All tasks disappeared from my DB

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RM 10.0.9.0, MacOS Sequoia 15.6 on M3 chip.

About a week ago I ran the DB tools compact database, rebuild indexes, integrity check, and remove phantom records, in that order. I seldom run these tools, since I’ve never had any DB issues. But since it had been quite a while it seemed like it was time.

Then yesterday I created two tasks, also something I don’t do that often. When I went to the Tasks tab, they were the only tasks there. I don’t use tasks a lot, but I had about 40-50.

I opened a copy of my .rmtree file from about a month ago, and all of the old tasks were there. My suspicion is that it was either the remove phantom records tool, or the two apparent crashes I reported in RootsMagic 10.0.9.0 shutting down unexpectedly .

I’ve done a lot of work since that copy, and it doesn’t seem like tasks can be dragged between DBs. Is there a way to get those tasks into my current DB without losing my recent work?

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File>Import Data>Import Lists and pick the database that has the Tasks you want to import.

The Menu opens with Imports Lists. Choose what you want to import.

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Thanks Jerry! As the British VP of engineering at two companies where I worked liked to say, that worked a treat.

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It’s kinda hidden LOL

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Yeah, it’s what folks in the UI/UX biz used to call “not discoverable”. :joy:

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