Hello Eric, Here are some answers and my thoughts on your options for separating your work and home items:
1. Yes, a profile is a separate data file in Windows. You just need to make sure that, when you're synching, you've got the right file loaded in Windows. If you're using WiFi synch, then your mobile will synch with whichever file is open on the desktop at the time. 2. I think I would do it the way you suggest - copy the whole file in Windows and then delete what you don't want. 3. If you save the file with a new name in Windows, it will save all the file appearance settings, contexts, flags, etc with it. Your custom views can be emailed across and opened in the mobile version on iOS, so I assume it's the same in Android. 4. Well, I wouldn't do it the way you suggest, because there are often times when I need to mix work and home tasks (eg if I'm going shopping and need to get something for work as well as home, or if I need to remember to make a dental appointment in the middle of my working day). In fact, I have a single file set up in the same way as your's - with one root folder for home and another for work (plus one for "personal" and a final one for "community" - four quadrants). I have one, common in-box - That suits me, as it's no bother to send my tasks to the right folders from the in-box. I think it would be more trouble than it's worth, trying to run two in-boxes. If you want to separate home and work items at the time that you're putting them in the in-box, I think it would be easier to do that by adding @home and @work contexts (or flags) as you enter them into one, common in-box. A view can always then be set up to show only the @home or @work items in the in-box. As ever, MLO has the features (contexts, flags, folders, separate files) which allow you to set up your system in all sorts of ways. Good luck with finding what works best for you. Stéphane On Wednesday, 15 June 2016 16:44:18 UTC+1, Eric Hart wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I am looking to separate work and personal. I currently have them as two > top-level folders in the outline. But I would like two inboxes (and two > "quick-entry" widgets on my Android phone). So am looking at using > "Profiles" on the Android platform, which looks to do what I want. > > A few questions: > > 1. Profiles don't look to be the same on the Windows platform. Would a > new profile be a new "data file" with a corresponding "Synch Profile"? > > 2. Is there any way to move or copy existing tasks to the new profile? > Maybe copy the entire data file and delete everything I don't want? > > 3. Is it the case that EVERYTHING gets done from scratch in the new > profile? What can come over on Windows and Android platforms? > > 4. Is "profiles" a good way to go at all? How do others separate work and > personal? > > Cordially, > > Eric > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/829241f2-bb3b-4d5f-80fd-0deb62f7ffba%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
