Hi,
Pardon my ignorance in advance. I’ve read over 10 posts on this topic that ranged from 2003-2010 and I don’t want to accept that I can’t see my DTOP databases on a second computer. Call me stubborn. So my iMac has a couple of databases in my apartment. I just installed DTOP on an MBA. How can I get the MBA to see the databases on the iMac? DTOP is closed on the iMac.
Do I have the copy the iMac db to the MBA? Can’t I access them through Dropbox? I have used To Go for this in the past.
I also have problems with DT To Go app. It won’t sync with my iPhone SE.
I used to use Bonjour. The cloud icon starts but quits rather quickly. Any suggestions?
Do not store your database .dtBase2 files in Dropbox; they will be corrupted
You could use Sync to synchronize instances of your database(s) on both machines, using a sync store created on your Dropbox account with Sync preferences; or
You could put your database on a thumb drive or external drive that you move from one machine to another – not much point in doing this, but just mentioning it because some readers do; or
You could put your database(s) on a NAS – just be sure to only have one copy of DEVONthink running at a time; or
If you are doing Mac file sharing between machines, you could access the .dtBase2 on machine A from DEVONthink running on machine B – personally, i find this unreliable and prefer the DEVONthink Sync approach on my local network; or
Since you have DEVONthink Pro Office, if you merely wanted casual access from the other machine, you could use DEVONthink’s built-in Server an access your database(s) from the other machine (or iOS devices)
Thanks korn,
From your examples I think I would choose #6. The DTOP server idea sounds most like what I’m thinking. Are there any server set up strategies I should be aware of? Thanks in advance
There’s no “server strategy” needed. Set a database to be Shared in File > Database Properties > … then turn on the server in DEVONthink Pro Office’s Preferences > Server. You could even do it without changing any of the settings in this Preference pane.