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Sync Things across multiple Macs via Dropbox
Authored by: agentx on Dec 02, '10 11:00:38AM

I am unconvinced this is a reliable method of syncing.

If you are very careful and have closed the Things DB on one mac then open on another then fine.
Problems WILL occur when you stray from the path !!! and open data on two machines at same time and throw an iOS device into the mix and say bye bye to data integrity !

All these Devs of these very useful programs should be looking at centralised cloud data as the main sync method.
Great example : Evernote



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Sync Things across multiple Macs via Dropbox
Authored by: judisohn on Dec 02, '10 11:16:35AM

Amen. I used to use Things and tried pointing it to Dropbox and if you are not *religious* about making sure that Things is closed on one computer before opening on another, very bad things can happen to your data. In the end, it just wasn't worth it and I went back to cloud-based task management. Look at Evernote or even 1Password for the right way to use a desktop app with data shared on multiple devices. Things is nowhere near.



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Sync Things across multiple Macs via Dropbox
Authored by: milkmage on Dec 07, '10 07:46:12AM

well to be fair, they warn you.. from the link above:

This way you can choose a location that might be more convenient for your syncing and backup routine. Choosing a web based location like iDisk is not possible.

so.. can't say if it will deny the use if iDisk outright, but DB looks (to the Mac) like another directory - it just happens to be in the cloud.. so YMMV...

but your point is spot on. thanks for the warning.



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