Retrieving iCal Top Do items from a crashed drive

My old MacBook Pro SATA controller died. I can retrieve all the data off the drive but where are my iCal "To Do" items stored so I can import/transfer them into my new MacBook Pro.
My Time Machine backup is not working so that is not an option either.
Does anyone know where iCal stores "To Do" items, and if so, how to move them to my new iCal?

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
To do items are part of the iCal database. Restoring the entire database will restore the to do items.
From your old hard drive you would need the /Users/YourUser/Library/Calendars directory.
Or if you were running 10.4.x or earlier on the old system it would be /Users/YourUser/Library/ApplicationSupport/iCal directory.
Move that directory to the matching location on the new system.
Hope that helps.

Similar Messages

Recovering Items from a Hard Drive?

Hello everyone. My MBP recently went through a tragic incident which ended up with it needing extensive repair and therefore I am considering getting a new MacBook Pro. I was wondering if all the apps that were downloaded online as well as all other files and bookmarks can be recovered from the Hard Drive? Or would they be saved in iCloud as well? Is it possible to recover all the data in my previous Mac? Thank you very much.

Yes, Time Machine backs up all your stuff automatically.
The first Backup is tedious, but after that it works unobtrusively in the background backing up only changed items once an hour (or as often as you attach the External backup drive).
Time Machine is not the best backup solution ever. There are much more sophisticated and flexible solutions available. But Time Machine is the Backup that actually gets done, and that is the most valuable feature of any Backup system.

How can I erase deleted items from the hard drive?

How can I erase deleted files from the hard drive? Will my machine run faster?

If you've already deleted the files and emptied the Trash they are already, in effect, erased. At least the disk space they occupied is now available.
To be able to offer help we need more information about which Mac you have, which OS you are running, how much RAM you have installed, how much hard disk space you have available, etc.
Go to the Apple Menu>About this Mac - copy and paste the contents of the report here (deleting the serial number of your machine). Once we have that info, I'm sure someone will have some suggestions.

Can't delete video line item from iTunes; crashes instead!

I have a line item for video in my iTunes library that I can't delete; it crashes iTunes instead.
When I right-click on the item, I get an error message that wants to send info to Microsoft before I can Clear it or uncheck it.
I've deleted the original video file and all other items in the library are responsive. I can still import music and video however when I try to sync with my iPod, it downloads everything until it gets to this line item and then iTunes crashes and closes.
Frustrating... Any ideas?
emachine Windows XP 60GB iPod

If Zevoneer's suggestion didn't work you can try just
clearing your whole library by pressing Ctrl+A & Del,
then adding it again by going File>Add folder to
library and add the folders you want.
If that still doesn't work (it doesn't let you clear
the library), uninstall then reinstall iTunes. That
should clear the library.
Well, looks like the simplest solution was the correct one. I tried to delete my library but it crashed when it got to the problem line item. So I ended up reinstalling iTunes and the line item was successfully deleted. (Now I get to recompile my library of 7400 songs and 200 videos. I'll get back with ya'll next month!)
Thanks for all the help everyone!

Retrieving the Affected Configuration Items from a Service Request

I have a service request that gathers the usernames of AD Users that need to be added to a new security group. I have Query Result field set to add the users that are selected as Affected Configuration Items. My problem is when I get the SR's related AD
Users it gives me all of the Affected CIs but it also gives me the user that submitted the form. Is there any way to filter the relationship to only get users in the Affected CI list?
Here's the steps I'm using:
Identify Runbook Automation Activity
Get Parent Service Request Relationship from RBA
Get Parent SR Object
Get related AD Users from SR
Get AD User Objects
Any help is much appreciated.

I figured it out. If anyone else is having this issue, you have to filter the Get User Relationship to exclude everything that does not match the Affected User Relationship Class:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/servicemanager/archive/2012/05/22/working-with-relationships-in-the-scsm-orchestrator-integration-pack.aspx

How do I delete items from the hard drive?

Im trying to make more space in my hard drive and want to delete items that I no longer want or need. How do I see everything I have in my hard drive and delete it?

Visit The XLab FAQs and read the FAQ on freeing up space on the hard drive. Also Freeing space on your Mac OS X startup disk.
There are a few utilities for scanning the drive. One good one that is free - OmniDiskSweeper.

Trashing items from external hard drive

HI. I have aMac OSX v10.5 Leopard--connected a G drive mini500gb external hard drive to trash the backed up itunesmusic on the external hard drive. But the computer wont let me because it cantdelete backed up items. Please Help.

Please explain exactly what you mean by "backed items". What is the exact error message you saw? What software did you use to back up the iTunes music?

Need to pull ranked item from one query into new query

Hi,
I have a parent query in which I assign a rank to characteristic values based on a key figure, in dollars. I need to pull the top 4 items from that parent query into 4 seperate child queries (i.e. child query 1 is written based on ranked item 1, child query 2 is written based on ranked item 2, etc.) Does anyone have any ideas how to achieve this?
Thanks
CM

Hi,
I have a parent query in which I assign a rank to characteristic values based on a key figure, in dollars. I need to pull the top 4 items from that parent query into 4 seperate child queries (i.e. child query 1 is written based on ranked item 1, child query 2 is written based on ranked item 2, etc.) Does anyone have any ideas how to achieve this?
Thanks
CM

Need to pull ranked item from query into new query

Hi,
I have a parent query in which I assign a rank to characteristic values based on a key figure, in dollars. I need to pull the top 4 items from that parent query into 4 seperate child queries (i.e. child query 1 is written based on ranked item 1, child query 2 is written based on ranked item 2, etc.) Does anyone have any ideas how to achieve this?
Thanks
CM

Here's what I ended up doing to resolve this...
Created a Parent_Query that pulled all the results. No conditions or replacement path variable.
Created a Parent_Query_Top_4 with a condition "Top N: 4". Since I am using a Structure in my rows, I had to create a formula in the structure called "All" to get the condition to work. So in the condition, I selected my Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" " (if you are using a structure in a condition, you're forced to select one of the structure elements), the condition "Top N" and the number "4". I also had to go to the Characteristic Assignment tab and select "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected, since I am only interested in seeing the Top 4 Code Groups and didn't want my query to consider any of the other characteristics.
Created Child_Query_Top_2. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Parent_Query. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Top N" and the number "2"; "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Created Child_Query_Top_3. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Parent_Query. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Top N" and the number "3"; "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Created Child_Query_1. This will find the #1 highest Code Group. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Parent_Query. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Top N" and the number "1"; "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Created Child_Query_2. This will find the #2 highest Code Group. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Child_Query_Top_2. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Bottom N" and the number "1" (to get #2 item in the top 2); "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Created Child_Query_3. This will find the #3 highest Code Group. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Child_Query_Top_3. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Bottom N" and the number "1" (to get #3 item in the top 3); "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Created Child_Query_4. This will find the #4 highest Code Group. Restricted my Code Group characteristic to a replacement path by query variable. I replaced it with the results from Parent_Query_Top_4. I then placed a condition on this query for Key Figure "Cost", the Structure element "All" the condition "Bottom N" and the number "1" (to get #4 item in the top 4); "Individual Chars and Char Combinations" with my "Code Group" characteristic selected.
Very roundabout, but fulfills the request for these very dynamic reports. And once one is done, all you really need to do is copy that one and keep changing the conditions and/or replacement path variables. Now I'll stick it all in a workbook and VOILA!
Hope this can help someone sometime...
C

Copied places.sqlite from crashed drive to new computer per instructions and old bookmarks don't load

I copied the places.sqlite folder from a crashed drive (FF 3.6.15, Windows XP) to the new computer (FF 4.01 Windows 7) per instructions, to appdata/roaming/moz/fire/profiles etc.
There are also JSON/bookmark backup files on the old drive's directory, they don't display when I try the import html command. All files have data.
How do I get the bookmarks to load on the new computer? Just copying the places.sqlite file didn't work.

See also:
* http://kb.mozillazine.org/Backing_up_and_restoring_bookmarks_-_Firefox

How to delete other files(yellow color code) from the hard drive, how to delete other files from the hard drive

how can i delete the yellow color code items from my hard drive? What are these other files anyway? I wanna save some memory space from my storage.

Macbook Pro community is here
Following thread could solve your question.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19030300#19030300

Mac does not transfer data from external hard drive when first set up and isn't listed on migration assistant

I've just had a new hard drive in my MacBook, luckily I had backed up everything on my external hard drive.
I've just got home and my MacBook set up as a new one and asked me if I wanted to transfer my old data from an external device. I clicked this option, and a box appeared with me to choose my device so I plugged it in and nothing. It was not listed so I couldn't continue. I clicked go back to continue without transferring any data and tried to use migration assistant. I plugged in my external HD again and it was recognised on the desktop with me being able to open it and see my old document, folders and iTunes etc.
I went on to migration assistant and that came up with much the same choice as the first time so I chose the option again to transfer information from my "other device" again there was an empty box so I cannot choose my device.
I then thought maybe I would need to install snow leopard again as when I got the computer back it was only running leopard and when I previously backed up my mac it was running snow leopard.
So I've now got in my snow leopard disk and put in my password to install leopard and it's not installing!
I'm very frustrated and now it's too late to call apple!
Any help would be appreciated. I don't want to go back to the store again as its 30 miles away!
Thankyou
Vicki

Thanks for the quick reply, Kappy. I did use Carbon Copy Cloner. When I returned the cloned data to the new hard drive I tried starting the computer and I got the logo and the spinning gear. It did not go any further. I also tried starting in safe mode and it would not go to safe mode. I have other bootable volumes on the external drive that I cloned the data to. When I tried migration assistant it would not list the volume that I cloned from the failed hard drive. I can see the users desk top, documents, pictures from the cloned drive.

After installing iTunes 10.4.0.80 "file" "edit" etc items from menu bar at top right corner disappeared -when cursor is put in that spot a darker rectangle appears - similarly tabs for syncing iPhone are invisible

After installing iTunes 10.4.0.80 "file" "edit" etc items from menu bar at top right corner disappeared -when cursor is put in that spot a darker rectangle appears - similarly tabs for syncing iPhone are invisible- and similarly small ovals appear when cursor is placed where tabs should be.

Very many thanks to you, Putaro! Your answer provided the solution. It was a buggy plug-in that turned out to be the culprit.
You're off the hook, Apple, and my apologies for stating that you let a dog run loose. You skated by this time, Apple. But I'm watching you.
But again, Putaro's reference to the plugins I had installed over the years turned out to illuminate the problem. I have several plugins in my iTunes plugins folder, pretty much all designed to add more visualizer functionality. I removed all of them, and ALL of the problems I noted in my post went away, with full iTunes functionality restored.
I began adding the plugins back to hopefully single out the culprit. Among the ones I had been using included fielder, G-Force, Timestrech, volcanokit, QuartzComposer, and Jax. I hadn't used any of them in a while - probably at least a verison or more back in iTunes updates, but iTunes continued to work with all of them installed. Currently, only QuartzComposer continues to work in iTunes 10.4. The rest no longer even show up as visualizer opitons, with one exception. Jax does show up, but does not work. AND THE PRESENCE OF JAX IS WHAT KILLED MY ITUNES.
I looked into it and went back to the developer, and it appears that they discontinued developing Jax some time ago - evidently, it was buggy and crash prone. I remember after buying it, having problems with it - having never worked to its touted potential, but I didn't pursue it, and never uninstalled it. Leaving it in there caused all iTunes functionality to cease with the iTunes 10.4 update.
If you've got Jax installed, consider removing it before updating to iTunes 10.4.
My iTunes is now working right as rain, thanks again to Putaro!
-Jon

My hard drive crashed and I am using a different machine. How do I retrieve my personalized Pages 5.2 templates from my backup drive? I have searched at length and can't seem to find them.

My hard drive crashed and I am using a different machine. How do I retrieve my personalized Pages 5.2 templates from my backup drive? I have searched at length and can't seem to find them.

login_directory = /Users/yourname
If the Library folder is not shown in your login directory, then open a Finder window, and press command+J. This will open a Finder View Options panel. On it, there is a selectable entry to Show Library Folder. Once this is selected, the Library folder will appear. Now, follow the instructions in my May 6 post. You will have to right-click on com.apple.iWork.Pages and choose Show Package Contents, before continuing.
Correction: login_directory/Library/Containers/com.apple.iWork.Pages/Data/Library/Applicatio n Support/User Templates/
The host software persists in changing the correct Application Support text above to Applicatio n Support, which does not exist.

Is it possible to retrieve deleted items from the Pages App please?

IIs it possible to retrieve deleted items from the Pages App? Thanks

From within the Pages app, no. If you have an iTunes or iCloud backup that would have contained the file, and you are backing up Pages, it could be received via a restore using that backup (this would wipe out any newer data however).

Retrieving iCal Top Do items from a crashed drive

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for