hmmm.... Could you expand a bit on what is in the "_prefs data_" file? I don't understand why I would *not* want to sync preferences across machines
On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 11:51:13 AM UTC-5, Patrick Woolsey wrote: > > On 11/11/19 at 11:31 AM, [email protected] <javascript:> (Gauvins) wrote: > > >well... there's this cryptic paragraph about "seeding > >preferences"... not clear to me what I should do. > >I have followed directions on my main workstation. I would > >think that I now should: > > > >1. log on my other machines, > >2. turn off DropBox sync > >3. delete the preference folder from my user's "application > support/bbedit" > >4. rename and move the preference data > >5. turn on DorpBox sync > >6. start BBEdit > > > >Right? > > No. :-) > > Once Dropbox has transferred the contents of your BBEdit app > support folder to your other Macs, you need only quit & relaunch > BBEdit on those machines and it should automatically recognize > and use the app support folder contained within Dropbox. > > The only potential complication is whether you also wish to > share BBEdit's _prefs data_ via Dropbox; I prefer not to myself > but that's up to you and the instructions describe the necessary > steps if you do. > > Regards > > Patrick Woolsey > == > Bare Bones Software, Inc. <https://www.barebones.com/> > > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/15c3c764-1f86-42b9-af44-8607a17927f3%40googlegroups.com.
