Synchronizing Two (or more) Devices

THIS IS A DRAFT AND WIP

On 3/01/2015 10:52 PM, Christine Wynne wrote:

Not a problem really. I am in the processing of cataloguing my books onto my tablet but I would like a copy on my phone as well. Have installed app on phone as thought it might load what is already on my tablet but it doesn't - can you help please.

There are a few options.

1. The most obvious: "Backup to Archive" on the tablet, copy the file to the tablet, and "Import from Archive". The latest version has the option to backup new & changed books, making the subsequent updates smaller.

2. Use oodreads: sync with goodreads on the tablet, then sync in the phone. The main downside of this is that goodreads does not have all books in the universe, and it's often the ones NOT in goodreads are the most important.

3. Probably the cleanest, just a slight modification to option 1 (but costs money): install DropBox and DropBox Sync. The latter allows a folder to be sync'd. "Backup to Archive" in the sync'd folder, then wait for the sync to finish on both devices and restore.

Our FAQ also has an entry on how to copy a catalogue from one device to another when upgrading that goes into a little more detail:

https://github.com/eleybourn/Book-Catalogue/wiki/Frequently-Asked-Questions-%28FAQ%29