Confused about iCloud sync
Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 10:05 am
The new iCloud sync feature of Bookends 12.7 is intriguing. I've never had trouble using Dropbox to sync my home and office BE databases, but I trust that Jon has gone this route for good reasons.
But I'm confused about how iCloud sync will operate in my current workflow. I maintain a folder of ongoing research projects on both my home and office Macs, using Dropbox, something like:
/Users/tharpold/Dropbox/projects/
Until now, I've kept my BE database in a subfolder within that folder:
/Users/tharpold/Dropbox/rabbit/bookshelf/bibliographies/th library.bdb
The copies of BE running on both computers points to that file. This setup, as I've noted, has worked very well up until now, and makes sense in my workflow – viz., it keeps all of my research materials, including my BE database, organized and up to date on both computers.
If I now set BE to sync via iCloud, but the app on both machines points to, effectively, the same local file, which is also synced via Dropbox (along with all my other research notes, etc.), can this result in some kind of conflict between the iCloud and Dropbox versions? If I have to move the BE database out of my Dropbox folder to support correct iCloud syncing, I could do that, but that seems like a logical step backward in my workflow, especially given that BE can't sync BE attachments via iCloud. I still have to maintain a separate sync setup to keep those up to date.
But I'm confused about how iCloud sync will operate in my current workflow. I maintain a folder of ongoing research projects on both my home and office Macs, using Dropbox, something like:
/Users/tharpold/Dropbox/projects/
Until now, I've kept my BE database in a subfolder within that folder:
/Users/tharpold/Dropbox/rabbit/bookshelf/bibliographies/th library.bdb
The copies of BE running on both computers points to that file. This setup, as I've noted, has worked very well up until now, and makes sense in my workflow – viz., it keeps all of my research materials, including my BE database, organized and up to date on both computers.
If I now set BE to sync via iCloud, but the app on both machines points to, effectively, the same local file, which is also synced via Dropbox (along with all my other research notes, etc.), can this result in some kind of conflict between the iCloud and Dropbox versions? If I have to move the BE database out of my Dropbox folder to support correct iCloud syncing, I could do that, but that seems like a logical step backward in my workflow, especially given that BE can't sync BE attachments via iCloud. I still have to maintain a separate sync setup to keep those up to date.