01-27-2025, 01:47 AM
I'm not sure if this is the right thread to ask in. Mike, we talked about this some time back. Basically, I want to work on my iPad and MacBook and so I want to keep the library in sync between them at all times. For everything else in my life, I use either Dropbox or iCloud to do that heavy lifting, and just make sure things have synced before I switch devices. Otherwise, it's seamless and I never have to do anything or think about it.
For MS, I have been using the in-app Sync feature. But it's tedious. I'd prefer to just be able to go back and forth between devices and expect things to work.
Preventing conflicts is a natural challenge. One app I use (Reunion family tree software) handles this using some type of lock file. So if you switch devices, it warns you that it's open somewhere else and tells you that remote one will be logged out. That works fine. Other apps are more granular, and seem to manage individual changes without locking the entire library, making the chance of conflicts much lower, and allowing you to keep things "open" on multiple devices at once.
In any case, what's the state of the art for MS regarding this? Do I have to use the app sync or can I put the library on Dropbox or iCloud Drive and open that same library on both iPad and MacBook, and expect changes to sync back and forth?
For MS, I have been using the in-app Sync feature. But it's tedious. I'd prefer to just be able to go back and forth between devices and expect things to work.
Preventing conflicts is a natural challenge. One app I use (Reunion family tree software) handles this using some type of lock file. So if you switch devices, it warns you that it's open somewhere else and tells you that remote one will be logged out. That works fine. Other apps are more granular, and seem to manage individual changes without locking the entire library, making the chance of conflicts much lower, and allowing you to keep things "open" on multiple devices at once.
In any case, what's the state of the art for MS regarding this? Do I have to use the app sync or can I put the library on Dropbox or iCloud Drive and open that same library on both iPad and MacBook, and expect changes to sync back and forth?