Hello …
I Do a DB with 40-50 Movies (.AVI , .MOV , .MKV) it’s a 60 GO File.
Suddendly i can’t open anymore my DB ( for me i didn’t do nothing special , but may be i didn’t réalise i do it … )
with double click : That launch the DB , But i DVT : Nothing.
with my old Macbook i have a message of Wrong Icloud Password
What can i do , i’m very worry to redo , and re lost the job
Thanks.
Have of course have a very nice 2021 Year : ALL
Where is the database stored? On iCloud by any chance? I ask as you mentioned something about a wrong password. Take a peek on Page 12 of the Manual (and in Help) the note about putting DEVONthink databases in a cloud-synced folder.
This is definitely not recommended, the database should be closed and the volume unmounted in the Finder before unplugging or switching off the SSD. Did you try to copy the database to the desktop as suggested?
The error message is probably incorrect as this issue was usually caused by Time Machine on Catalina in earlier versions of DEVONthink 3 but that’s not the case anymore.
What’s the extension of the database? .dtSparse or .dtBase2? In the second case you could try this:
Select the database in the Finder, choose “Show Package Contents” in the contextual menu
Copy (!) the most recent Backup folder to the desktop
Copy (!) the Files.noindex folder into the copied (!) Backup folder
Add the file extension .dtBase2 to the Backup folder
Now you should be able to open the copied Backup folder by double-clicking on it. Afterwards use File > Verify & Repair Database (or even better, use File > Verify & Repair Database and File > Rebuild Database…) to ensure that everything’s fine.