On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 11:48 AM, Rixey <[email protected]> wrote: > I have MLO cloud sync capabilities. I have successfully synced from my > phone to my desktop and vice-versa. The issue is that sometimes duplicate > folders and tasks are created from syncing I don't know if this is coming > from using templates or not or syncing to the wrong profiles or files. I > think I'm a little confused about saved files and then profiles. >
This is most likely from using a template. What happens is that if a task has the same name but different properties you can get a duplicate. Once you get this straightened out, you shouldn't have any trouble with MLO keeping the tasks in sync without creating duplicates. This is an unusual situation...hang in there and we can help you sort it out. > I have a saved file on my desktop - Do I really need more than one file? > No, you don't. You can have more than one but it complicates things and I would say, stick with one unless you have a specific need. > Shouldn't everything just be one file? > > I believe I also have files in the cloud. - Is that what I should be > syncing with every time? Do I even need files on my desktop or phone. > The file on your phone isn't something you can see...it's there but hidden from you, and it's where all tasks are stored on your phone (doesn't need internet to use). You need a file on your PC, where all of your tasks are stored locally, while you are working with them. This way you can use MLO on the PC without any sort of internet connection. Then finally you need a cloud file (just one, where both Android and PC will both "meet" in the middle. Other than naming it, right now you won't really be able to do anything with it directly, it's modified by the sync processes of the two machines. So if you create a task A on android, sync to the cloud, now the cloud has A in it's file (but you can't look inside). Then you sync to the PC, and A will be created in the PC file, where you can move it, complete it, etc. When you sync back to cloud, those changes are made to the cloud's version of A. Then when Android syncs, the changes are taken from the cloud file and applied on Android. > > And then I have profiles. - Profiles on my phone, and a profile on my > desktop? I'm the only person using this program on my phone and desktop. > Do I need to have different profiles? > One Android profile corresponds to one cloud file and one desktop file. No, stick with one profile, which you sync to the same data file as you sync to on the OC. To resolve your duplication issues, you can either get everything in sync and then combine things together, or what I would suggest is you can create a new, blank (not from a template) profile on Android (unless there are tasks on Android that you haven't synced yet). If the PC has all your important tasks you might create a new cloud file as well. (rename the old one for now). If you create a fresh cloud file and profile on Android, you can move around your tasks / combine folders on the PC and then when you sync it should work properly. pieces of time though. I've kept coming back to this thread though. > Hopefully I haven't stepped on any one's shoes by posting onto this > thread. Again any help would be greatly appreciated. > No worries!! > > -- Lisa ------------------------------ Lisa Stroyan, mailto: [email protected] <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
