Best Way to Retire an Old MacBook: Initial DT Sync Store

DEVONthink
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Initially, I created my DT databases on my Mac-old machine. I now have Mac-new. All 7 databases were synced via icloudkit on Mac-old. My iPhone was able to see all and sync them just fine & life was good!

In the process of decommissioning my Mac-old, I performed these steps

  • Installed DT on Mac-new and imported the databases from the sync store.
  • Cleaned the sync store on Mac-old
  • Dropped the sync store on Mac-old
  • Went to system preferences on Mac-old / iCloud / deleted devothink data to clear my iPhone DT content.

Mac-new shows all 7 databases as local in DT settings / sync. However, my iPhone no longer sees any of these databases. If I create a new DB on Mac-new, the iPhone sees it in sync settings.

I’m new to both Mac & DT. I know this is a dangerous combination!

How do I fix the sync situation so that iPhone can see all 7 DBs. One way, is to create new databases and move the existing one to them one by one, but this is an arduous process. Hope there is a simpler solution.

Thanks in advance.

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As you’ve cleaned the sync store (and therefore the remote copies of the databases), you have to upload the databases again to CloudKit (e.g. from your new Mac).