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by cervantes
Mon Feb 08, 2016 7:21 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Two questions: Is there a way to specify a master database on the network without Dropbox and without file-sharing — but using (Mac OS X) aliases instead? And when you say: Bookpedia always acts as the master database, and timestamps on the last sync as well as a sync log is used to perform the two ...
by cervantes
Thu Feb 04, 2016 4:02 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

No problem re the delayed response. No problem also re data loss: I was only testing this arrangement, no actual data were harmed! Not least for my own benefit I would surely like to help figure out what's wrong — but this hope may not be realistic. Regardless of where the fault lies, if the sharing...
by cervantes
Tue Feb 02, 2016 4:54 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Conor, in the immediately preceding post I mentioned two error messages thrown up by Bookpedia: 1. "The file cannot be opened." 2. "The database in memory is not in a valid state and will be reloaded from the hard disk." (See the previous post for context.) Can you offer any guid...
by cervantes
Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:15 pm
Forum: PediaTalk
Topic: "Window" Details Style
Replies: 1
Views: 11620

"Window" Details Style

Has anyone modified or customized the templates for the "Window" details style?

I'd be interested to see what you've come up with (and how).

Thanks.
by cervantes
Fri Jan 29, 2016 8:39 pm
Forum: Feature Requests
Topic: Disable Search Animation
Replies: 2
Views: 7645

Re: Disable Search Animation

In what program?
by cervantes
Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:14 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Thank you. I am now sharing the Bookpedia data folder across two (only 2) Macs. Not sure why when Bookpedia is started on the non-hosting Mac, I sometimes get this error message when the program tries to access the shared folder: "The file cannot be opened." (The program quits immediately ...
by cervantes
Sun Jan 24, 2016 11:16 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Continuing the above line of inquiry, I found the following in your (excellent) Help files: Sharing a database To share a Bookpedia library between two or more computers, move the Bookpedia data folder to a location where all computers have access to it, like a public folder or a shared hard drive. ...
by cervantes
Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:59 pm
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Services shortcut doesn't appear
Replies: 4
Views: 8671

Re: Services shortcut doesn't appear

Do make sure to copy Bookpedia to your Applications folder and then launch it from there. Mac OS X should then add the service to the list of available services in "System Preferences -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts -> Text -> Search selection with Bookpedia". Just FYI, I found the service liste...
by cervantes
Sun Jan 24, 2016 10:49 pm
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Re: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Thanks for the response. If the database are copies of each other Yes, this is what I intend. then you should have a system in place to sync them without the use of Pocketpedia. Most users user Dropbox for this, keeps the Bookpedia data folder synced and shared via several Bookpedias. This way there...
by cervantes
Sat Jan 16, 2016 6:18 am
Forum: Bug Reports
Topic: Book -> Add... Unable to Find Book by LCCN in LOC
Replies: 2
Views: 8730

Re: Book -> Add... Unable to Find Book by LCCN in LOC

The available interface for an LOC search does not offer LCCN as a search key.

If instead of searching "All" you search only the Library of Congress, and then you "limit" the search to "None," your result pops up right away.
by cervantes
Sat Jan 16, 2016 3:56 am
Forum: Support
Topic: Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices
Replies: 16
Views: 31030

Bookpedia and Pocketpedia on multiple devices

Hi, I have several Macs and several iOS devices. At the moment Bookpedia runs on one of the Macs and Pocketpedia runs on two of the iOS devices. Is it possible to "sync" Bookpedia databases between two Macs? If so, how? Can the databases be "two-way synced"? And if on the same ne...