Comments: How do I keep two copies of my database in sync using TntSync?

Does anyone know if this method would work if your main copy is kept on Apple's MobileMe? I'm thinking of using a "cloud" to hold our main copy, and then have my wife and I sync to that, but not sure if it will work...

Just wondering if you tried this and if it worked.

My wife & I have been using this method for a few years, each with our own laptops & using a flash drive as our main db.  Unfortunately we see a pattern of losing various history & task entries when we both make changes to the copy on our computers & then sync to the main db.  Any thoughts?

Hi Paul, I've been using TntSync for years also, but I've never run into this problem.  I have seen staff w/ multiple copies of their databases, and they sometimes work in the wrong database.  This would create the appearance of lost history/task entries, when in reality they were made in another database.

Will this work cross platform between Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard. At my office I operate on a Window 7 machine but my laptop is Mac. Thanks.

Yes, Dropbox works on both Windows and Mac.  So it's a great solution for keeping your TntMPD database in sync between your PC and Mac.

I successfully copied our database from my husbands computer (C drive) to a USB Flash (E Drive), then to my computer. I made changes on my computer and am having trouble getting them from my computer to the flash drive and on to his computer. I think I am making a mistake in the 'Add' 'TNT Database' options. And choosing the wrong drives. Any advice?

Use Windows Explorer (My Computer) and find both your databases.  In TntMPD, under the "Help" menu, click on "View System Info" to see where your current database file is.  Then just make sure it matches in TntSync.

You state in your FAQs "In TntSync, under the "File" menu, click on "Add", then click on "TntMPD Databases".  For "Local TntMPD Database" enter "C:\My Documents\My Partners.mpd".  For "Remote TntMPD Database" enter "D:\My Documents\My Partners.mpd".  Then click "OK"."

There is no "ADD" button under the file menu.

Tim Coleman

Hi Tim,  Click the "File" menu, then click the "Add" menu item below that.  It's not a button, but a menu item.  --Troy

Those who are using Dropbox, are you simply keeping the database file in a shared Dropbox folder and accessing it from 2 different computers (not at the same time, obviously)? Or are you keeping a remote version in a Dropbox folder and syncing with TntSync?

Eshinee, my hunch is that most staff simply keep the database file in a shared Dropbox folder and access it from 2 different computers.  But I do know of a few staff that keep a remote version in Dropbox and use TntSync.

What is the difference between a shared folder in dropbox and a remote version to be used with TntSync?

Scott

Hi Scott,  I just meant that you keep a copy of your database in Dropbox, and a copy of your database on your computer outside of Dropbox.  Consider the database not in Dropbox as "Local" and consider the one in Dropbox as "Remote".  "Local" and "Remote" are just some terms TntSync uses to label the two databases it helps you keep in sync.

For some time, we've been using TntSync to sync our two his-and-hers databases (which are both in a shared Dropbox folder). Is the recommendation now with TntConnect 4.0 that we use the SAME database in Dropbox?