Quote Originally Posted by MrGerbik
After compacting, now at 7.78 megabytes. This really worries me that info was lost if it stuck at 11.16mb for so long...

Any idea what happened? And what will compacting affect exactly?
Compact feature optimizes database so it takes less space - it eliminates empty spaces that are present in the database after editing. It can also move covers in or out of the database when needed, or perform other servicing tasks.