I have two laptops, and one iPhone (so two copies of DT3 and one of DTTG)
I have the same set of DBs open at each
Workflow: (1) adding content from phone, (2) frequently adding notes from laptop-1, (3) occasionally accessing from laptop-2
Scenario-1: laptop-1 and laptop-2 are out of sync
I try to hit the Synchronize menu option, but don’t see any changes. More concretely, there is one group where I was adding sub-groups by dates and the view became “perfectly disjoint” between the two laptops, where new groups stayed on the laptops they were added at.
Note: this is more recent occurrence, and hopefully temporary, I’m not as bothered about it
Scenario-2: DTTG doesn’t “keep” some files
Every so often I’ll need to lookup something on my phone and I get the download button that never works. I just have to wait until I’m at my laptop. I’ve noticed this happens in a particular database more often than the rest (though that’s also the db one I “lookup” most frequently from my phone).
This is a longstanding occurrence, and quite annoying when it happens, and I don’t know what to do to fix it. I’ve tried deleting and re-installing DTTG, making sure my settings are set to keep everything, etc.
I know that it isn’t an “nothing’s working here” situation, because adding (clipping) content from my phone works, and shows up on my laptop (funny story, on laptop-2, but not laptop-1, but that’s a separate story)
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To clarify, none of this dampens my enthusiasm for DT3 , but if there are tips & tricks, especially for the “how do I force DTTG to keep content”
Good summary of the situation, but you have over-looked one key bit of information. What sync method do you use? Bonjour (on a local network) is probably the quickest and most reliable, but it can do only one device at a time. Even if on a remote service by another vendor, e.g. Apple, Dropbox, etc. time timing of the launch of the sync on DEVONthink ToGo is sort of up to Apple’s IOS, as I understand.
I’m guessing here, but the appearance of a Download button on DTTG suggests to me that the OP is probably using On Demand downloading on the iOS device. Assuming that is true and they are accessing data on the move, that would make Bonjour rather less useful. I was wondering whether maybe the records the OP is trying to access aren’t actually available in the sync store yet and, as such, don’t download to the iOS device on demand. That makes your question all the more relevant, I feel - using a different sync store (e.g. CloudMe rather than iCloud) might make a difference.
Hi. I’ve had longstanding sync issues (improved over the last couple of years), and though I don’t know the reason for sure, it would appear that Dropbox and DTTG are not playing well together in my case, perhaps because I have a lot of data (large numbers of files and 100 to 200GB of data). Whatever the cause, a solution I’ve found for groups with files in them that fail to download in a timely manner is to put them into a dummy database (I’ve labeled mine “sync database”) to trigger a sync. This works more times than not. Once I am back to my computer, I sort the files and groups into their appropriate locations.
No, I don’t see anything in Window → Log or the DTTG sync icon (earlier I did, and those turned out to be indexing errors etc, but this time there are persistent divergences in terms of some groups that simply don’t show up on other devices)
I can confirm that I’m not using “on-demand”, and when I do need to lookup, the phone isn’t near the laptop
I use iCloud for syncing, and I’d rather not move away from it if I can
The dummy database workaround is interesting, I will try it! (of course, this assumes that database is never out of sync )
CloudKit (also an Apple product/service) offered by DEVONthink is purportedly better than the older iCloud. Still uses your iCloud account. Might try that.
I think @Bluefrog would also like one (maybe two) more screen shots. the one behind Settings → SYNC:Locations. Press on "iCloud (CloudKit) and post of screen shot of that also. While there, screen shot what’s under the “edit” button for your sync location.
OK. But I was thinking that the screen shot under the screen prior to the one shown above. Where in the upper right corner there is an “Edit” link. Shows the settings for the sync, e.g. masked key, how files are downloaded, etc. Just to save a bit of recycle time for @Bluefrog and give a complete picture.
And, if devices on local network, give Bonjour a try also. Can have both CloudKit and Bonjour running.
, but if there are tips & tricks, especially for the “how do I force DTTG to keep content”
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