Running into some problems - trying to write with someone else. They use PC, I use Mac. I have uploaded the document to Dropbox. She can download but when she tries to access it says access denied. Is this because of the PC/Mac thing?
If not, what would it be?
Is there any way around it?
You aren’t getting to the point where the project format would be an issue.
Is the Dropbox software running on both systems? The “access denied” message suggests a problem transferring the file, not a problem with Scrivener itself.
Katherine
Yes, we both have dropbox and we have a shared folder. Any suggestions?
By “she” saying she can download, suggests she is using a browser and actually downloading? Is she not simply letting Dropbox do all the synching to her machine of shared folders and no need to “download”? If not letting Dropbox doing the synch, who knows what will happen? Scrivener needs EVERYTHING in the folder and subfolders.
Also … you must make sure that you two are not working on the document at the same time with Dropbox working in the background. After your changes, you have to wait for Dropbox to put all the files into their server, then “she” has to wait until all the files are delivered to her computer. While she is working on it, you have to not work on it and do the above in reverse.
Scrivener not really a multi-user thing, but with care and feeding–a lot–I guess it can work. But I wouldn’t want it. Instead, when I’ve had to collaborate on a document I agreed with my co-authors on who works on what chapters and each author has their own copies of these chapters. Editor’s job (me) to re-assemble when we want to make a draft of the full doc. At that point, using Scrivener usually falls down due to all the messing around and taking time from thinking/writing, and we use tools better suited for muti-user editing.
That wasn’t the question. I specifically asked if the Dropbox software is running on both systems.
That matters because the Dropbox software will automatically handle the details of uploading and downloading a Scrivener project, which is a complex entity with subfolders and potentially hundreds of component files. Uploading and downloading via the Dropbox web interface will, at best, give you a ZIP file that you’ll need to unpack in order to open the project.
If the Dropbox software is running on both systems, one thing to check is to try putting an ordinary text file in the shared folder and see if it transfers back and forth successfully.
Katherine
That wasn’t the question. I specifically asked if the Dropbox software is running on both systems.
That matters because the Dropbox software will automatically handle the details of uploading and downloading a Scrivener project, which is a complex entity with subfolders and potentially hundreds of component files. Uploading and downloading via the Dropbox web interface will, at best, give you a ZIP file that you’ll need to unpack in order to open the project.
If the Dropbox software is running on both systems, one thing to check is to try putting an ordinary text file in the shared folder and see if it transfers back and forth successfully.
Katherine
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She has Scrivener on her laptop and we are attempting to download (from Dropbox) onto her computer and access it using her scrivener. I don’t want to use the scrivener document on dropbox because if it is anything like trying to use Word on drop box, we will soon go insane.
Are you downloading using the Dropbox web interface?
If so, it should automatically compress the project into a ZIP file for you. (If it doesn’t, you’ll have worse problems, because you’ll only get part of the project.) You’ll need to unZIP it using Finder before Scrivener can open it.
Katherine
You both need. To have the Dropbox app installed on your computers, like RMS described. That way you get a Dropbox folder on each computer and the Dropbox app makes sure that the fikes you have on each of the computers is the same.
Don’t use the web interface!