Restore an iCloud backup to Mac?

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Restore an iCloud backup to Mac?

I deleted a note in Notes by accident awhile back but only just realized! I can see I have old iCloud backups on my Mac by looking in ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

I guess I could restore an old backup, open that Note and copy it to a temporary file. Then restore my most recent backup and simply paste in as a new Note?

I'm assuming you can't pick-and-choose a particular Note in the backup so you have to restore to the Mac the entire backup.

Any other smarter ideas?

Thanks,

DonSimon

MacBook Pro mid-2013 Catalina 10.15.7

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Nov 21, 2024 8:58 AM

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Answer 1

muguy

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Nov 21, 2024 9:05 AM in response to tetters

Your notes would be contained in an iCloud backup provided you do not sync notes to iCloud.

The backup in iCloud is for your iPhone or iPad and cannot be restored to your Mac. Restoration is all or nothing to your device so you would need t factory reset the device and set it up using the backup.

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