Hello all,
I’ve update today from OF3 to OF4.
I have received a huge shock, I’ve lost all my data from OF3.
After the huge shock… I’ve started to look a bit more in detail, and I’ve seen that my old database is still there in ~/Library/Containers/com.omnigroup.OmniFocus3/Data/Library/Application Support/OmniFocus/OmniFocus.ofocus.
But for some reasons OF4 doesn’t see it, doesn’t ask for migrating/importing them.
I’ve checked the documentation of OF4, and looked also in all the menus, and I have seen anything remotly to what I want/need.
Well, yes there is a entry in the “File” menu that says “Migrate Database…” but it is in gray…
Is that something that some of you have experienced, or can help me to import them in OF4?
If not, then I will restore OF3 and wait until OF4 is more “mature”.
I’m not using the sync possibility, so only local database. And I am using the App from OmniGroup website, not the AppStore.
Ok, I don’t know if that is correct or not, but I’ve simply stopped OF4, removed everything from the data directory. Then copy the content of OF3 data directory to the OF4 data directory, and then started again OF4.
Now everything is back…
Is it normal, that I should do that kind of manual step? What should I be aware of? Will this break OF4?
OmniFocus 4 and OmniFocus 3 are independent apps, so their data isn’t synchronized unless you’ve set them up to sync.
Since you’re not syncing, you’ll want to export your latest data from OmniFocus 3 and import it into OmniFocus 4. The easiest way to do that is to restore a backup from v3. For step by step instructions, see the “Upgrading on a Mac Without Syncing” section of the OmniFocus 4 manual:
