I’ve been experiencing a number of errors with my files in DEVONthink and I tried to launch an old version of an existing database. The Log kept repeating that an error had happened because two databases shared the same UUID, so I removed the old one. But since then I can’t create any new databases because I get this initialization error.
What I want to be able to do is twofold:
(1) Fix this new initialization error so that I can create new databases
(2) Import a copy of the old version of one of my current databases in a way that doesn’t share the same UUID as my current database, and then be able to repopulate missing files back into the current version of the database
Hi Blanc. Thanks for the reply. I keep all my DT databases in the same folder in my home directory (~/DEVONthink). I have 13 of them in the same parent folder and have not had an issue when I’ve created a new database in the past.
But to answer your question differently: yes, DT allows me to create a database in a different folder and open it from that folder. It also allows me to create a database in a different folder and drop it into my existing folder. But it will not allow me to use File > New Database… and create a database within my existing folder. This is when I get the initialization error pop up. I’ve not experienced this before.
For some reason, the parent folder’s Sharing & Permissions got changed, and instead of me having Read & Write privilege, only System did.
Interestingly, when I changed it from System back to me, I was able to create new databases inside that folder again, but now all the databases have me listed twice with Read & Write privileges, not just once as is usual. Not sure if that matters.
Is there any chance that this issue is popping up again? I’ve just encountered it for the first time. I have an encrypted database that just wouldn’t open. It gives me this same error message “Initialization: Database couldn’t be created!” (DT3 on Sequoia 15.5).
I’ve tried changing the .spareimage file to a dtBase2 file. Didn’t help. When clicking for a contextual menu in finder, Show Package Contents isn’t even an option. After looking through the historic chat here, I also hd a look at the Sharing & Permissions and that doesn’t seem to be the issue.
This doesn’t work as encrypted databases (.dtSparse) are encrypted sparse images whereas ordinary databases (.dtBase2) are packages. But you could change the extension to .sparseimage, mount the volume and then copy the `.dtBase2* package from the mounted volume to the desktop. Are you able to open the copied database?