Local Sync
ProPresenter 6 makes it easy to sync files between computers, including files other than just your Library. This makes it much easier to setup a new computer with ProPresenter as well as being able to keep computers in sync with each other.
In order to sync your media files, you must have selected Manage Media Automatically from the Media Repository settings on the General tab in Preferences. Hot Folders will be included in the playlist data, but if the paths are different, the will not work after a sync to other computers.
The diagram below shows you the basic idea of how Sync works now. Before you can even begin syncing, you will need to have a central folder for everything to be stored. This needs be a dedicated folder in a shared directory or on an external drive that is used only for syncing.
Once you have your central folder in place, use the “Sync files up” option on Computer 1 to create the necessary sync folders and to copy the data. You will have up to five folders in your sync folder. After the sync is complete, you can use any of the sync options. If you are setting up additional computers to match the first one, you would select the central folder and choose “Sync files down” to move the files to that computer. In the future you would probably use “Bidirectional sync”.
Files that are deleted in one location are not deleted in the other locations when syncing. If you have deleted a song from Computer 2, and use Sync Down or Bidirectional Sync, the file you deleted will be added back to your computer. This Sync method only looks at the current file list to determine what needs to be synced each direction.
Sync files down from repository
This will move files from the Source to your computer.
Sync files up to repository
This will move files from your computer to the Source.
Bidirectional sync
This will look for differences between your computer and the Source and sync those files. The newest version of a file will be used if a file exists in both locations.
Replace My Files
This will replace any file with the same name using the Source version to replace the Destination version regardless of the Date Modified on either file. You should only use this if you want to “reset” any edits in the destination from a Master computer.
Sync
Click the Sync button to begin syncing your data.