Entourage database
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From: Jolly Roger on 15 Dec 2009 17:16 In article <renlog-5B349B.17123415122009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, Ren� Logeais <renlog(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-53356C.15530515122009(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article > > <renlog-A3CD42.16022715122009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, > > Ren� Logeais <renlog(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > > > > > Well, that script does turn the text file into a file that looks exactly > > > like an Entourage database file of the same size, but Entourage doesn't > > > recognize it. > > > Get Info tells me that it's a document, as opposed to a real database > > > file which is identified in Get Info as a Microsoft Entourage Database. > > > > Then whatever transfer method and backup medium you used corrupted the > > file somehow. > > > > Care to share with us what exactly you did to back this file up? Or will > > this forever be a mystery? ; ) > > Well, I did answer that (if you care to read my reply to Tom Stiller). > I backed up both to an external drive and to an online service (Mozy). > I don't know about Mozy, but I never had any problem before with files > that were backed up on my external drive. > I have a feeling something happened within Entourage. Was the external drive formatted with a Mac format like HFS+, or a Windows format like FAT? Was Entourage running when you copied the database to the external drive? -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR
From: Ren� Logeais on 15 Dec 2009 23:15 In article <jollyroger-66D209.16163515122009(a)news.individual.net>, Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > In article > <renlog-5B349B.17123415122009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, > Ren� Logeais <renlog(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-53356C.15530515122009(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > In article > > > <renlog-A3CD42.16022715122009(a)70-3-168-216.pools.spcsdns.net>, > > > Ren� Logeais <renlog(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Well, that script does turn the text file into a file that looks > > > > exactly > > > > like an Entourage database file of the same size, but Entourage doesn't > > > > recognize it. > > > > Get Info tells me that it's a document, as opposed to a real database > > > > file which is identified in Get Info as a Microsoft Entourage Database. > > > > > > Then whatever transfer method and backup medium you used corrupted the > > > file somehow. > > > > > > Care to share with us what exactly you did to back this file up? Or will > > > this forever be a mystery? ; ) > > > > Well, I did answer that (if you care to read my reply to Tom Stiller). > > I backed up both to an external drive and to an online service (Mozy). > > I don't know about Mozy, but I never had any problem before with files > > that were backed up on my external drive. > > I have a feeling something happened within Entourage. > > Was the external drive formatted with a Mac format like HFS+, or a > Windows format like FAT? Mac format. Like I said, I've never had any problem using files backed up on it, and that includes the Entourage database. > > Was Entourage running when you copied the database to the external drive? That I don't know. It's unlikely, but it could have been running during the very last backup which I did manually. But that won't explain why older backups are corrupted as well. My files are backed up automatically every morning to that drive AND to Mozy, before I even wake up (and since I shut down the mac at night, Entourage is most certainly not running at that time.) Now, I may have somehow messed up the backup to the hard drive, but that shouldn't affect the same files backed up on Mozy at a previous date.
From: Mad Prof on 18 Dec 2009 18:35
Ren� Logeais <renlog(a)pipeline.com> wrote: > The mystery is that up until a few days ago (before I reinstalled > Office) that Identity was working fine Hi, have you updated Office after you reinstalled it...? -- Cheers, Fabrizio |