Restore Keychain access secure note with time machine

So my secure note in keychain access got deleted somehow - what files do I need to restore from my time machine backup to restore it?
Thanks

Whitecity wrote:
So my secure note in keychain access got deleted somehow
click here for information.
basically, you open keychain access, then enter time machine, go back to a known good time, and hit restore.

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The short of it... one of my kids decided they didn't need certain notes, therefore deleted them!!!!
(my fault i did not have notes/synced/off on new device!),
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Could I get some 'really specific' step by steps? seems others have had success, and maybe i'm in TM when I should be on my Mac or vice versa?! or in the wrong library?
My TM backups just does not let me get anywhere to restore those deleted notes.
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Thinking Apple should have given us an iCloud safety net or at least allow TM/ iCloud to be userfriendly.

I used this to restore my deleted notes from Time Machine, hope this helps others
closed Notes,
turned WiFi off,
entered finder/go+option/ to 'get to library': /Library/Containers/com.apple.Notes/Data/Library/Notes/
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opened notes and my deleted notes were back so I copied my notes into pages as a backup,
turned on WiFi and the notes disappeared!
replaced my restored notes by copy/pasting my backups into notes/iCloud....
notes/mac would not show across iCloud.... don't remeber this being an issue prior to Mavericks when 'all' notes were selected?
Apple needs to hear from us so they can fix glitches like this. TM was created for instances like this, hopefully this is just an oversite. Pass this along to Apple Feedback/iCloud/bug. If enough of us flag such issues, hopfully it's addressed on the next update.
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I inadvertently reset my default keychain. Upon discovering my error, I used Time Machine to restore an earlier login.keychain from user/library/keychains. All passwords, keys and certificates appear to have been successfully restored. However, all of the secure notes--of which there were dozens--remain missing.
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http://www.macworld.com/article/161156/2011/07/view_library_folder_in_lion.html
Look in the restored folder and you'll see a number of files that end with the extention ".keychain", for example....
login.keychain
...and any other keychains you may have previously created yourself. Most likely, your secure notes are in the old login.keychain file. Run the program Keychain Access (which you can find in the folder Applications/Utilities) and add back your old .keychain files by pulling down File-->Add Keychain. Your restored login.keychain should load automatically, but if it doesn't try adding it manually as just described.
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Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I'm not keen on wading through 137 pages of discussions.
I recently discovered Keychain Access' ability to create "secure notes," and thought this would be a wonderful way to keep my serial numbers, bank accounts, and other sensitive information secure.
However, I just tried to actually decrypt this information for the first time, and was rather shocked. When you attempt to open a secure note, and select the "show note" checkbox that prompts the "Deny / Allow Once / Always Allow" dialog box, the dialog box contains the "secure" information from the note!
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Mate Dobray wrote:
I want to make sure I can revert to Leopard in case I have problems with Adobe CS4 applications.
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I use Time Machine, and I know that to restore the entire system from Time >Machine, I need a bootable OS X install disk. My problem is the following: I do >not have my Leopard install DVD at hand, it is in another country and I won't >have access to it for a few months. So I was wondering whether I can restore my >current system (after installing Snow Leopard) using Time Machine, by booting >from the Snow Leopard install disk.
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gracoat wrote:
...sigh...
Try time machine and see what happens... I dare ya!
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Granted this is a 10.6 server page, but they haven't updated open LDAP in a way that would change it's database functionality, nor have they changed the way time machine backs up and what it backs up.
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Restore Keychain access secure note with time machine

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