Question: Saving in the cloud/ Syncing Desktops

[cbe]

Hello Forum,

I'd be glad to some hints, how I could solve this problem: At my office I have no admin-rights at all, so I'm not allowed to install cloud-software like dropbox. I can't even start any exe-files without  extra-permission. That given, my current solution for syncing todololists between office and home is carrying a usb-stick from computer to computer. But this is errorprone and inconvenient. Do you know a way to save my todolist on a central place in the cloud? Maybe a portable tool, called by tdl, which sends my tdl via a email to the dropbox or some other cloud-service. Other ideas welcome. Thank you.

Best

C. Drontheim, Berlin

[.dan.g.]

Hi cbe

I think there is a way to make the thumb-drive work:

1. Put both the app and your tasklists on it

2. Delete all other copies of the tasklist except backups

3. Keep your thumb-drive on your key-chain (I use a metal Sandisk usb for this purpose)

[Priit N]

1. You can use OneDrive and mount it as a network drive, works great with small files, with bigger one's not so great.
Log into OneDrive from the web browser, after that look at the end of URL, there should be cid=xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Create cmd/bat file with:

@echo off
net use o: https://d.docs.live.net/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ /user:<ms-account-email> <password>
pause

note that o: is the drive letter, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx is the cid.

To unmount the drive create another cmd/bat file with:

@echo off
net use o: /delete

Now you can use these cmd/bat files in User Defined Tools, give them beautiful icons and keyboard shortcuts :D

2. Use some kind of sync program, I like Syncthing because it's portable and doesn't require installation. It has no central cloud storage, it syncs between nodes (devices which are running Syncthing).
So if you want to sync between 2 devices, then both have to be online. Of course you can setup a node which is 24/7 available and then it is like a central sync storage.
I have a low powered/silent/small computer which is 24/7 online and use it as a download/media/sync station.

[Priit N]

If you save this script as cmd/bat, place it in the ToDoList folder and run it, then it will automatically mount OneDrive and start ToDoList with a predefined tasklist.

@echo off
mode con: cols=50 lines=6
title Mounting OneDrive, starting ToDoList
color 1F
if exist O:\nul goto starttdl
net use O: https://d.docs.live.net/xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ /user:<ms-account-email> <password>
if %ERRORLEVEL% equ 0 (goto starttdl) else (goto error)
:starttdl
    start ToDoList.exe -v O:\ToDoList\tasks.tdl
    goto end
:error
    echo An error was found, please try again
    pause
    goto end
:end
    exit

[.dan.g.]

Great suggestion!

[cbe]

Hello Priit, hello dan,

thank you very much for your ideas. If I could give you a rating for your answer Priit, you'd get the highest one. This is a very fine solution. Thank you!

Christian

[Tony G]

There isn't a rating system here, but we can "recognize" efforts like this with a page on the wiki about OneDrive and a note in the Tips section of the G+ community. I'm flagging this thread for a wiki update and will handle those things as time permits.

Thanks all.
T