# Strange finder errors

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Created:** [May 14, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516 "2025-05-14T12:18:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mmoran)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 12:18pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516/1 "2025-05-14T12:18:59Z")

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I’m not sure this is a DT issue but I believe it is for two reasons. First it started soon after I moved from DT3 to DT4Beta. Secondly both of the files in the error are files I dropped into the DT Inbox. The errors will come up randomly. I may see two for a few hours or wake up and overnight there are a dozen cascaded across the screen. Any ideas? Debugging thoughts? More info I can provide?

 ![ScreenFloat Shot of eM Client at May 14, 2025 at 8_04_47 AM](https://devontech-discourse.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/3X/f/b/fb775d9155fef865e3f4cdf16677efdc2e4ea0de.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Stephen\_C](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/stephen_c/32/8107_2.png) [@Stephen\_C](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/Stephen_C)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516/2 "2025-05-14T15:05:08Z")

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Do you by any chance have both DT3 _and_ the DT4 beta available in your Applications folder?

Stephen

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**Author:** ![BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/user_avatar/discourse.devontechnologies.com/bluefrog/32/135_2.png) [@BLUEFROG](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/BLUEFROG)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 4:05pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516/3 "2025-05-14T16:05:09Z")

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Did you read this…

> [@READ ME – Running the DEVONthink 4 Trial](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/read-me-running-devonthink-4-beta/82600/):
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> Read this if you want to run a trial of DEVONthink 4… Firstly… DEVONthink 3 and 4 should not be available to run on the same account, on the same Mac. Optimally, DEVONthink 4 should be installed on a separate macOS user account in its own ~/Applications directory to isolate it from other user accounts. However, if you want to run DEVONthink 4 and use it with your DEVONthink 3 databases, you need to make sure version 3 can’t be launched. In the Finder, locate the DEVONthink 3 application. Con…

And hold the **Option key** and choose **Help \> Report bug** to start a support ticket.

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**Author:** ![mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mmoran)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516/4 "2025-05-14T16:53:35Z")

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Yes for a short while. Since deleted it.

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**Author:** ![mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bbe5ce/32.png) [@mmoran](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/mmoran)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2025, 4:58pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/strange-finder-errors/83516/5 "2025-05-14T16:58:02Z")

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I did not read that right away. Once I did (some time ago). I deleted it. Could DT3 have been run in that time. If so not intentionally but the interface is identical between 3 and 4 I could have very well run 3 as I use Alfred to launch apps and it I could have launched 3 thinking I was running 4. Definitely DT related now. Just dropped a PDF into the Inbox and the cascade of errors started again. Generating ticket…