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Originally Posted by FizzyWater
I'd also suggest to make sure you sync after each and every usage, whichever the computer. I personally don't run Dropbox all the time (you shouldn't have Calibre open and running while your Dropbox is syncing, for example). So if I were doing this, I'd need to make sure I synced my Dropbox before switching to the other computer.
Back in the PDA days, I remember when you could actively sync independent actions on the PDA, but you could end up with "expected results". I don't even know if Dropbox offers that option.
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Absolutely. or you will end up with a snarled Library.
{ID} for one.
If the laptop user adds a book, the next (local) ID is assigned
If the desktop user adds a book BEFORE SYNC, the same ID will be assigned to a totally different book.
THEN
when a sync happens ONE of the Libraries metadata.db gets copied over.
Both (author/)title folders get exchanged.
The problem, is the DB now only knows about one of those (sync sequence rules prevail)
you have orphaned one of the books folders.
Change an Author or Title on one computer and do something else on the other, and again, the DB gets snarled.
only ever change/add stuff on 1 computer (a 1 way sync to the slave)