Desktop and Laptop Synch

[ydfah]

I run MT on my desktop but am thinking about installing it on my laptop as well to have with me when I'm mobile. One of the things stopping me is trying to keep both installations the same as options, colors, and positions are changed. I'd like to see a feature where the two installations could be synched by having the appropriate files shared through a service such as MS OneDrive or Google Drive. Assuming of course both installations could be used at the same time under the same MT license.

[Jerry Medved]

MT license would not be a problem but the sync would be. you have to do it manually right now. Not sure how we would even handle it with multiple instances of MT running at the same time - I can see changes on one overwriting the other

[ydfah]

A live update wouldn't be necessary. I was thinking more like (if the option to do so was set) the files would backup when closing MT and the files would be read when starting MT, or simply a manually activated "Synch Now" menu entry.

[Jerry Medved]

Hm, well, you could set it to auto backup on close. Then set the backup location to one that is synced. that way when you wanted to, you could import the settings on the other computer from the synced location

[ydfah]

Yes that's along the lines of what I was thinking, but it seems tedious to do manually each time every day. If the ability was built into MT the guesswork and potential for wrong file transfer errors would be eliminated.

 

Of course if it's too hard or beyond your abilities to integrate I can understand your reasons for shying away from the challenge.