Mental Case doesn't load but shows a constantly loading dialog

On rare occasions, the Mental Case database can get corrupted. This tends to happen after a system upgrade or similarly large change.

The way this manifests is that you typically see a dialog stating that a file is not in the correct format, and then you see a Library loading dialog that never goes away.

If this happens, you have two choices:

1. If you are technically proficient, you can fix it with the information below.
   
2. If you are not comfortable with technical details, contact us and we will help you.

If you do feel comfortable carrying out technical operations, here is what you can do:

1. Quit Mental Case
   
2. Make a backup of all your Mental Case data. Here is how: https://mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com/kb/mental-case-for-mac-os-x/how...
   
3. Open the Terminal utility. (Go to Applications folder, and into Utilities to find Terminal.)
   
4. Copy and paste this command, all as one line, into Terminal
   cd ~/Library/Containers/com.mentalfaculty.mentalcase.mac/Data/Library/Application\ Support/Mental\ Case/Library.mentalcase2lib ; echo .dump | sqlite3 Data.sqlite > temp ; sqlite3 -init temp NewData.sqlite "" ; if [ -e NewData.sqlite ] ; then echo "Installing new database." ; mv Data.sqlite OldData.sqlite ; mv NewData.sqlite Data.sqlite ; else echo "Failed to dump database. Aborting." ; fi

Launch Mental Case to see if it worked.