No worries. It’s easy to lose track of things. I wasn’t even sure I’d answered the question in the first place!
Done. I guess that means it will only sync on the iMac when I:
- Open/close the app
- Change application focus (i.e., so it deactivates/activates)
- Or choose to sync from the menu
Is that right? I guess I’m a little curious too if that sync option on the file menu syncs all databases (I usually have about eight open) or just the current one. I might have to do a little automation or try something a little more frequent. I do tend to use the iOS/iPadOS apps sometimes when I’m out and about.
It’s a global settings so all actively syncing databases will sync when “told to”.
The change to manual syncing is temporary to see if things quiet down. However, there’s also no rule saying you can’t just manually sync. We certainly have clients who don’t use the Automatic settings.
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I use automatic syncing with Dropbox. I get an indication in the lower left corner of the DT3 window when syncing is happening, and it only happens when an active change (such as adding a new file or editing a file) has occurred to the database. I’ve been using Dropbox sync since 2013 and I’ve never had an issue.
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I’m using Apple CloudKit for my sync. It has issues as are well discussed in this forum (including by me!), but I use it knowing that it has the function I need. I’ve never had it repeatedly fail over 10 mins, so even if something fails to download on demand the first time, the second try usually gets it.
I’ve also never had a corrupted sync despite all my iCloud problems, nor do we see many mentions of it in the forum, so I’m not convinced that is a widespread issue. I’ve only corrupted a sync once in my 4 years on DT and it was me that caused it.
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My Synology NAS seems to be busy much of the time also. Without DEVONthink running. I have not been successful in finding out why.
There’s a bug in DSM: every time it gets an IPv6 router advertisement packet, it writes a log entry, even if nothing has changed. Some routers will send a ping every minute or so. This prevents the NAS from ever putting the disks to sleep.
I went round and round with Synology support about this. Eventually they said it’s better for the health of the disks if they’re kept running all the time. Well, not if you have SSDs, but I don’t, so someone else can fight that battle…
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