Regarding your point 3, it is not necessary to limit yourself to only using MLO at one computer at a time, and always closing it. You need, however, a slightly different setup.
For some years I had been using a system where I set up MLO on both my home and two office PCs, synching all of them through Dropbox. Each MLO instance had its own local MLO file, and I synched that local MLO file to the (local) Dropbox file using MLO's file sync mechanism. The important step here is that I did NOT open the Dropbox file directly in MLO, but instead each MLO was running from it's own local file which got locally synced to the Dropbox file. Using this setup, the Dropbox file only gets changed whenever MLO syncs to it. That copy is then put onto Dropbox and copied to all other local copies of the Dropbox. Whenever you move to another PC, then just sync that local file to the Dropbox file again (Hit F9, or wait for automatic sync in MLO 4) and your local copy which you are working on is up to date. Because you never save the central Dropbox file directly, but only sync to it, this relieves you from the limit of only running 1 copy of MLO at a time. So, should you forget to sync, or work on computers at different times concurrently, the modifications to the MLO file will be synched (using MLO's synchronisation mechanism) and not just copied (Dropbox just copies files around). The only thing I had to remember with MLO 3 was to hit F9 ever so often to start the sync. I have not used the method with MLO 4, but I suppose the automatic time-based sync would take care of it automatically even. Disadvantage of this setup was that I could not sync mobile MLO. So that is why about 2 years ago I switched to using MLO Cloud, it works both with Blackberry and Android mobile versions. And I have been happy ever since; I don't mind the few dollars it costs per month. BR Max Am Mittwoch, 5. Juni 2013 03:15:47 UTC+2 schrieb Dwight Arthur: > > My current understanding might be different from the last time we > discussed this. I believe that dropbox is a good idea if: > 1. Dropbox is supported on every platform where you run MLO > 2. MLO uses a single interchangeable file format across every platform > where you run MLO. > 3. You only use MLO on one device at a time, and you close it before going > to a different device. > 4. You never use MLO disconnected, i. e. without Internet access. > > Apparently there are many people who use MLO on multiple Windows machines > (including various tools for simulated Windows on Apple) where this might > be not only feasible but also valuable, such as a person who has MLO > installed on Windows machines at home and at work. > > If mobile platforms were to use the same file format it would be possible > to extend these benefits there as well. However, in my opinion the would be > a high risk of users violating the third precondition (one device at a > time) and getting into trouble unless some sort of interlock prevented all > new logins while any login remains open. > -Dwight > > Mark Levison <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> We hear an appeal for dropbox to do something miraculous every 3-4 mths. >> I suggest looking in the archives to understand the limitations. >> >> Cheers >> Mark >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 6:05 PM, Lisa Stroyan <[email protected]<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Sounds like from the complexity of what you're doing, dropbox would not >>> give you the granularity you need anyway. >>> >>> Lisa Stroyan, [email protected] <javascript:> >>> On Jun 4, 2013 11:20 AM, "Laurence Glazier" >>> <[email protected]<javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks Dwight >>>> >>>> I suppose that would work but could be expensive if I have numerous >>>> files. Somehow I missed this restriction when upgrading my MLO and >>>> renewing >>>> my subscription to MLO Cloud Sync. >>>> >>>> To avoid these issues I have now moved the lists in question to a >>>> different cloud-based task management system, leaving a few more complex >>>> models in the MLO cloud storage space for the time being (I have almost >>>> two >>>> years left of subscription). >>>> >>>> I always wish, when sync issues arise, that there was a single file >>>> format so I could store my data in Dropbox! >>>> >>>> Laurence >>>> >>>> On Sunday, 2 June 2013 15:37:23 UTC+1, Dwight Arthur wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi, Laurence. >>>>> Perhaps you will find a better answer than this, but I imagine that >>>>> you could create a second user ID in the cloud. You could ask the support >>>>> people if there's any quantity discount. >>>>> -Dwight >>>>> >>>>> Laurence Glazier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I found today that I could not create a new file for cloud synching, >>>>>> being apparently limited to ten files. Is there some way to increase or >>>>>> remove this limit? 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