FIrst up Keith thank you!!! I nominate you to rise up in the ranks of deity!
To the Sync ‘problem’.
I would have to agree with those that are suggesting that the problem is likely with the word Sync.
I did exactly what someone has already suggested. I’d never used Dropbox before or tried to sync my scrivener project with another (inferior) app. So when I knew I had to Sync my project with Dropbox the very first thing I did (prior to having access to Scrivener for iOS) was go looking for the ‘Sync’ button.
The only reason I worked out my mistake before the release of the app is because I’m an impatient soul and jumped on the new forum for the App as soon as the forum appeared. Discovered my mistake in the whole Syncing thing, promptly deleted what I’d done and followed instructions from Keith &. Co in how to set up properly.
Gotta say I’m also guilty of reading the tutorial all the way though as well. Still didn’t assume I knew how to ‘drive’ the new app. Wrote 2000 words last night, I was that excited by the app! Thanks Keith!
And since I cannot find the ‘post new topic’ link anywhere, I’ll post this here.
I just saw today that DropBox is dropping support for many older Mac OS systems, including mine.
I create my children’s book illustrations and writing on my original $2000 Mac Pro and invested more $1000’s into the software. But now because it’s too old, DropBox will soon make my ability to sync with Scrivener impossible. I am not willing to buy all my software all over again and buy a new computer just to please DropBox.
Question: Is there any way to sync Scrivener iPad with Google Drive???
If not, I fear my happy days syncing my iPad Scrivener with my desktop will end next January.
PeterPenguin’s point is that he does not want to have to buy a new computer. But as DropBox is dropping support on his older one, he won’t be able to use the DropBox app on his Mac to sync with his iPad, so he will need to change something.
You can always use iTunes to sync between your Mac and your iPad.
Another option is to mix methods:
when you write on your iPad, you can export the project as a zipped file to your Mac via email, DropBox (web interface) or some other cloud service.
when you write on your Mac, you can use iTunes to sync to your iPad
Yet another option may be uploading the entire project from Mac to DropBox via web interface, but you’d have to experiment with that one to see whether viable, particularly if your projects are huge. ETA: Based on Katherine’s feedback, this is not a viable option.
I would not recommend this unless you make a ZIP file from the project first. The Dropbox web interface can’t be trusted to handle a Scrivener project’s internal structure correctly.
What PeterPenguin actually said was “I am not willing to buy all my software all over again and buy a new computer just to please DropBox.”
I found this sentence interesting and wondered whether he might think that he has to buy all his software again in order to install it on a new computer - and that the combined cost of this meant he felt he had to stay with his old computer. Then I thought, “perhaps he has software that does need to be bought again” and became curious about what that could be. Perhaps the software he has would all need to be upgraded to work on a new Mac, and perhaps this would indeed be very expensive.
But you are completely correct. He will certainly need to change something
In the Mac world, Apple does not always make the efforts to ensure backwards compatibility with each system release as Microsoft has in the past, and you can find yourself not being able to use a specific old Mac for no discernable reason other than it was on the “it won’t work with release Y” list. (Indeed, this is why I had to go get a newer used Mac Mini so I could upgrade to Sierra).
If you elect to stay behind the curve long enough, eventually you get to the point where the Store, etc., will stop supporting your OS release, apps will drop support, etc.
I am not criticizing Apple for the policy – their business model depends on the combination of hardware and software – and I will note that Microsoft’s past policies of support for 10 years is going by the wayside (and I am one of those people who thinks it SHOULD NOT be a decade – given how interconnected the world is, it’s insane to think software can be written, supported, and secured for that long without a corresponding toll on other people). However, no matter what policy you have, it will hurt some people such as PeterPenguin who cannot stay on the upgrade treadmill, and it will cause far more people to complain about it.
Ah yes, I see what you mean. And your question led to Devin’s answer, which was an education for me–I didn’t know about Apple’s approach to backwards compatibility!
I have had horrific experiences with Dropbox, and am somewhat appalled that you’ve partnered with them. I have read several help files that all steer me there. That said, how else can I transfer my files?
