Syncing solutions for Android

[Shay Shaked]

I'm new to TW.

I was wondering how some of you solve the issue of syncing? I have an Android phone, and I use Google Drive. I have to manually download the file, then copy it to the folder for the TW app, make changes, then upload it back to GD (again, manually) and overwrite the existing version. There must be a better way? 

Currently I'm setting up an old Mac for a remote desktop access; this way I hope to run TW with Firefox and the plugin that will auto-save. This will still not solve the problem on my phone, but at least I could work with the file remotely without overwriting each time (I live in Chrome and I'm not going to install Firfox just for the plugin). Was wondering what are some of the solutions you came up with? 

Thanks! 

[Matabele]

Hi

Not necessarily for your Android, but there's an auto saver for Chrome which works well -- go here.

regards

[Matabele]

Hi

Perhaps you could export only the modified tiddlers to Dropbox or GD -- then drag them across to your other wiki. Saves having to up/dowload the whole wiki.

regards

On Sunday, 3 January 2016 21:05:50 UTC+2, Shay Shaked wrote:

[Shay Shaked]

Matabele, 

I am trying it, but it doesn't seem to work. I installed the app OK, it opens a stripped down broswer window for the wiki. I click the tidlly's check mark, but if I reload it's lost. if I click the check mark on the sidebar, it prompts me to save a html file with a temporary name... so, what's the point of that? Is this how it's supposed to work? 

Thanks!

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[Mark S.]

I skip the middleman and use Cheetah sync to synchronize TW files with the desktop PC. It also synchronizes image files in the subdirectories below the TW file, so it works a little more like a complete information system like Evernote. It automatically makes backups of original files, so I don't have to worry about bad data clobbering good data. The only chore is that I occasionally need to clean out the backups.

Mark

[Matabele]

Hi

It should auto sync -- doesn't sound like you have it set up correctly. I remember having teething problems getting this to work:

1. Install the App in Chrome: https://www.maketecheasier.com/manually-install-extensions-google-chrome/

2. Open your wiki in a Chrome tab

3. Copy the attached plugin file across to your wiki (I modified the original slightly -- can't remember what I did)

4. Save and refresh your wiki to activate the plugin

5. Close the wiki tab in Chrome

6. Open the TiddlyChrome App

7. Open your recently saved tw5.html file

Once you have one wiki working -- its easy after that:

1. Open the new wiki in a Chrome tab

2. Drag the attached file (from you HD or from another wiki) across to your new wiki

3. Save and reload the wiki

4. After that, it should load with the App

Good luck!

[Matabele]

Hi

My syncing app of choice is SyncThing: https://syncthing.net/ -- its open source and works somewhat alike btSync v 1.0

regards

[Shay Shaked]

Matabele, 

this worked for me now. I didn't do the whole dragging the JS file first. Seems like I need to use it from the APP though and not the regular browser... not a big deal, just a bit weird to have another thing open, but I'll get used to it. Thanks! 

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[Mal]

I just store my Tiddlywiki file in Dropbox and open it from the Android Dropbox app using AndTidWiki.  This allows me to edit and save on Android or on my desktop.  I just need to make sure I always re-open the wiki from Dropbox so that I pick up any changes from other devices.

Dropbox is smart enough to synchronise files in chunks, so it works quite well with large Tiddlywiki files.

Mal