# Failed to transition data from legacy remote data base
**URL:** https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083
**Category:** Updates
**Created:** [December 5, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083 "2019-12-05T08:13:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@sitano](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sitano)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 8:13am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/1 "2019-12-05T08:13:46Z")
When trying to sync ios 4 from phone to google drive.
I keep getting this error message\> if you have changed your master password and haven’t synced since? If so, temporarily change it back and retry the operation.
So I did change my Master password, changed it back… same error.
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### Author:  [@developernotes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/developernotes)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/2 "2019-12-05T17:13:03Z")
Hi @sitano
I’m sorry to hear about the troubles with the recent upgrade. Did you attempt a sync once you changed your master password?
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### Author:  [@sitano](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sitano)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2019, 5:07am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/3 "2019-12-06T05:07:12Z")
Yes, I set both the desktop & phone to the old password & tried to sync google drive. Fail… then reset both to the new password & tried to sync to google drive again, failed. Then I tried old on the phone only, Fail, then old on the desktop, fail… Then new on the phone, old on desktop, then old on the phone & new on the desktop, then shut the desktop down & went through all the combinations again… Fail, fail fail… \> _ **Failed to transition data from Legacy remote database** _
So the issues is with google drive…
I could sync the phone & desktop no problem, also I could sync to DropBox…
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### Author:  [@developernotes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/developernotes)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2019, 10:29pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/4 "2019-12-06T22:29:06Z")
Hi @sitano
Is it possible that the backup stored on Google Drive is using a master password that you did not try? When was the last time that you synced with Google Drive?
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### Author:  [@sitano](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sitano)
#### Post date: [December 11, 2019, 8:54am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/5 "2019-12-11T08:54:33Z")
The last time I was able to sync Google Drive was in the older OS 3??, (I alway keep current) But should I or anyone have access to the folder where ever it stored on Google Drive?``
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### Author:  [@sitano](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sitano)
#### Post date: [December 15, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/6 "2019-12-15T04:21:16Z")
Yes, Goggle Drive is the only issue, I have used it for as long as I can remember. I have tried both the old & new passwords,
Now is there a way to see master passwords from lets say last year?
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### Author:  [@developernotes](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/developernotes)
#### Post date: [December 17, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/7 "2019-12-17T14:42:43Z")
Hello @sitano
I apologize for the delayed response. Unfortunately, you cannot view the password you used to encrypt the replica database stored on Google Drive. This would need to have been a master password you used at one point in time. You would need to change your local master password to previous master password’s you’ve used in the past, then attempt a sync. If the master password is a match for the remote replica stored on Google Drive, it will then be able to migrate your remote copy.
This is a benefit of the new synchronization system in Codebook 4. Your master password is not tied to the encrypted replica data stored on Google Drive. This allows a user to change their master password and not have it impact syncing.
Would you give the steps above a try and let us know your results? Thanks!
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### Author:  [@sitano](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sitano)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2019, 7:46am UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/8 "2019-12-19T07:46:48Z")
Is there a way I can use a backups form Time Machine to get old Master passwords?
Steve Itano
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### Author:  [@sjlombardo](https://discuss.zetetic.net/u/sjlombardo)
#### Post date: [December 23, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://discuss.zetetic.net/t/failed-to-transition-data-from-legacy-remote-data-base/4083/9 "2019-12-23T21:07:22Z")
Hello @sitano - yes, it is possible to recover a Time Machine backup. Codebook data is stored in `~/Library/Containers/net.zetetic.Strip.mac/Data/Library/Application Support/Strip`, in a package called `default.strip`.