# Sync'ing with Drop Box **URL:** \ **Category:** Scrivener for Windows\ **Tags:** support\ **Created:** [July 18, 2011, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/syncing-with-drop-box/13713 "2011-07-18T14:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![xiamenese](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/user_avatar/forum.literatureandlatte.com/xiamenese/32/23720_2.png) [@xiamenese](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/u/xiamenese)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/syncing-with-drop-box/13713/2 "2011-07-18T16:24:20Z")
> [@Magic Man](#): > > I know the v2 of Scrivener for the Mac supports built in synchronising with Drop Box but, using the current beta on Linux or Windows, what specifically is missing? > > I.e. I have Drop Box and Scrivener installed and have a test Srivener folder saved in the drop box file area. I can read and write to this directly from within Scrivener which updates regularly to the online drop box account. When away, I can access and read the .rtf files on my Android phone and also open and edit them on my iPad. > > In addition, I can download the docs folder on another PC (without Drop Box installed), edit the .rtf files as I want, re-upload them via the web app and when I get home, they are there within my Scrivener project on my netbook. > > What am I missing here that the official Drop Box sync’ support in the Mac V2 Scrivener gives? Before you go any further, read what it says in: > [@Using Scrivener with Dropbox](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/using-scrivener-with-dropbox/11295/1): > > Hello, Our support thread on [“Working off of network drives”](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/working-off-of-network-drives-mobileme-thumb-drives/5101/1) 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… What you should never do is edit the RTF files within the scrivx folder with another editor. It can screw up the whole project big time. The sync system for the Mac exports the contents as text files that can be edited and then when the re-sync to Scrivener is done, the changed paragraphs are merged by Scrivener. If you edit the RTF directly you’ll end up with internal scrivener files like binder-strings and others no longer matching the text it finds in the RTFs, and you’ll get a loud raspberry! Mark --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.literatureandlatte.com/t/syncing-with-drop-box/13713)._