(Archived) Mac died: Cannot find any of my Evernote notes (did not sync)

[duefiore 0]

Hi There,

I used evernote for mac heavily with different notebooks, yet I cannot remember whether there were local or public ones. However, I did not use online account/sync.

I did once an export into a file. However, now after the Mac died I can browse the time capsule backup as many times I want, I cannot find any of the notes. are they stored somewhere? what can I do to get the notes back?

Thanks

Anita

[jbenson2 2,146]

However, I did not use online account/sync.

If you had sync'd you would have an easy on-line backup to restore.

You best chance of recovery is to submit a ticket with Customer Support at:

https://support.ever...sp?deptID=16058

If you are a Premium member, they will respond in one business day (California time).

[GrumpyMonkey 4,316]

user/library/application/support/evernote?

[duefiore 0]

Thanks. I meanwhile found the "trick". Somehow the folder Library in User home directory was hidden. Hence I could not see it in the time capsule backup of my destroyed Mac. So I downloaded a widget to hide/unhide all files. Then re-entered time machine and this way could copy and past the Evernote data folder into the new installation. All notes are recovered.

Yes, right, online sync sounds tempting, but I read that the notes are not encrypted which gives me some general data security troubles.

Brgrds

Anita

[GrumpyMonkey 4,316]

good to hear you recovered it!

if you are doing your physical backups, and keeping those backups in multiple physical locations (what use are a million backups inside a house that goes up in flames?), then there is no need to sync. but, you will lose out on the best part of evernote: syncing from any device.

security is a concern. strong, unique, and frequently changed passwords should protect you from most problems (besides an intrusion into the evernote servers--unlikely, but possible). you could encrypt your files before uploading them onto the evernote server. you could also designate one folder of sensitive materials to remain unsynced, and sync everything else.

[Metrodon 2,183]

Lion hides the user/library folder now by default - apparently it's a feature...