On Jun 7, 2012, at 18:11, Ilan Richter wrote:

> Hi.
> A few minutes ago, I had to force-quit Skim after it froze.
> A restart later, trying to launch the file I was working on, I received an 
> error saying Skim was unable to read the notes as it "Failed to reassemble 
> attribute value."
> I assume this pertains to a file kept somewhere within Skim that got corrupt.

It's in extended attributes (metadata) of the file.

> I desperately need to recover these notes, and would like to do so out of my 
> time machine backups - but have been unable to figure out a way to do so.
> 
> Would GREATLY APPRECIATE your assistance with this.
> Thanks,
> 
> Ilan.

Just recover the file using Time Machine (look in the system Help or google if 
you don't know how to recover a file with time machine). I believe extended 
attributes should also be restored.

Christiaan

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