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I had an invalid B-tree >> something or other. Luckily, everything was resuscitated EXCEPT my most >> important file -- my bibdesk file. I have 1000 pdf's that I can no longer >> access through Bibdesk. Every time I start Bibdesk I see my refs in the >> program (just to taunt me) and then the spinning wheel of death appears (and >> never goes away). Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated. > >Sorry to hear that! If you can take a sample while it's beachballing (and >check the console for output), that might be a clue to what's going on. Use >Activity Monitor and the "Sample Process" button to do this (or the sample >command in Terminal, if you prefer), and post the results here. > > > > > >On May 3, 2010, at 4:29 AM, [email protected] wrote: > >> Its been a frustrating weekend. Last Friday my computer crashed and was only >> brought back to life by the magic of Diskwarrior. I had an invalid B-tree >> something or other. Luckily, everything was resuscitated EXCEPT my most >> important file -- my bibdesk file. I have 1000 pdf's that I can no longer >> access through Bibdesk. Every time I start Bibdesk I see my refs in the >> program (just to taunt me) and then the spinning wheel of death appears (and >> never goes away). Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated. >> >> Niels > >I'd try to open the file using a text editor. If this works, I'd check for >obvious errors in the bibtex entries (and fix them accordingly). If there's >nothing obvious, I'd split the file into several parts and open these with >BibDesk to see where the error is. > >Also (this is boring but important, because the next crash WILL happen >sometime): backup your files. Regularly. Really. > >Good luck >Matthias > > >I can only repeat what others said before, backup (next time). > >If you go the split file route, don't forget to do it binary search. > >Regards, >Andreas > > >ETH Zurich >Prof. Dr. Andreas Fischlin >Systems Ecology - Institute of Integrative Biology >CHN E 21.1 >Universitaetstrasse 16 >8092 Zurich >SWITZERLAND > >[email protected] >www.sysecol.ethz.ch > >+41 44 633-6090 phone >+41 44 633-1136 fax >+41 79 221-4657 mobile > > Make it as simple as possible, but distrust it! >________________________________________________________________________ > > > >On 03/May/2010, at 08:27 , Matthias Brennwald wrote: > >> On May 3, 2010, at 4:29 AM, [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Its been a frustrating weekend. Last Friday my computer crashed and was >>> only brought back to life by the magic of Diskwarrior. I had an invalid >>> B-tree something or other. Luckily, everything was resuscitated EXCEPT my >>> most important file -- my bibdesk file. I have 1000 pdf's that I can no >>> longer access through Bibdesk. Every time I start Bibdesk I see my refs in >>> the program (just to taunt me) and then the spinning wheel of death appears >>> (and never goes away). Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated. >>> >>> Niels >> >> I'd try to open the file using a text editor. If this works, I'd check for >> obvious errors in the bibtex entries (and fix them accordingly). If there's >> nothing obvious, I'd split the file into several parts and open these with >> BibDesk to see where the error is. >> >> Also (this is boring but important, because the next crash WILL happen >> sometime): backup your files. Regularly. Really. >> >> Good luck >> Matthias >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > > > > > >To all the good folks who are coming to my aid. > >I forgot to mention an important detail in my original post. I have at least >30 backups of my BibDesk file (I use time machine) and another half dozen on >an office backup hard drive (the word "backup" is a mantra in my lab). I get >the spinning beach ball even when I open up a fresh EMPTY BibDesk file. I >have tried installing a new copy of BibDesk several times, but the problem >remains. Hopefully this new info will help. Thanks > >Niels > > >On May 3, 2010, at 1:27 AM, Matthias Brennwald wrote: > >> On May 3, 2010, at 4:29 AM, [email protected] >> wrote: >> >>> Its been a frustrating weekend. Last Friday my computer crashed and was >>> only brought back to life by the magic of Diskwarrior. I had an invalid >>> B-tree something or other. Luckily, everything was resuscitated EXCEPT my >>> most important file -- my bibdesk file. I have 1000 pdf's that I can no >>> longer access through Bibdesk. Every time I start Bibdesk I see my refs in >>> the program (just to taunt me) and then the spinning wheel of death appears >>> (and never goes away). Any and all help would be GREATLY appreciated. >>> >>> Niels >> >> I'd try to open the file using a text editor. If this works, I'd check for >> obvious errors in the bibtex entries (and fix them accordingly). If there's >> nothing obvious, I'd split the file into several parts and open these with >> BibDesk to see where the error is. >> >> Also (this is boring but important, because the next crash WILL happen >> sometime): backup your files. Regularly. Really. >> >> Good luck >> Matthias >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > >Niels Waller, Professor >Director of Quantitative/Psychometric Methods >Department of Psychology >N218 Elliott Hall >University of Minnesota >75 East River Road >Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 > >Phone: (612) 626-8729 >Email: [email protected] >Homepage: http://www.psych.umn.edu/faculty/waller/ > > > > > > >On May 3, 2010, at 6:26 AM, Niels Waller wrote: > >> I forgot to mention an important detail in my original post. I have at >> least 30 backups of my BibDesk file (I use time machine) and another half >> dozen on an office backup hard drive (the word "backup" is a mantra in my >> lab). I get the spinning beach ball even when I open up a fresh EMPTY >> BibDesk file. > >This is actually good news, since it may mean that your database isn't trashed. > >> I have tried installing a new copy of BibDesk several times, but the problem >> remains. Hopefully this new info will help. Thanks > >Please post the sample that I asked for last night, and any relevant console >output. That is the only way to debug this problem remotely. > > > > > > > >Herre is a listing from activity monitor. Thanks for working with me to solve >this. > >Niels > > >On May 3, 2010, at 8:54 AM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> On May 3, 2010, at 6:26 AM, Niels Waller wrote: >> >>> I forgot to mention an important detail in my original post. I have at >>> least 30 backups of my BibDesk file (I use time machine) and another half >>> dozen on an office backup hard drive (the word "backup" is a mantra in my >>> lab). I get the spinning beach ball even when I open up a fresh EMPTY >>> BibDesk file. >> >> This is actually good news, since it may mean that your database isn't >> trashed. >> >>> I have tried installing a new copy of BibDesk several times, but the >>> problem remains. Hopefully this new info will help. Thanks >> >> Please post the sample that I asked for last night, and any relevant console >> output. That is the only way to debug this problem remotely. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Bibdesk-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > >Niels Waller, Professor >Director of Quantitative/Psychometric Methods >Department of Psychology >N218 Elliott Hall >University of Minnesota >75 East River Road >Minneapolis Minnesota 55455 > >Phone: (612) 626-8729 >Email: [email protected] >Homepage: http://www.psych.umn.edu/faculty/waller/ > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Bibdesk-users mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
