# Where is the DT3 database on my Mac

**URL:** <https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/where-is-the-dt3-database-on-my-mac/50282>\
**Category:** DEVONthink\
**Tags:** devonthink3\
**Created:** [September 22, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/where-is-the-dt3-database-on-my-mac/50282 "2019-09-22T19:08:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![tommy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/b5a626/32.png) [@tommy](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 7:08pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/where-is-the-dt3-database-on-my-mac/50282/1 "2019-09-22T19:08:05Z")

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I cannot find the DT3 database in `~/Databases`  
Where is it? I can only find DT2 in Devonthink Databases in the Documents folder

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**Author:** ![wmc](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/58f4c7/32.png) [@wmc](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/u/wmc)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/where-is-the-dt3-database-on-my-mac/50282/2 "2019-09-22T20:56:34Z")

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If you are referring to the file extension .dt2, it does not change with DT3. The DB format is apparently the same in both 2 and 3. Unless you have created or moved a database to the ~/Databases folder it will be empty.

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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:** [September 23, 2019, 12:15am UTC](https://discourse.devontechnologies.com/t/where-is-the-dt3-database-on-my-mac/50282/3 "2019-09-23T00:15:03Z")

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And just to clarify: the extension of a DEVONthink database is **.dtBase2**.

Do not confuse this with a **.dtp2** file found via a Spotlight search in the Finder. That is only a Spotlight metadata file and a pointer to a file in a DEVONthink database. It is **not** the file itself. See…

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