# Repair and recreate doesn't work "missing remote file"

**URL:** <https://forum.duplicati.com/t/repair-and-recreate-doesnt-work-missing-remote-file/5661>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 15, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/repair-and-recreate-doesnt-work-missing-remote-file/5661 "2018-12-15T22:52:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon8404338](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/a4c791/32.png) [@anon8404338](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/anon8404338)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/repair-and-recreate-doesnt-work-missing-remote-file/5661/1 "2018-12-15T22:52:24Z")

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I’ve migrated an old Mac (macOS High Sierra) to a new Mac (Mojave). When I first ran Duplicati I got errors. Rebuilding the database(s) did not help. So, I did a recreate. That ends with a “missing remote file”. What next?

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What I did exactly:

- On the old system: ran duplicati backups, this worked fine (two sets: one on local disk, one on remote storage)
- Booted from the new Mac
- Migrated to the new Mac from a TimeMachine backup that was 10 hours old and _before_ the backups
- Hence, the local database was from before the storage (for both backups)
- I ran repairs and recreates before I realised what had happened
- When I realised what had happened, I copied the local databases in /var/root/.config over to the new system
- Backup on the first set failed again
- Repair on backup on the first set failed with the same error as before
- Recreate database on the first set also failed, now with two missing remote files instead of one, so I’m afraid my actions has further degraded the actual storage

What do I do to fix this? And: The Duplicati command line help is all Windows. How do I run these commands on the Mac?

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**Author:** ![mikaelmello](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/mikaelmello/32/2097_2.png) [@mikaelmello](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/mikaelmello)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2018, 5:20pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/repair-and-recreate-doesnt-work-missing-remote-file/5661/2 "2018-12-17T17:20:19Z")

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> [@anon8404338](#):
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> The Duplicati command line help is all Windows. How do I run these commands on the Mac?

IIRC, you use `mono` to execute the `Duplicati.CommandLine.exe`, the rest is the same.