It's embedded in an illegible binary file, whose format I know nothing about. That file exists, and both TextEdit and bash strings reveal that my note data is in there. The web tells me Stickies stores that data in a file at ~/Library/StickiesDatabase. It appears that data isn't actually lost. I don't know why, but when I upgraded to the latest MacOS (to 10.15.2, from whatever was the big release before it), all my sticky notes disappeared. I've been using it on this Mac for like 5 years.

Read next: How to attach Sticky Note to Outlook mail.I use the native Stickies app a lot. Also, these are great alternatives to using a mouse. However, formatting shortcuts show compatibility with earlier versions as well.įor users suffering from mobility or vision disabilities, keyboard shortcuts are easy to use than the touchscreen experience. The majority of these keyboard shortcuts are easy to remember but work only in Sticky Notes 3.0. Keys for other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a US keyboard. The above shortcuts in the topic refer to the US keyboard layout. Ctrl+Left Shift Left-align the selected paragraph. Ctrl+Right Shift Right-align the selected paragraph. Ctrl+T Apply or remove strikethrough from the selected text. Ctrl+Shift+L Apply or remove bulleted list formatting from the selected paragraph. Ctrl+U Apply or remove the underline from the selected text. Ctrl+I Apply or remove italic formatting from the selected text.

Format Sticky Notes Shortcuts Ctrl+B Apply or remove bold formatting from the selected text. Ctrl+Home Move to the start of the sticky note. Ctrl+Right arrow Move one word to the right. Ctrl+Left arrow Move one word to the left. Ctrl+X Cut the selected text to the clipboard. Ctrl+A Select all text on the sticky note. Ctrl+Shift+Tab Move to the previous sticky note. Type and Edit Sticky Notes Shortcuts Shortcuts Function Ctrl+N Create a new sticky note.