IMPORTANT: El Capitan Compatibility [UPDATE: 3.5.4 approved]

I installed El Capitan today and tried downloading the free trial as you suggested. It opens just as the Mac store version does, but it doesn’t bring up my database.

My TapForms_db.sqlite database still shows as last written earlier today before I installed El Capitan.

Is there anything else I should be doing to access my database after installing the trial version?

It shows nothing at all. When I look at the file you listed above it still shows as last updated earlier this afternoon just before I installed El Capitan.

Brilliant…it worked right away! Thanks for a quick fix, Brendan. I use this database every day with my business and it would have forced me to go revert my OS if you hadn’t solved this so fast.

I just tried to open version 3.5.3 from the App store after allowing access to Contacts and it seems to be working too.

Sorry, spoke too soon.

Syncing over Dropbox doesn’t seems to work with the trail.

If I change to the original Taprooms and sync from there, syncing is done in a split second.
Do I need to reset syncing again. I rather not because of the time.

Leo

Hi Ken,

I had the same.

Just disable dropboxsync and enable it again. Be sure Dropbox is asking for permission. That did the trick with me.

Leo

Brendan,

I’m having similar issues that many others have described. I’m running El Capitan but when I launch Tap Forms on my Mac, my files is not visible. I have the Tap Forms menu but nothing else. I’ve located my backups but they’re all Zip files with only an executable file inside. What would you suggest that I do to be able to access and run Tap Forms on El Capitan? Should I go to your homepage and download the Mac trial version? And how does one get to your homepage?

Yay! It works again.

That was easy.

Thanks,
Derrick

Version 3.5.5 Build 685 is constantly crashing and still will not sync. I am having a lot more problems with this version. I have reset the dropbox sync several times. I am going to try reseting everything and restoring from backup. Then setting up again from scratch on all my devices. I am going to use the version on the App Store as this feels more stable and I don’t want to have to keep manually upgrading. I use Tap Forms on a laptop, desktop, iPad and iPhone. I am getting a little tired of doing this! I was hoping the Dropbox sync would be more reliable than the icloud one.

Same issue as many others. Just updated to El Capitan and TF launches (or seems to) but the database is not visible. I have an urgent need to use the data base in the next day or two and am wondering if a fix will be ready or should I just revert back to Yosemite? Thanks.

Followed instructions to allow TF to have access to my Contacts and it worked like a charm. Database is now visible. Seems to be working fine. Thanks for the quick response. Much appreciated.

Try this:

disable sync and the enable it. Dropbox should ask for permission.

Look what happens !

Did you did it on both machines? Or just the macbook?

On both

After granting access from contacts the app still crashed after giving ‘enter’ to the password. I downloaded the trial, but when I purchased from App Store I didn’t get a license key. What do I fill in there?
The trial doesn’t seem to let iCloud sync enable? (see screenshot)

Just to let you know how things went… I installed the direct download trial version. The databases came up now, but, as you said, no iCloud sync. But… after closing and starting the App Store version again all worked fine (and can use iCloud again). Problem solved and thanks for your help.

I have fixed this issue myself, finally after upgradeing to 3.5.5. TF… TF periodically crashes now.. not a big deal as the database doesn’t get corrupted or anything, just something you might want to look into. Also the lag in the syncing could be nicer, because it takes a bit of time. But overall it works.

I’ve just installed El Capitan, and Tap Forms is behaving very oddly–all the data is there, but I can’t actually see the main spreadsheet, just the detailed entry view below. I can click on things in the spreadsheet (though I don’t know what I’ll click until I do!), so the computer knows what’s there, it just won’t display it. Any suggestions? Thanks!

I’m still stuck! Argh.

Interestingly, when I first re-opened the program, it was on single-column list view, so it was only when I put it back to multi-column that I noticed the problem. I’ve since switched it back and forth again, adjusting dividers in both views, without effect.

It’s not that it’s hidden–as I said, there’s a very large blank space where I can click and interact with the fields (switching between entries in the detailed view, selecting different items from the drop-down fields if that’s what I land on), they’re just not physically visible to me. I’ve got the dividers roughly 50/50 as I always have, and have also tried seeing if running a search might prompt it to show something else, but it’s still only the column headers that remain visible. (I’ve also tried adding and removing columns from view, which it recognizes, but still won’t show content.) I can send a screen cap if that would help.

As for the terminal command, I happened to have stumbled on another thread where that was discussed and tried it, but nothing changed.

Thanks for your help! If there are any other suggestions you can think of I’d really appreciate it, but I realize it’s something of a sticky situation…