Chronosync backup using "Dissect packages"

I have tried using ChronoSync to keep the DT databases on two different computers in sync. The key ChronoSync settings I used are:

  • Synchronize (as opposed to making one database the master and the other the slave)
  • Dissect packages
  • Automatically resolve conflicts by using the latest timestamp

Net result: Complete disaster! The databases on both machines became corrupted beyond what “verify & repair” within DEVONthink could correct. Also, the most trivial changes were not synchronized properly. For example: Adding a note to a group in one database, and adding a different note to the same group on the other database. That resulted in only one of the notes being preserved in both databases.

Based on my experience, I cannot recommend using ChronoSync for keeping two databases in sync.