From: Doug B. <dou...@gm...> - 2012-03-14 16:26:34
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On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Billie Walsh <bil...@sw...> wrote: > On 03/14/2012 08:44 AM, Ted Lomatski wrote: >> I am looking to using Gramps primarily on Mac, but also on Linux along >> with sharing with my cousin who runs windows. Is there anyone else >> doing this? Are there any problems jumping between systems? >> You can do this, but you need to export as Gramps XML backup and then import when switching systems. There is not problem doing this, and usually loads very quickly. As a side-effect, you also have an up-to-date backup :) I would do what Billie suggests, but just keep the latest and greatest Gramps XML on dropbox. > I don't wish to knock Gramps. I think it's a really great program, > However, data sharing is not one of it's strong points. Not only is it not a strong point, it is not a point at all. Gramps does not currently recommend opening the same file on different versions of the database software. (You can do it if you are careful, but you need to know about the low-level database versions.) I think it will be possible to run Gramps in such a manner to avoid this issue in the future. -Doug > I have five different machines [ two desktops, one full size laptop, one > netbook and one netbook/tablet. ] that I wanted to share data on. What I > had to do was revert to using PAF under Wine and keeping the data files > in Dropbox. That keeps all my computers using the same database and I > can make changes with any of the machines. > > -- > “The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain > the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the > government lest it come to dominate our lives and interests”. > > - Patrick Henry - > > > _ _... ..._ _ > _._ ._ ..... ._.. ... .._ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning > Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing > also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. > http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ > _______________________________________________ > Gramps-users mailing list > Gra...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gramps-users |