Dropbox and File storage

[Salvatore Taibi]

I'm trying to install GC 3.0 to my dropbox so I can access it from multiple computers, but every time it wants to pull the files from my computer's drive (Mac OS 10.6.8). How can I move the library onto Dropbox so it will save all future workouts there?

I've tried searching for this but can't seem to find a solution.

Thanks,

Salvatore

[Mark Liversedge]

Its not possible to specify an alternate location for storing activities. You could use a symbolic link.

We are introducing the ability to specify directories in 3.1, in fact its one of the first features we will be adding.

Mark

[Menko Johnson]

Salvatore,

I took a different approach and instead of moving the library itself to dropbox (which I too would like to do), I use GoodSync to monitor the GoldenCheetah library file and sync updates to dropbox.  Then when I am on my other computers, it pulls those updates from dropbox.  You could do this until 3.1 introduces that functionality.

MJ

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[Salvatore Taibi]

Thanks for the information. I'll wait it out until 3.1, and in the meantime will give GoodSync a look. 

[Oleg Shpyrko]

I installed it the normal way, then moved the entire directory to dropbox (easiest if using Terminal on Mac)

cd ~/Libraries/

mv GoldenCheetah ~/Dropbox/

then symbolically link the directory to Dropbox:

ln -s ~/Dropbox/GoldenCheetah/ ~/Libraries/GoldenCheetah

Repeat on all computers, except you don't have to move anything - since Dropbox will sync up GoldenCheetah/ folder automatically. Just install, remove ~/Libraries/GoldenCheetah/ folder and create a symbolic link in its place.

3.0 works fine this way, but I do wonder what will happen if multiple instances of running GC will try to save data - there may be some changes that may be overridden if you don't remember to quit it in some location, and make some changes elsewhere, then quit the existing, older GC session.

Oleg.

[Sam Lowe]

I have used GoodSync to sync my GC library to my GoogleDrive, but...I've made lots of data field customizations to my GC 3.0 on my home computer. 

How do I copy / sync in order to, essentially, work on exactly the same modified GC? 

I'm a graphic designer, so...any technical advise will have to be spelled out as for a 4 year-old. :) 

Sam 

[Martin Wifling]

Install GC directly in your synced folder (I assume that GoodSync works the same way as dropbox). You can run GC from your dropbox/Goodsync folder (you even do not need admin rights ...). All changes are just in one installation (as it gets synced...), just make sure that before start of GC, dropbox/Goodsync can update the folder (which is normally not a problem if internet connection is OK)

All personal adjustments as reports, metric tabs, colors etc. will be the same in all your installations.

[Menko Johnson]

Hi Sam,

I use a combination of the sym link, Automator and Goodsync to make it fully automatic.

1) I setup the symlink on all my computers so GC uses a dropbox folder for my athlete data "GC Data" I'll call it.

2) Goodsync is set to sync my garmin's new activities from the /Activities folder whenever I connect it to a folder in my Dropbox called "Edge Fit Files".  This stores a backup of all my garmin files, that's accessible on all computers

3) Automator Folder Action: any time a new file is added to "Edge Fit Files", a copy of that file is moved "GC Data" folder, AND is renamed from "2014-01-01-14-52-48.fit" to "2014_01_01_14_52_48.fit".  Changing to underscores will automatically add your new activities when you launch GC.  You can even have it execute GC as the last part of the Folder Action so it will launch the program and add your new activities.

I can post the Automator script if you like, but I'm no computer programmer so I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do this, but it works fine for me.  Since you already have Goodsync, I thought it might be useful to you.

MJ

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[bike....@gmail.com]

Here's how I sync GC V 3.1 in Windows using Dropbox.

http://thebikegeek.blogspot.hk/2014/11/syncing-golden-cheetah-across-multiple.html

Cheers

[Francesc Cruz Cueva]

Great and clear instructions, it really works. Thanks a lot.

[Les McElhaney]

Thanks for the instructions. I'll give this a try. I have tried the manual approach by simply moving all of the directory files to DropBox, then changing the settings on two computers to point to the DropBox location. In theory, this should work fine, however, when I try to start up GC on either computer, as it is processing the tcx files, GC always crashes. It sounds like the sync approach works because (if I understand this correctly) you don't actually access and work against the files on Dropbox, but rather the files locally, then sync the results back & forth to DropBox, and subsequently to the other computer(s). DropBox essentially becomes a proxy location for the master version of the files on the HDs of each computer.

Thanks, Les

[Mark Liversedge]

I'm considering finding a mechanism to sync by connecting over the internet, at the moment I'm waiting to see where indie pulse goes since it fits in best with the philosophy and ethics of free software and protects data privacy as well as being cool technology .. lets see what happens.

There is a nice primer for the idea here:

http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/11/the-indie-revolution-aral-balkan-and-co-bring-free.html

and the site for it is here:

https://ind.ie/heartbeat/

But am open to all ideas and tech :)

Mark

[Les McElhaney]

Mark, thanks for the links, looks interesting indeed. Another rub with DropBox is the relatively small "free" storage allocation. At < 3G, a couple years of GC data can easily fill up that bucket. I've been playing around with some alternatives like Mega, Google drive, etc., but as you point out, this still keeps the data in the present cloud paradigm.

[wacomme]

I'm currently using DropBox to store my GC files. However, it's costing me $10/month since I've exceeded my meager "free" storage option. I likes being able to access my files and GC from both work and home - thus the reason I'm still paying $10/month to DropBox. However, I also have Apple iCloud storage for only 99 cents/month. I would love to transfer my GC storage from DropBox to Apple. Is this currently possible, and if so, how? If not, can put this on your list of "Things to Do"? Thanks.

Michael

[wacomme]

I should add that I use a Mac computer at home and a PC at work. With DropBox and I access files from both the Mac and PC - not sure if this applies to Apple iCloud storage.

[Greg Littleton]

I have a Raspberry Pi set up as a simple Linux server and store my Golden Cheetah files on it with Mercurial running in web server mode over them. This allows me to pull and push changes between work and home. This is quite a nerdy / programmer solution though, and not the easiest for a non-programmer to follow. I have thought of looking at some of the 'own cloud' solutions that can run on a Raspberry Pi though, but my current workflow works for me so it hasn't been high on my priority list.