Absolutely no luck getting Dropbox sync working!
First I ran into this issue having something to do with ‘Restricted Content’ (Problem Syncing Omnioutliner files), then I followed the steps offered by the DT user in that thread by using the ‘Clean Location’ option, but I subsequently wound up experiencing another Dropbox sync failure because of an error citing ‘Missing Content’ (because I’d previously tried removing the restricted content after I got the first error message).
Finally I realized that none of this was worth it! Jesus what a headache. I don’t remember the last time a piece of software gave me this much trouble. I’ve tried several times over the last couple years to configure syncing the way you guys suggest configuring it, and every time, for one reason or another, I always wind up quitting because it’s too much of a hassle.
At this point, I’m now going to resort to doing it how I was doing it before, which worked… using Dropbox to directly sync the databases, making sure not to have the same database open on two computers simultaneously, and making sure to keep versioned Time Machine & Chronosync backups of my database in the event of disaster.
Let’s hope that whatever you guys eluded to having “in the pipeline” has something to do with the sync capabilities, because right now its terrible!
I love Devonthink, but it has two major shortcomings that are virtual deal-breakers:
• Syncing - Make it’s sync capabilities work as seamlessly as Evernote and Dropbox sync their data
• Mobile Access - allow users access to their entire databases from their iPhone/iPad without the need to manually sync bites and pieces of their databases using the Mobile Sync half-measure (e.g. make it work more like Plex, AIrVideo, or Stream To Me… how they allow you to stream movies from your home computer through the use of a media server that runs on the computer at all times… I’d have no problem running a Devonthink Media Server on my primary computer 24/7 if it meant I’d have access to all of my files from my mobile devices).
Thank you for your attempts to help.