Problems trying to download shared cards off web onto Mac. Mnemosyne - TMP has deleted all my cards

[twebs...@gmail.com]

HI

I am a japanese learner and this morning i tried to add the JLPT N2 vocab list to my decks and everything went wrong.
I downloaded http://mnemosyne-proj.org/cards/japanese-flash-cards-mnemosyne
and then when i clicked on the file it said there is no application to open it. Then I selected choose a program and clicked on "Mnemosyne" and then something came up saying my Mnemosyne has turned into a temporary mnemosyne. None of the cards i tried to download are in the TMP Mnemosyne and all my cards from before are gone. Is there anyway to reverse this and then from there properly add the file i downloaded to my decks?

ANY help or advice is appreciated
Thanks in advance

[Peter Bienstman]

Do file - open and load default.db. Import your card file using file - import. The next version will give a warning when you try to open a cards file that way.

Peter

[twebs...@gmail.com]

Hi Peter,
Thanks a lot for your reply

how do i find the default.db?
I tried a quick search on finder but couldnt find anything..(I'm Mac by the way)

I think I get the importing bit now

cheers in advance

[Peter Bienstman]

Normally, if you just do file - open you should already be in right directory, typically ~/library/mnemosyne

Peter

[twebs...@gmail.com]

Hi

When i do file - open it goes to the /downloads/ folder?
I tried going to the /library/ folder manually but there was no mnemsoyne folder in there.

THanks again in advance

[Peter Bienstman]

(please put your reply at the top, otherwise people have to scroll all
the way to the bottom).

I don't have access to Mac, so I can't walk you through the detailed
steps to open that folder or to search for the default.db using the
finder, but hopefully somebody with a Mac on this list will be able to
give you detailed instructions.

Cheers,

Peter

[Oisín]

On 15 September 2013 22:58, <twebs...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

When i do file - open it goes to the /downloads/ folder?
I tried going to the /library/ folder manually but there was no mnemsoyne folder in there.

THanks again in advance

In the "Open" dialogue box, type the tilde character "~". A smaller alert box will pop up saying "Go to the folder:" - put the following in the text field and hit enter:

~/Library/Mnemosyne

The tilde character is important. After you hit enter, default.db should be visible on the right side.

[twebs...@gmail.com]

Peter- Thanks a lot for trying to help anyway !

Hi Oisin Mac Fhearai

Thanks so much for your reply
I tried what you said but nothing came up when I searched. :(
I was searching under "All my files" - does that mean that I didnt properly download it originally?

In saying that, I can find the Mnemosyne app under "Applications"..

Regards

[mirle...@gmail.com]

I have the same problem on my Mac as well.
I tried to upload cards, but when I opened the cards Mnemosyne changed into Mnemosyne-_TMP_ and all my cards are gone now. I deleted the program from my laptop and reinstalled Mnemosyne again, but now I got Mnemosyne-_TMP_ again and I can't change it. How can I delete this temporary file and when I reinstall get the version I had?

Thanks in advance!




Op zaterdag 14 september 2013 06:43:16 UTC+2 schreef Peter Bienstman:

[Peter Bienstman]

Hi,

Please delete ~/Library/Mnemosyne/config and restart Mnemosyne. If you still get the tmp database, just browse to your regular one with 'file - open'.

Cheers,

Peter

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