New to Scrivener

[kewms]

@Sgt_Bilko

My only concern is what would happen if the Scrivener project file ever became corrupted. I have backups using SuperDuper, TimeMachine and because I’m paranoid through Crashplan as well. It makes me wonder if I should regularly export projects just to have another means of accessing the work. I haven’t been particularly paranoid using Word because of all the backup strategies I have so I am probably being over cautious here but we all know how much time and work goes into a major project.

I wouldn’t say you need to be any more paranoid with Scrivener than you were with Word. I’ve personally lost much more data to Word than I ever have to Scrivener.

Pretty much all of the data loss emails to the support address are due to user error, with synchronization issues being high on the list. Be sure to read this post for advice on using Scrivener with Dropbox:

Using Scrivener with Dropbox

Hello, Our support thread on “Working off of network drives” has understandably left many users concerned about using Scrivener with Dropbox. However, the problems with storing .scriv files on Dropbox have been somewhat overstated, mainly because we want to ensure users know that no syncing method is 100% safe. So, here are some guidelines on using Scrivener with Dropbox that should keep you out of trouble. Sharing a Project Between Computers Using Dropbox If you want to access a project on m…

Katherine