is the installation messed up and should i advise a reinstallation?
TIA....

Neil...
Think you can somehow help... Have done the following, again today:
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I checked to see if the 2 keywords that have vanished were listed in the keyword HUD.
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