How to Use Sticky Notes on a Mac
Don't gum up your Mac screen with paper notes - there are Stickies under your Apple menu that do the job without the glue. Stickies are available in Mac OS 7.5 and later.
- Difficulty:
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Instructions
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Open the Apple menu, then select Stickies. If a blank note doesn't appear, open the File menu and select New Note (or press Command-N).
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Type your note, then move it to where you want it on the desktop.
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To delete a sticky, click on the close box in the upper left corner.
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To collapse a sticky temporarily, click on the collapse box in the upper left.
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To resize a sticky, drag the lower right corner.
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To hide all stickies: Click on the Application menu (icon in the upper right of your Mac's screen) and select Hide Stickies.
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Tips & Warnings
Stickies automatically saves your notes. You don't have to choose Save or choose a place to save your notes.
You can find out when a sticky was created and modified by selecting the sticky, then clicking on the Note menu and selecting Note Info.
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Comments
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Simon, they should automatically stay up. Mine do.
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yea but how do you keep them up is the real question. When I shutdown my computer, the stickys disappear completely...worthless.
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my computer says I can't create any more sticky notes because I have to many of them. How many sticky notes can you have in total on your computer screen at a time?
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amynye
Sep 23, 2009
Where can I find my saved stickies notes? I would like to open and relocate the notes I saved, it's driving me nuts as I can't find anywhere that tells me where to find them!!! Amy -
Rippy
Jul 06, 2008
I lost my original StickyNote and see no way to locate it. I found the StickyNoteDatabase file in my Backup Library, a 4kb (and likely empty, not readable) file, but see no way to regenerate it. Much valuable info was/is on that first StickyNote I've been using since I bought my MacBook Pro. Any suggestions?
