[chandler-users] Chandler Startup Hang

[Jeffrey Harris]

Hi Igor,

> Chandler (0.7.4.1 <http://0.7.4.1> and 0.7.7 on Mac OSX 10.4 Intel) have 
> stopped working for me.

Sorry to hear that!  When was the last time it worked, and what version 
of Chandler were you using at the time?

> They just hang during "Opening the database".  Any suggestions on how to 
> get thing going to recover my data in text form would be appreciated!

If you're using a recent enough version of Chandler, an automatic backup 
should have been created for you at shutdown, look for your profile 
directory (see 
http://chandlerproject.org/bin/view/Projects/ProfileDirectory) and see 
if there's a file called backup.chex, how big it is, and what date it 
was last changed.

If that backup isn't recent enough, but you've been able to open your 
data after your most recent upgrade, there are various things you could try.

Try holding down the Ctrl key while starting Chandler.  It should give 
you a list of options.  If you've got data that's important to you, I'd 
start by choosing the "make a snapshot" option.  Then, start up again 
and try "Do internal cleanup, but keep my data and settings".

If you upgraded and now Chandler fails to open, try downloading the old 
version and try running it.

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Once you get Chandler starting up, to get your events and tasks out, you 
can export each collection as iCalendar, just select each collection you 
want and choose File > Export > Notes and Events to .ics.

You can also directly convert your backup.chex file to text, but it'll 
have lots of extraneous information, in addition to the body and titles 
of your items.  If you want to follow this route, choose Tools > Sharing 
 > Convert export file.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey