Open GoogleCodeExporter opened 9 years ago
Syncing over multiple computers over Dropbox is simple. Just move the data
folder (<userhome>/Library/Application Support/TimeTracker) to Dropbox. Then
create a symbolic link, drag that to the "Application Support" folder, and
delete the "symlink" siffix, so that the link has the original name
"TimeTracker".
On the second computer, delete the TimeTracker file in "Application Support,"
and repeat the step of making a symbolic link.
It should work fine after that. Both computers will be saving the data to the
folder in Dropbox.
BTW, the easiest way to make a symbolic link (if you're unfamiliar with it) is
to install the SymbolicLinker contextual menu as an add-on to your system:
http://seiryu.home.comcast.net/~seiryu/symboliclinker.html
Original comment by Paul.E.R...@gmail.com
on 4 Oct 2011 at 5:51
thanks Paul for the hint. That would have also been my standard answer.
However, the only caveat is that you shouldn't be running both time trackers at
once. The dropbox solution will typically only work if only one is running at a
time. TT opens the data file at launch and repeatedly saves to it during its
runtime. If you had both running at the same time each instance would write its
"view" of the data to the filesystem. The last one to save is the one to win.
Original comment by rbur...@gmail.com
on 4 Oct 2011 at 9:04
Thanks for that tip Paul. This will work for me; just need to remember to close
it (to be safe) whenever I'm done using it.
Original comment by jcval...@gmail.com
on 11 Oct 2011 at 4:05
Original issue reported on code.google.com by
jcval...@gmail.com
on 23 Feb 2011 at 9:13