<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">On 28 November 2011 09:47, Michael Shiloh <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com">michaelshiloh1010@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I now have two laptops which I'll use somewhat interchangeably. What's a good way to sync work between them?<br>
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My main job is teaching, so I have many teaching notes and other<br>
documents. Dropbox might be a good way to sync these. I'm going to be<br>
doing some 3D design so I'll have inkscape and blender files as well.<br>
Dropbox again, I think.<br></blockquote><div><br>Sounds like a winner, yes. I use Dropbox sporadically to make some useful files (e.g. my password safe) available across my computers, including my Android phone.<br> <br>
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What about browsing stuff? History, passwords, bookmarks. I use<br>
Vimperator, which has such a good history mechanism I rarely use<br>
bookmarks but rely heavily on history. I could put my entire .mozilla<br>
directory in Dropbox. In fact I could put all my . files (cshrc, vimrc,<br>
etc.)<br></blockquote><div><br>Firefox (7, 8?) comes with sync option. Try that.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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How do you prefer to handle mail? Do you prefer to keep it on the server or on your local computer? If local, how do you sync multiple computers? If remote, how do you work with past messages when offline?<br></blockquote>
<div><br>I use Gmail through its web interface for personal mail, and Thunderbird 8 to access workplace Exchange over IMAP. You can use IMAP for GMail too and keep local copies of the entire folder if you like.<br><br></div>
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Up to now I've downloaded my gmail to my laptop and not deleted on the<br>
server. That gives me a local copy to work with if I have no Internet<br>
access, as well as an online backup I can access via my cellphone.<br>
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Sent email is stored only on my laptop, meaning I don't have access to<br>
it when I'm away from my laptop.<br></blockquote><div><br>You can configure the mail client (Thunderbird in my case) to keep copies of sent mail in different ways: upload to "Sent" IMAP folder or BCC yourself. Read The Funny Manual.<br>
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I've always felt this was not an ideal situation, but fixing this was<br>
not a high priority. Keeping everything on the server means I'll run out of space eventually, and keeping a local copy means I consume space on my hard drive.<br>
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Concrete suggestions as well as your own personal experience and methods<br>
will be most appreciated.<br></blockquote><div><br>I hope the above answers these questions.<br><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Years ago I remember reading about someone who had everything checked in to CVS, including all his email. This allowed him to sync his computer at home, work, elsewhere using CVS. Interesting solution.<br></blockquote><div>
<br>Stress is on "Years ago", IMHO. The world has moved a bit since then.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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