Reading Take Control of DT4 where I find:
“DEVONthink stores its databases, by default, in your ~/Databases folder.”
My current version DT2 (prepping to update to DT4) is not in my Databases folder.
Any place else I should look? TIA
Perhaps there’s a preference? Or use spotlight to find it?
Tried spotlight; didn’t show up, but then I wasn’t confident I was telling Spotlight the right thing… DEVONthink database?
kind:database name:dtBase2. I mentioned that in your support ticket as well, IIRC.
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That was such a great response… FULL of info I’ve already forgotten. Thank you.
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I did an iCloud search for dtBase2 and received this response:
Missing from the image, This MacBook file, under Locations, was lightly greyed; I clicked on “Back up database” and DT opened, but it was already opening from my dock.
When I searched 3 Finder locations, the little house icon (home), the laptop icon, and Macintosh HD, I still don’t find it in Databases. Maybe what’s showing up as Databases (actual title is Databases & Libraries, but I don’t see how a changeable title is relevant) isn’t the same as ~/Databases folder?
So I don’t know where to find: “DEVONthink stores its databases, by default, in your ~/Databases folder.”
You won’t find your databases in iCloud Drive and you should never put DEVONthink databases is any cloud-synced location or you could irreparably damage them.
Maybe what I’m calling my Databases folder isn’t the same as ~/Databases folder?
~/Databases is the Databases folder in your home directory. In the Finder, press Shift-Command-H to open the home directory. You should see a Databases folder there, provided you’ve launched version 3 or 4.
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Shift-Command-H shows this; double clicking “Back up database” opens DT, but it’s already open.
What I don’t find is “DEVONthink stores its databases, by default, in your ~/Databases folder.”
Let’s continue the discussion in your support ticket.
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Sounds good.