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cheakypawl

09 Dec, 2009 03:04 PM

thx, i'm going to try it. today!
i notice the database is 2.97gb, massive. why is it so big? i have 44000 things in itunes.

On 9 Dec 2009, at 13:35, beaTunes News wrote:

> beaTunes News
>
> EA6 for beaTunes 2.1
> Posted: 09 Dec 2009 03:31 AM PST
> We are definitely getting closer to the final 2.1 release. I really hope it still happens before Christmas...
> Today's EA release focuses on cosmetic improvements, mainly for Windows, but also contains optimized duplicate deletion code (committing should be much faster now), additional online db interaction code and some improvements of the French localization. And as always, there is some more info in the NOTES.txt file.
>
> Alright, here's the obligatory warning: Before downloading and installing this, please make sure you understand what Early Access means:
>
> Absolutely no warranty for whatever
> Features may or may not work, appear, and disappear
> It may not be possible to migrate data to future or previous versions (even though we make a reasonable effort)
> This version will cease to function 2 weeks after its release
> You cannot buy this version
>
> And here are the download links:
>
> beaTunes-2-1-0-EA6 (OS X 10.5.8 or later)
> beaTunes-2-1-0-EA6 (Windows XP or later)
>
> Important
>
> This EA version changes beaTunes' internal database layout quite a bit, which takes a while. Do not interrupt this process, even when it takes very long! On OS X, beaTunes 2.0 will not be able to use the database anymore, after you ran beaTunes 2.1. If you intend to try 2.1 and then go back to 2.0, make sure you back up the database before you try 2.1 (it's in ~/Library/Application Support/beaTunes/Database)! You also might want to check out this article about exporting beaTunes data.
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1. Support Staff 1 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 03:06 PM

   

   Hi,

   are you on Mac or Windows? What's in your Database folder - I mean - what are the file names?

   Thanks,

   -hendrik

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2. 2 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 03:10 PM

   

   MAC

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3. Support Staff 3 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 03:14 PM

   

   Hey Paul,

   you can safely delete all those [...]index.db.2009[...] files. They are backups of index files created whenever you 'unlock' the database. Usually, unlocking is not necessary and should be avoided.

   Hope this helps!

   -hendrik

   PS: Please make sure to backup your database before trying out any EA releases!

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4. Support Staff 4 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 03:18 PM

   

   Hey Paul,

   would you mind, if made this exchange public? There may be other users with the same question.

   Thanks,

   -hendrik

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5. 5 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 03:19 PM

   

   but not the one without old dates?
   beaTunes-05E339610EE24961.index.db

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6. 6 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 03:20 PM

   

   no problem, check my reply
   about keeping the most up to date db or not?

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7. 7 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 03:22 PM

   

   it should have these things in there only.

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8. Support Staff 8 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 03:22 PM

   

   Correct - you want to keep the one without the appended timestamp.

   -hendrik

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9. Support Staff 9 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 03:24 PM

   

   Well, now lock.db and trace.db are missing! You don't want to delete those!

   -hendrik

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10. 10 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 04:20 PM

    

    you mean LOG and trace? they are there... aren't they?

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11. Support Staff 11 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 04:24 PM

    

    No, LOCK and trace.
    If lock isn't there and beaTunes is not running, it does not matter.

    -hendrik

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12. 12 Posted by cheakypawl on 09 Dec, 2009 04:29 PM

    

    correct, there is no LOCK file.
    is that bad?
    beatunes was not running when i copied the DATABASE or when i deleted the db files i didn't need.
    did i accidentally delete lock?

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13. Support Staff 13 Posted by hendrik on 09 Dec, 2009 06:27 PM

    

    It probably does not matter. No worries.

    -hendrik

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14. hendrik closed this discussion on 22 Feb, 2010 02:31 PM.