DEVONthink Server stops responding

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First, thanks for the help in getting started with Apple Script! This is something I’ve not much tinkered with before, and it’s always great to have a new tool in my kit.

Second, I went with a JavaScript bit of code to shut down and restart DT3, which works nicely. The code itself is as follows for anyone else who wants to use this procedure as I will:

(() => {
	/* First, find and quit the app. */
	console.log("About to close DEVONthink 3...");
	var app = Application("DEVONthink 3");
	app.quit();

	/* Now wait a few seconds for it to close, then restart it. */
	console.log("Waiting...");
	delay(5.0);	
	
	console.log("About to restart DEVONthink 3...");
	app = Application("DEVONthink 3");
	app.activate();
})()

I saved this to a file named “RestartDT3.scpt” and can run this from the command line via:

osascript RestartDT3.scpt

And for the final bit of automation, I used the following command line to create a new crontab:

env EDITOR=vim crontab -e

Along with the following contents to execute the necessary command at 04:00 hrs. every morning:

0 4 * * * cd ~/ && osascript RestartDT3.scpt

We’ll see how this works when I’m next out of town. So far, it always takes longer than a day or so to stop responding, so I’m hoping this is the end of it.

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