So by coincidence I just saw this recent post by you, which is basically referring to what I’m asking here.
So if I get this right, if DTPO is indexing a folder on a cloud storage on one machine and I add a second machine, then DTPO will sync the DB and look to the same or similar file path to ensure the cloud folder and DTPO database look identical on the second machine?
If this is the case then I think I’ve got it figured out.
I was just worried that two DTPO syncying to two versions of the same cloud folder which is also syncing would lead to conflicts.
If I import a folder on my iMac into DT, I assume that the folder gets sync’d over to the MBP (meaning that the files in the folder are actually copied over to the MBP and look like they have been imported there. Is that the case?
Sync is a mirroring sync so the databases will be the same on each device.
The thing that I don’t understand: If I index a folder on my iMac, what happens on my MBP? Is the whole folder (which is large) copied over to the MBP? If so, does it appear indexed there or imported?
Again, since sync is a mirroring sync, the items would be indexed on the second machine.
Yes, the items would be synced to the new machine but in the same relative location, if possible. For example, if you indexed a folder on the desktop of machine A, sync would create a similar folder on the desktop of machine B and its database would be pointing to those files, not the files on machie A’s desktop.
If you were indexing files in a commonly accessible location, like a Dropbox folder connected to both machines, there is an option to not synchronize the contents of indexed items… BUT you should not use this if you are syncing with DEVONthink To Go as it would have no access to download the contents of files.