What happens to an inbox of a deleted database?

To transfer the files to an encrypted database, I selected all the files in an unencrypted database, after which I deleted it. But I forgot to do the same with the files in the Inbox. Did I lose them forever or did the operation I performed involve the files of the inbox folder (which disappeared after deleting the database to which it was referred)?

If you didn’t select the contents of the database’s Inbox and transfer them, then yes, they’d be gone after deleting the database. However, if the system Trash isn’t emptied, you could resurrect the database and get them.
Also, if you have current backups (and you should), you could restore the database, take the items you need, and delete it again.

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Would this help?

I see Devonthink keeps internal backups, for instance when you use Verify & Repair Database.

You can hold the option key down and use File->Restore backup from versions DT has stored.

A follow-up question - if I use Verify & Repair as part of my weekly backup strategy (as in backups via creating archives), do I need to worry about Devonthink’s internal backups eating evermore disk space?

The internal backups are not file backups. They are only metadata backups used for rolling back to a previous metadata state in a troubleshooting situation. (Also there are only two weekly rotating backups.)

From the Help > Documentation > Getting Started > A Word About Backups


Verify & Repair is maintenance, not backup and we suggest using it at least weekly or bi-weekly if DEVONthink is in heavy use.

Thanks, Bluefrog. I was hoping there might be something there for the original poster.

I use Verify and Repair as part of my weekly backup routine. My backups are done with the create archive feature. I keep about two months of weekly archives, rotate three time machine volumes, and still feel uneasy about trusting hardware. I’m a sad, nervous, creature.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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thanks, then I’ll see in my backups