Subject: Re: [Butler Talk] Re: Sync Butler settings using Dropbox?

From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2011 08:36:53 -0700

On May 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, pendolino wrote:

> i'd also be very interested in sync across machines consider that i use two macbooks not to mention iOS devices and the rest . i've had pretty much the same problem with QS as well as keeping my system shortcuts in sync (system keyboard shortcuts that have been customized)

This is one thing we are hoping to get into for Butler 5.

-rob.

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From: pendolino <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 23:02:10 -0700 (PDT)

i'd also be very interested in sync across machines consider that i use two 
macbooks not to mention iOS devices and the rest . i've had pretty much the 
same problem with QS as well as keeping my system shortcuts in sync (system 
keyboard shortcuts that have been customized)

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From: Michael Grant <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:42:48 -0500

Sorry, I was thinking of hard-linking the individual files in the
support folder. But I've never really explored Butler's Application
Support folder, so I don't know if that would be practical, or for
that matter how well Dropbox would deal with files hard-linked to
other files on multiple machines. Seems worth a try, but you'd
definitely want to back up first!

Michael

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Kevin Faulhaber <[email-masked]> wrote:
> You can't hard link a directory.
>
> Even if you could, the problem is multiple instances of Butler trying to
> share the same files.
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On 3/28/11 2:38 PM, Lew wrote:
>
>> I have not.  I'm not really familiar with the procedure for creating a
>> hard link.  I'll do a bit of research and give it a try.
>>
>> Thanks for the suggestion...
>>
>> Lew
>>
>> On Mar 28, 11:48 am, Michael Grant <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>> Have you tried using a hard link instead? Just an idea.
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Lew <[email-masked]> wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>
>>>> I have Butler installed on two computers and would like to sync
>>>> settings between the two.
>>>
>>>> On both computers, I moved the Butler folder from ~/Library/
>>>> Application Support to Dropbox. I then created a symbolic link
>>>> pointing to that location and placed it in the Application Support
>>>> folder.
>
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From: Lew <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:54:30 -0700 (PDT)

> For Butler 5, we're aiming to have much better sync options.

That's good news, Rob.  I think I may just wait for Butler 5.

Lew

On Mar 28, 2:46 pm, Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]> wrote:
> On Mar 28, 2011, at 11:40 AM, Kevin Faulhaber wrote:
>
> This is the heart of the problem: Butler was written long before multi-machine sync was something most people considered. At this point, any solution for the current version of Butler is likely to have issues.
>
> For Butler 5, we're aiming to have much better sync options.
>
> regards,
> -rob.

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From: Rob Griffiths <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:46:44 -0700

regards,
-rob.

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From: Kevin Faulhaber <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:40:12 -0400

Kevin

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From: Lew <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:38:18 -0700 (PDT)

Lew

On Mar 28, 11:48 am, Michael Grant <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > The sync works, but only occasionally.  I end up with a lot of
> > conflicted copies of Configuration.butleritems and Pasteboards.plist.
>
> > Any suggestions on how I can get this, or any other sync method, to
> > work would be greatly appreciated.  It's a great program; however,
> > there needs to be a way to sync files.
>
> > Thanks...
>
> > Lew
>
> > --

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From: Michael Grant <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 10:48:53 -0500

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From: Lew <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:43:06 -0700 (PDT)

Hello,

Thanks...

Lew