Is Sync in 2.5 only for complete databases?

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Is the new syncing ability only for complete databases? Or is there a way to sync only a subset of a database, such as specific groups, like you can with the mobile sync?

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Sync for Mac DEVONthink databases is for complete databases. If you wish to work only with sync of the contents of a specific group, for example, create a new database containing that group only.

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Thanks, that’s what I thought, just wanted to make sure.

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Excuse me for just jumping in here, but can I ask whether the sync with Dropbox syncs the complete database as a single entity, or whether it incrementally syncs only those files that have been added or modified within the database? I have a couple of large databases (>10GB) I’d really like to sync now that it’s available, but don’t think it would be plausible to be constantly backing up a database of that size if it’s not incremental. I’d be grateful for any advice.

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Just like DropBox, the first Sync hurts. The next ones are changes.

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So the 2.5 sync is the functional equivalent of putting the database in Dropbox, only safer?

In particular, I’m contrasting the DevonThink To Go approach of using a designated Sync folder.

Thanks,

Katherine

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I suppose you could look at it that way but it’s technically a very different thing.

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Just looking at it from the dumb user perspective. I know there’s a lot more than that going on under the covers.

Katherine