Repairing the database

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jzents
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Repairing the database

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How does one repair the database when it is in the Library folder that Bookends cannot see even if you use TinkerTool to make the folder visible to the Finder?
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Re: Repairing the database

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There is no Library folder that you cannot see. See our FAQ

http://www.sonnysoftware.com/faq/faq.ht ... ant_find_t

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Re: Repairing the database

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First, I am sorry if there was any attitude coming through the first post. It was very late when I put it up and I may have not phrased it the best. Now, my problem is that while I can see the library when I perform the Show Bookends folder in Finder, that does not help when I access File Library Maintenance Repair . . . The finder type window that comes up does not show the library folder in my user directory which is where my library is. I am missing something but I do not know what. Sorry. I will work on it more again late this evening as I have family duties that will occupy me for most of the day. Cheers!
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Re: Repairing the database

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You can actually make the Library folder visible in the Finder several ways

http://osxdaily.com/2014/12/16/show-use ... -yosemite/

Without doing anything to your settings, however, you can do this:

1. Go to the Bookends library file in the Finder.
2. Move it to the Desktop
3. Repair
4. Move the repaired library back to ~/Library/Application Support/Bookends

Also, note that Bookends does not care where you put your library. The above path is the default, that's all. You can move it if you prefer somewhere else.

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Re: Repairing the database

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Thanks. This all worked just fine.
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South Texas College
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