Please see DropBox sync with FolderSync to start using FolderSync. Once it is setup, there are 2 settings that you really need to make for it to work the way you expect:
If conflicting modifications = Overwrite oldest
Without this setting, it is possible to edit a file on both computers and get stuck in a never-never land where it reports “conflict errors” and won’t sync the file.
Preserve files = Disabled
The instructions say to “Set this if missing files are not to be deleted in sync. Disable at your own risk.” Without this setting, it is impossible to rename or delete a file, it just keeps getting downloaded again.
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I don’t believe in reinventing the wheel, especially when it is as good a wheel as FolderSync. If you use dropbox, or any other cloud storage, you really need FolderSync anyway. With FolderSync Lite, it is trivial to setup a two-way sync between your ChordSheet files and a remote folder in your dropbox acount. This will keep all your ChordPro files up-to-date on your Android or iOS device and synchronize all edits/additions/deletions both ways. The FolderSync Full ($2.29) version supports SkyDrive, Dropbox, SugarSync, Ubuntu One, Box.net, LiveDrive, HiDrive, NetDocuments, Amazon S3, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV or windows share (Samba/CIFS) accounts, and support for more platforms are planned. There is no way we could/should/would add all these features into ChordSheet, and with FolderSync doing it perfectly, there is no need for us to duplicate their amazing features.
Here are the steps to synchronize ChordSheet with your files in dropbox with FolderSync:
Create an account for your dropbox (or SkyDrive, SugarSync, Ubuntu One, Box.net, LiveDrive, HiDrive, NetDocuments, Amazon S3, FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV, etc…)
Create a folder pair for your local Android folder (e.g., /Android/data/com.qynx.chordsheet/files) and your remote dropbox folder
For safety, start with an empty local folder and specify one-way synchronization from remote-to-local. After the first sync has finished, and your local directory is fully populated, you can change to two-way synchronization. Now, local changes (new files and edits) will be synchronized to the cloud.
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