Is Dropbox Preferences Working?
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BeeRich33
Sep 26, 2016, 11:12:55 AM9/26/16
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Hi folks.
I've been using the Dropbox method for prefs on my workstation for some time. On another laptop on the LAN, with the same Dropbox account, I can't seem to get this working using Dropbox. I would like to use the setup of the prefs already in Dropbox, and not copy the current ones on this laptop. So toss the local ~ prefs, right?
BBEdit v11.6.2
- Quit the program
- Toss the ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit ƒ
- Open BBEdit
That's all I need, correct? Would be nice if that directory was not re-created, but that's another thing altogether. I'm checking available colour schemes to see if they show up and they don't. So it's using the regenerated prefs at ~ instead of Dropbox.
Am I supposed to force this somehow?
Cheers
Patrick Woolsey
Sep 26, 2016, 12:35:31 PM9/26/16
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On 9/22/16 at 2:48 PM, bee...@gmail.com (BeeRich33) wrote:
>I've been using the Dropbox method for prefs on my workstation
>for some time. On another laptop on the LAN, with the same
>Dropbox account, I can't seem to get this working using
>Dropbox. I would like to use the setup of the prefs already in
>Dropbox, and not copy the current ones on this laptop. So toss
>the local ~ prefs, right?
>
>BBEdit v11.6.2
>
>- Quit the program
>- Toss the ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit ƒ
>- Open BBEdit
>
>That's all I need, correct? [...]
>I've been using the Dropbox method for prefs on my workstation
>for some time. On another laptop on the LAN, with the same
>Dropbox account, I can't seem to get this working using
>Dropbox. I would like to use the setup of the prefs already in
>Dropbox, and not copy the current ones on this laptop. So toss
>the local ~ prefs, right?
>
>BBEdit v11.6.2
>
>- Quit the program
>- Toss the ~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit ƒ
>- Open BBEdit
>
That should do the job, provided only that your Dropbox folder
is in the default location (i.e. '/Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/') on
both machines and that BBEdit's app support folder is contained
within same:
/Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/Application Support/BBEdit/
Regards,
Patrick Woolsey
==
Bare Bones Software, Inc. <http://www.barebones.com/>
BeeRich
Sep 26, 2016, 2:30:37 PM9/26/16
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Yes, both are the same. How should I check this?
> On Sep 26, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Patrick Woolsey <pwoo...@barebones.com> wrote:
>
>
> That should do the job, provided only that your Dropbox folder is in the default location (i.e. '/Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/') on both machines and that BBEdit's app support folder is contained within same:
>
> /Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/Application Support/BBEdit/
Cheers
bee...@gmail.com
> On Sep 26, 2016, at 12:35 PM, Patrick Woolsey <pwoo...@barebones.com> wrote:
>
>
> That should do the job, provided only that your Dropbox folder is in the default location (i.e. '/Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/') on both machines and that BBEdit's app support folder is contained within same:
>
> /Users/USERNAME/Dropbox/Application Support/BBEdit/
bee...@gmail.com
Patrick Woolsey
Sep 26, 2016, 2:35:42 PM9/26/16
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If the paths all match the defaults then I reckon it's time to
send a note to support, and please include a Terminal listing of
the BBEdit support folder in your Dropbox.
send a note to support, and please include a Terminal listing of
the BBEdit support folder in your Dropbox.
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