/Hi, Eric. My comments are inline, below.
-Dwight
/
On 6/15/2016 11:43 AM, 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"?
/You are using cloud sync, right? A profile on Android contains all of
your contexts, tasks, folders and projects. An MLO file (*.ml) on
Windows contains your contexts, tasks, folders and projects, it also
contains your saved views, workspaces, and some of your choices in
Settings. If your Android profile and windows MLO file are synching to
the same cloud file then the contexts, tasks, folders and projects will
be the same across the two platforms. (For this discussion, I am
assuming that you are not using branch sync). Note that a "corresponding
synch profile" would not be enough. You have to open up the (windows)
synch profile and look at the Remote Data File (another name for cloud
file) - it has to be the same as the cloud file on Windows.
If you want to have two profiles on Android then you should have two MLO
files on Windows and two cloud files in the cloud system; be sure that
the Work files on both platforms point to the identical cloud file, same
for the Personal files on both platforms.
/
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?
/On both Android or Windows, you can copy a root level folder in one
file and paste it into another file, all of the subtasks will be copies
along with the parent. Views can be exported from one and imported into
the other. For the most comprehensive everything-included copy, try
this: On windows, use file explorer to make a new *ml file by copying
your main file. Set it to synch to a new cloud file, then go ahead and
synch. Next, create a new, empty Android profile. Do not create any
tasks, folders or anything until after you have pointed it to the new
cloud file and synched. When the profiles are all synched, go ahead and
delete everything you 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?
/I don't think I understand the question, maybe it is already answered?/
4. Is "profiles" a good way to go at all? How do others separate work
and personal?
/Accomplishing this thing by separate profiles has several significant
advantages and disadvantages. Advantages include having separate inboxes
and separate task-add shortcuts/windows. You mentioned both of these as
requirements, that suggests that this is the right approach for you.
This is also the easiest, most straightforward way of dealing with
sections of your profile that have different sharing requirements, for
example, you might want to share some sports-related tasks with your
teammates without divulging anything about your work. Or your employer
might not permit your personal tasks on the work network while welcoming
job-related ones. You might want to synch work, personal and team
profiles to your phone and home computer, only the work profile to your
work computer, and only the team profile to your team. Disadvantages: If
there is a task that could be done in either place (check weather
forecast) you will have to enter it twice and then mark it completed
twice. You will not be able to have a work task that's dependent on a
personal task or vice versa. On Windows you can open two copies of MLO,
one for each profile but on Android you may find yourself wasting time
switching profiles a lot. One good way (there are others) of addressing
these advantages is to have a Work context that includes all op the
contexts you access from work and another for personal contexts, some
contexts could be in both (calls) and some could be in neither (someday) /
Cordially,
Eric
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