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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | Reputation:  | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | I have added a second PC (iMac running Bootcamp) running DVDProfiler to my home network, anticipating eventually switching over to it. What is the best way to sync them and my iPad up? The two PCs seem to be using the same OneDrive cloud storage. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | Reputation:  |  Posts: 6,460 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nanoron: Quote:
I have added a second PC (iMac running Bootcamp) running DVDProfiler to my home network, anticipating eventually switching over to it. What is the best way to sync them and my iPad up? The two PCs seem to be using the same OneDrive cloud storage. Declare one of the PC's as the "master". Make sure to keep the database up to date and BACKED UP on that one always. Sync the iPad to the master. The second PC can be loaded from an exported database from the master, or an uploaded online database, or synced to the master using the remote connection. Using the same copy of the cloud database can also work if you are vey careful about NOT using DVD Profiler on the two PCs at the same time, and carefully managing updates and backups. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | Thanks. I'll be careful not to run DVDProfiler on both PCs at the same time and only sync my iPad to the "master". Of course when I decide to switch "master" PCs I assume I can then start syncing my iPad to the new "master". Correct?
My original "master" PC has a serious problem and I need to reformat its hard disk. I was hesitant to do this until I had another PC with DVDProfiler running since both PCs are actually iMacs running Bootcamp. |
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| Registered: March 18, 2007 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 6,460 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nanoron: Quote:
Thanks. I'll be careful not to run DVDProfiler on both PCs at the same time and only sync my iPad to the "master". Of course when I decide to switch "master" PCs I assume I can then start syncing my iPad to the new "master". Correct?
My original "master" PC has a serious problem and I need to reformat its hard disk. I was hesitant to do this until I had another PC with DVDProfiler running since both PCs are actually iMacs running Bootcamp. Sounds like you understand the concept well. Best of luck. Let us know how you make out. And of course if you find my advice needed modification, help us all learn what you found out. By the way, of course you can run both PCs at the same time, so long as you don't have DVD Profiler running on both machines at the same time, attempting to use the same database. | | | Thanks for your support.
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | I had trouble having both PCs using the same OneDrive stored database, even at different times. I kept getting multiple entries in the database folder, so I moved both databases to their respective local drives. This seemed the safest thing to do. Of course now I will have to sync up the slave PC using the online database, just as I used to do with my iPad. |
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | Mediadogg said:
The second PC can be loaded from an exported database from the master, or an uploaded online database, or synced to the master using the remote connection
While I understand the first two, please explain your "remote connection" comment. I know how to do that with my iPad but how do I do that with another PC? |
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| Registered: March 14, 2007 | | Reputation: |  Posts: 4,667 |
| | Posted: | | | | Quoting nanoron: Quote:
While I understand the first two, please explain your "remote connection" comment. I know how to do that with my iPad but how do I do that with another PC? If I remember correctly you use File / Open Database and click Select Shared and go from there. | | | My freeware tools for DVD Profiler users.
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | I'll give it a try. Thanks. |
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | I did what you said on my slave PC, sharing my master PC database with it as I had done with my iPad. It seems to work well. Syncs between the two PCs automatically. This is a bit different than syncing my iPad to my PC, which requires an extra step to initiate the sync. I'll have to play with it a bit, moving movies back and forth to feel confident enough to use it instead of syncing via the online database. It always amazes me how well designed and fully functional this app is. I'll be sad if I am forced to switch to another app to maintain iOS compatibility. Once again, thanks. |
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| Registered: June 20, 2015 | | Reputation: | | Posts: 176 |
| | Posted: | | | | While it works great when BOTH PCs are open and running DVDProfiler, if I close the master PC app, the slave PC app loses connection to the database. So I guess the slave PC is not actually syncing its local database, as with an iPad, but rather opening the master PC's database remotely. The master PC is thus just acting as a server. This would therefore not be a useable option to transfer data from master to slave prior to reformatting the master PC. While an interesting feature if one has multiple PCs in running one's house, I guess I'll have to rely on syncing via the online database or a transferred master backup file prior to reformatting my master PC. |
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