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I hate to be "that guy," but...
I've never been one to complain "hey, this is not a hint," but really this one screams out for it. The whole point of Dropbox is to sync things across computers. In this case, it's really a no-brainer because you can choose where to put this particular app's data folder, so yeah, put it inside But even if there are apps you want to sync that don't have prefs to move its data folder to a different directory, you can always use symlinks via the Sorry to be a grouch, and I feel bad because I've never made a post like this in my 9-10 years on Mac OS X Hints, but if there is a useful tip in this hint, it should have been reformatted as a general write-up on Dropbox's ability to sync things outside of Sorry Craig, I know you're trying your best and I support you, but being an editor means separating the wheat from the chaff, and rewriting, re-formatting, or re-purposing borderline material into something more useful. It's not just about picking which posts to run and correcting the typos.
I hate to be "that guy," but...
While the hint is indeed not a good hint, the responses (but yours) here are helpful: They all show that doing this is actually dangerous, and unexpectedly so.
I hate to be "that guy," but...
That's the most specious reasoning I have seen in a long time. If the site is going to run hints so that people can post how bad they are, then we might as well shut down the site now.
I hate to be "that guy," but...
But that's the whole point of this hint - sharing the Things database between multiple Macs, isn't it? |
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