Larry This has worked brilliantly - first time I used the Activity Monitor - thanks so much for helping me with this problem!
Barbara > From: Larry Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 15:28:52 -0500 (CDT) > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Synchronizing? > > On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Barbara Hodge wrote: > >> I have moved the iBook's Main ID folder ionto trash - but when I open e'rage >> to check that it is 'empty' all original data still appears. When I go ahead >> and replace the Main Mac's 'Main Identity' folder on the iBook - none of the >> data changes - ie, I am stuck with the status quo of June 6, as opposed to >> June 21. > >> Can you make any suggestions? > > Did you check for a Database Daemon running on the iBook? If not, you need > to do so (using Activity Monitor) and Force Quit it. If there was a > Database Dameon running, then the database files were never closed and as > a result, maybe Entourage found its way back to the old version even > though it's in the Trash. > > Another possibility is that Entourage is not only keeping track of where > the database is by folder and name but also by file ID (a Unix file > structure thing). If so, when it found no database in the appropriate > folder, it then tried to find it by the file ID. I'd suggest not trying to > launch Entourage with no Main Identity file in place. I've never done that > (not seeing a need to see an empty Entourage screen) and never had a > problem. Trash the old, bring in the new, and launch has always worked for > me. > > -- Larry Stone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
