Copy-paste a .dtbase2 database file on disk

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Is it possible to copy and paste entire DEVONthink 3 databases i.e. the .dtbase2 files in Finder, and use these databases with DEVONthink 3?

I want to use DEVONthink’s features for working on multiple similar projects and thus set up a standard folder structure, TXT/RTF/RTFD starter notes, smart folders, etc. within a starter database that can be duplicated in its entirety.

I don’t intend to sync these databases, which hopefully avoids any duplicate UUID issues.

In my initial testing, DEVONthink 3 doesn’t complain if such duplicated databases (with different filenames .dtbase2) are open simultaneously.

Is there any obvious problem with using DEVONthink .dtbase2 files like regular documents that can be copy-pasted in Finder?

Thanks,
Jose

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For one, no I wouldn’t copy and paste a database. This isn’t Windows :wink:

And no, you shouldn’t duplicate databases. Nor should you be messing about in the internals of a database package.

See…

Also, you can select items in one database and duplicate them to another open database.

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Thank you for the quick reply and the link to the blog post. This works for me.

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You’re welcome :slight_smile: