Database not the same when copied over?

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Scott

This is an odd one for me, never seen it before: I just got off the
road, a week's worth of Entourage 2004 work in my PowerBook Identity
folder (there in the MUD). So I do what I normally do: firewire the PB
to my G5 tower, and copy over the Identity folder.

However, this time, when I open up the freshly copied ID folder (by
actually double clicking on the Database file), it is missing the past
week's Sent mail. It only shows the sent mail up to the time I left the
office, one week ago. It's there in the PowerBook database, I can see
it (and I sent hundreds during the past week), but when I copy over to
the G5, and double click it, it's not showing up.

Is there some other method of duplicating the MUD folder now with this
latest 11.2.3 version?

And a related question: how can I ascertain the exact location of an
already opened Entourage Identity? The normal Command-clicking the
window name (in the top header bar) doesn't show the file path. The
reason I'm asking is because I wonder if in fact I've been working in
some other hidden Identity, and in fact I'm copying over the incorrect
Identity from the PowerBook.

thanks. This one has me baffled.

Scott
 
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Michel Bintener

This is an odd one for me, never seen it before: I just got off the
road, a week's worth of Entourage 2004 work in my PowerBook Identity
folder (there in the MUD). So I do what I normally do: firewire the PB
to my G5 tower, and copy over the Identity folder.

However, this time, when I open up the freshly copied ID folder (by
actually double clicking on the Database file), it is missing the past
week's Sent mail. It only shows the sent mail up to the time I left the
office, one week ago. It's there in the PowerBook database, I can see
it (and I sent hundreds during the past week), but when I copy over to
the G5, and double click it, it's not showing up.
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This is, I would guess, the result of your leaving the database daemon
running on your G5 when you started copying your MUD from your PowerBook.
The Database Daemon, an invisible background process, keeps a constant link
to the currently active database. So when you replaced your MUD, the
Database Daemon still maintained a link to the old MUD, which, even though
it has been replaced, is still floating somewhere on your hard disk.
Restarting your G5 will force the Database Daemon to target the MUD once
again, and it should pick the default one in your Documents folder. If that
doesn't solve the problem, quit the Database Daemon on your G5 first before
you attempt replacing the MUD folder again. To do so, launch Activity
Monitor (Applications/Utilities), select the Database Daemon from the list
of currently running applications and click on the quit button in the upper
left corner.
Is there some other method of duplicating the MUD folder now with this
latest 11.2.3 version?
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Nope, still the same.
And a related question: how can I ascertain the exact location of an
already opened Entourage Identity? The normal Command-clicking the
window name (in the top header bar) doesn't show the file path. The
reason I'm asking is because I wonder if in fact I've been working in
some other hidden Identity, and in fact I'm copying over the incorrect
Identity from the PowerBook.
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Well, Entourage does not access a single file, it accesses a number of
different files in your MUD folder (database, rules, signatures, mailing
lists). Entourage always loads identities from the Office 2004 Identities
folder inside your MUD (your case with the confused Database Daemon being an
exception). You can use Entourage>Switch Identity to see which identity is
currently running (if you have multiple identities, that is; in your case,
yes, you theoretically have two identities, but Entourage sees them as only
one and is therefore slightly confused).
thanks. This one has me baffled.

Scott
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Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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