Is there any way to sync Scrivener between several windows platforms and Mac, simultaneously. I tried sharing folder scrivener but I have several problems, one it is make backup
Yes, sort of a way. I use Dropbox to sync Scrivener projects across 1 Windows, 2 Macs, 2 iOS devices. Works well and has worked well for years.
Others can chip in with what works for them which might use other third party sync services, Windows sync software, or manual methods. None of which I use so I donāt offer as working methods.
You did not say you needed iOS syncing. Dropbox reqād for that sort of sync. And you want āsimultaneousā. Well, may not be simultaneous as it takes a bit of time, and you must allow that time, to sync each device, but that a detail.
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You can use a number of sync services to sync between multiple devices.
Dropbox is reliable.
Sync seems to work well.
box works okay.
I donāt recommend Google - too many screw ups, even before looking at their privacy policy.
OneDrive - Iāve found it flakey (and again privacy)
iCloud - syncing is lazy. Itās robust but you have to be absolutely certain it has completed sync.
Regardless of who you use, the files MUST (MUST) be stored locally on each computer and synced, and you MUST select the equivalent of available offline on your syncing service of choice.
You can only open the project on one computer at a time and need to ensure itās closed and synced before opening on the next one.
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One thing I would add is that iCloud and OneDrive are basically flipped in which is good where. iCloud on Mac, fine, OneDrive on Windows fine (and as you note, for both (and everything) you should disable āoptimise storageā / āfiles on demandā, respectively), but the other way around is not so good. OneDrive on Mac is pretty bad, and iCloud on Windows is pretty much a joke.
Thus if the main goal is to find something good for Mac/Win sharing, neither is a good option. To add a few more to the list, mostly all privacy oriented, either through technology or by virtue of being something you run yourself rather than involving companies:
- Tresorit (what I use presently).
- Resilio Sync (I used it many years ago and it was pretty good).
- SyncThing (with this, someone even set up an iOS linkage that they claim can do live automatic syncing).
By that do you mean turning on file sharing for one of the computers? If youāre in the same location at all times where it matters, then that is certainly a good option, and one that I use most of the time, myself. Why sync and fling bytes all over the planet when you can just mount the other computerās user folder as a drive and load stuff right off it directly? Itās a little slower, particularly if you use WiFi instead of ethernet cables, but itās not bad with modern WiFi.
I tend to use the Macās file sharing, mainly because it is way simpler to set up as it only have a few basic options. You do need to click the āiā button after switching āFile Sharingā on, as the basic mode is Mac-only. Then click Options, and enable SMB file sharing, which is what Windows works best with, and tick your account in the table below to grant it access. Now you can map your Mac share to a drive letter in Windows, just like you would with any file server at an office, etc. It will always be there even through reboots (which is another reason why I prefer to set it up in that direction, as I donāt think the Mac can reboot with network drives already mounted, but I could be mistaken, itās been a very long time since Iāve tried it).
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