I haven’t used OmniFocus for a few years. Time to jump back in. When I open the software, I get the following message:
Unable to read document
Found multiple root transaction identifiers in “file:///Users/cindigay/Library/Containers/com.omnigroup.OmniFocus2/Data/Library/Application%20Support/OmniFocus/OmniFocus.ofocus/”.
I did have some hardware repairs between now and the last time I used the program. I can open a backup but I cannot restore the backup. Every time I open the app, I have to follow the same steps, find the old backup file and open. And then live with the error message at the top of the page. I click on the link to revert, but the error at the top remains. Next time when I reopen Omnifocus, I get the pop up error, “Unable to read document” and I have to follow the long path to the backup again to get anything.
I don’t mind starting over, but I will need a printout of all projects so I don’t have to recreate everything from scratch. Is there an easy way to print everything?
Were you syncing your data to The Omni Sync Server before?
If so, I wonder if your data there is in a usable state. So as to not disturb anything you’ve already got, you could check by syncing a fresh copy from the server via the iOS app. Or if you’ve only got it on Mac, you could try creating a new user account on your Mac and using OmniFocus to download the data on the server.
I know this is old but if it can be of any help to anyone…
I stumbled on the same error message on my MacbookPro. Haven’t used OmniFocus in a while. But I have it installed on my other iDevices and I have my WebDav server quietly running on an old MacPro 5,1.
Anyway here’s how I fixed it. Mind you my server is running and all my other devices can access the database.
I followed the path to reach the OmniFocus.ofocus file on the Macbook. I removed it from it’s folder and dropped it on my desktop (to keep a backup copy). Re-launched OmniFocus and it asked me to enter my server’s credentials and that was it ! It recreated the file, accessed my database and had kept the registration info.
