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gaspy
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5 years ago

Working on the same file on two computers and syncing it automatically based on latest changes

Hello, I am working on a manuscript on laptop #1, I am automatically backing it up to Dropbox. I want to make sure that when I switch to laptop #2 it has the latest I worked on from laptop #1. Then w...
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  • Rich's avatar
    Rich
    5 years ago
    gaspy wrote:

    Is there a way to automate that?

    That's already how Dropbox works. As long as you have the Dropbox application installed on both computers, any changes made within the Dropbox folder on one computer are automatically synced to your account online, and then to the other comptuer.

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Rich
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5 years ago
gaspy wrote:

Is there a way to automate that?

That's already how Dropbox works. As long as you have the Dropbox application installed on both computers, any changes made within the Dropbox folder on one computer are automatically synced to your account online, and then to the other comptuer.

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