After reading Weird sync between DTP and DTTG: any fix? I now have decided to add local-network syncing. (Dropbox syncing I am using for years and it is better than nothing (when out and a bout), but often something is weird and untrustable on the iPad end…) - So I hope when I add Bonjour syncing to my databases, things will be synced more reliably – at least before I hit the road.
I had a look at the manuals, but I’m still unclear about how to set up local syncing:
On the Mac I understand a Bonjour store is created when I select on the Sync Settings panel from the “+” drop down the entry “Add Local Sync Store…”. Is this correct?
On the iPad I cannot find any Local sync store option under Locations → Edit. The DTTG manual talks about “set up your device as a server”, but do i have to do this? I want the iPad not to act as a sever, just to sync quick and reliably via a sync store on the local network.
I don’t know where you’re getting this idea but it’s incorrect. Where in the documentation do you see this?
Also, making a Bonjour sync has been covered many times, in the documentation, this specific forum post: Bonjour Simplified, and even Help > Tutorials > Sync via Bonjour.
And after this the local sync location toki@tokipona appears for a split second - and then disappears again, so that I end up only the the old existing dropbox sync stores:
. It’s also generally very reliable and it’s private, so wins all around.