Kevin Thanks, we may try to use dropbox. I use it on my home and work computer. I did however, scramble a VoodooPad document when I had it open at home and at work the same time. So I guess the same caution on have a copy on a shared drive applies.
On Mar 21, 2009, at 10:14 PM, kmacstuf wrote: > > I use a web service called dropbox. You can learn more about it here > (www.getdropbox.com). It is a service that allows you to sync files > across computers via the web. You get 2GB free or up to 50GB for $99/ > year. I have MoneyWell on my iMac and my Powerbook and they sync up > using dropbox. Basically as soon as a file is saved, dropbox updates > the web server version and if the other computer is connected to the > internet, it automatically pushes the updated version of the file to > it and vice versa. The transmissions are handled securely via SSL and > the files are encrypted on the web server. It works very well for > me. I am careful not to be in MoneyWell at the same time my wife is > but dropbox says that it will resolve these conflicts this by creating > a "conflicted" version that you can then reconcile. I haven't tried > that to see how it works though. > > Kevin M > > On Mar 18, 10:07 pm, The Watkinson Family <[email protected]> > wrote: >> Fred, >> >> While I haven't tried this with a recent version, the following was >> true for the 1.4 version. If you do try to open the document when it >> is already open on another computer, the document is corrupted, and >> you'll have to roll back to a previous back-up, so it is very >> important that you deconflict with one another and close the file >> before someone else opens it. I had played around with an apple >> script that would create a lock file in the directory and prevent a >> second user from opening the file, but I didn't get very far with it >> before I had to devote my time to other things. >> >> Grace to you, >> Blair Watkinson >> >> On Mar 18, 2009, at 7:47 PM, Frederick Yocum wrote: >> >> >> >>> Thanks for the prompt response. >> >>> Fred >> >>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 6:09 PM, Kevin Hoctor wrote: >> >>>> There's no way of locking the document so you'll just have to make >>>> sure only one of you is in at once. >> >>>> Peace, >> >>>> Kevin Hoctor >>>> No Thirst Software LLC >>>> http://nothirst.com >> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >> >>>> On Mar 18, 2009, at 2:46 PM, Fred D <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> I noted somewhere on the site that having two copies of Moneywell >>>>> with >>>>> the same license was possible, good, my wife and I can use >>>>> Moneywell >>>>> on our separate computers. It would be good for us to be able to >>>>> access the same account data so that we can add entries or >>>>> check on >>>>> our 'buckets'. >> >>>>> I guess I can put the data on a shared drive. Our computers >>>>> live in >>>>> different areas of the house and often we may well want to open >>>>> Moneywell at the same time. We may not know whether the other is >>>>> trying open the account data file. Is this a problem? >> >>>>> Does Moneywell have a way of locking the data file one of us is >>>>> working in it? >> >>>>> Cheers > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "No Thirst Software User Forum" 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/no-thirst-software?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
