Well understood Christiaan, Thanks,
Stephane > Le 16 janv. 2023 à 10:24, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > The extended attributes are file attributes. It depends on the file system > implementation exactly where they are saved, that cannot be controlled. It is > not a question of “saving in DropBox” (DropBox is not a location), but rather > whether DropBox copies the attributes (which nit doesn’t). Attributes are not > like separate files, so “save it in another folder” does not make sense. BTW, > in the current default format iCloud should preserve the Skim note attributes. > > Christiaan > >> On 16 Jan 2023, at 16:09, Stéphane Coudé <stephane.co...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dear Thomas and Christiaan, thanks for you help !!! >> >> Actually, by activating the .skim file in the general setting (it was >> activated by default in the former version of SKIM) I solved my problem. >> Since the .skim file is saved at the same location as my .pdf file, which is >> in my Dropbox, both files are now saved on both computers. I just have to >> ensure that once I have finished working from one computer that I close the >> file. Then when I reopen it on my other computer, SKIM automatically detects >> that there is a .skim file related to my document and ask me if I want to >> integrate the notes from the .skim file. That way, I have access to my notes >> on both computers and I can update and modify them from both computers. >> >> Just a curiosity Christiaan, you are probably right about the fact that >> Dropbox doesn’t synchronize the extended attribute of the pdf files. It may >> be all depends on where that information is saved. Is there a way I can save >> such information in my Dropbox ? In other words, where is the extended >> attributes of the file are saved ? And can we decide to save it in another >> folder (that could be on my Dropbox as an example) ? >> >> Many thanks again, >> >> Stephane >> >>> Le 16 janv. 2023 à 04:36, Christiaan Hofman <cmhof...@gmail.com> a écrit : >>> >>> >>> >>>> On 16 Jan 2023, at 02:07, Stéphane Coudé <stephane.co...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have a desktop computer and a laptop (both recent Apple products >>>> purchased in 2022) and work on the same document from both computers. I >>>> have installed SKIM on both computers. But I recently have to work on a >>>> large document (more than 200 pages) and I have had the following problem : >>>> >>>> If I annotate my file with SKIM from my desktop computer, when I open the >>>> same document on my laptop, I cannot see my annotation anymore ??? >>>> My documents are saved and synchronized with Dropbox. >>>> >>>> I have been using SKIM for almost 10 years (great product by the way) on >>>> my previous computers, always with a desktop and a laptop computer for >>>> scientific reading annotation as well as scientific article review but not >>>> much during the last three years. Previously (I don’t remember from which >>>> version this change happened), every time I was creating annotation with >>>> SKIM on a document, it was creating a « .skim » file beside my original >>>> file. Therefore, it was easy to find my notes and to see it from any of my >>>> computers or even when I change computer. Considering the problem I have >>>> now by restarting doing such kind of work, I am concerned about that issue >>>> because when I will change my computers in the future, is that mean I will >>>> lose all my SKIM work ? >>>> >>>> Is anyone can please help me with that issue ? >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance, >>>> >>>> Stephane >>> >>> DropBox (probably) does not synchronize the extended attributes of the >>> files, where we save the Skim notes. So this will not work. You could >>> either save your PDFs as PDF bundles, which should synchronize them >>> properly. Or you can always save a .skim file backup of the notes (you can >>> set this in the General preferences), and synchronize that with the PDF. >>> (But be aware that changing notes on both systems may b=not be seen on the >>> other when you do this). Our you can synchronize files with embedded notes, >>> but that has other problems. See also the FAQ on the Wiki. >>> >>> Christiaan > > > > _______________________________________________ > Skim-app-users mailing list > Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users _______________________________________________ Skim-app-users mailing list Skim-app-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/skim-app-users
