Many thanks Peter I understand now My Library/Calendar folder seems to have a lot of junk (empty folders and files) in it and includes five .calendar folders. I’ve identified the current one with an Info.plist dated yesterday. Would it be ok to clean out the rest do you think or is it best to leave well alone?
Thanks Allen iMac Mid 2011 OS 10.13.6 > On 10 Jan 2020, at 7:27 am, Peter Hinchliffe <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> On 8 Jan 2020, at 5:35 pm, Allen Gladwell <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen >> >> I went onto something else and when I went back to calendar I touched the >> space bar and it all came back so panic over for now. I had hit the space >> bar before many times before, as well as other keys, so I don’t know why it >> worked this time >> >> I don’t use iCloud but it sounds like a good idea to at least park my >> calendar there in case it happens again. It was very scary and worrying when >> it happened >> >> I presume it’s backed up both on Time machine and Carbon Copy Cloner but I >> was hoping someone could tell me how to get the data back from a backup. >> Presumably the data is kept somewhere > > Your Calendar data is in ~/Library/Calendars. The ~/Library folder is > normally kept hidden in modern versions of MacOS, so in case you don’t know > how to find it, go to Finder and hold down the Option key while choosing “Go” > from the Menu Bar. The Library folder will appear as a choice. Don’t try to > make sense of the contents of the Calendars folder - if you think its > contents have been damaged in someway, duplicate it (precautionary step) and > replace the original folder with a known good backup copy. > > Kind regards, > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
