[digiKam-users] How can I keep Digikam synchronized on two systems?

[Chris Green]

woenx <marcpalaus at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I use unison to sync the pictures in the two computers, which internally uses
> rsync. https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/
> 
> As long as the changes are saved to the pictures themselves, another digikam
> instance should detect them when scanning for new items on startup.
> 
Yes, I wonder if "scan for new items on startup" is a bit of a
misleading setting as (hopefully) it scan's for *changed* items on
startup.


> First of all, change something in a picture (like adding a Tag), and make
> sure these are saved to the file (Sometimes doing right click->Properties is
> enough to see the tags). 
> 
> Then I'd sync the pictures, and make sure those changes are propagated to
> the other computer.
> 
> Lastly, make sure the options "Scan for new items at startup" and "Remove
> obsolete core database objects" are enabled in Settings-> Configure->
> Miscellaneous.
> 
> And that's it. It works fine for me in digikam 6.0 beta.
> 
OK, thanks, I'll go through this sequence carefully and check my
settings.

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Chris Green
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