Using Homegroup to work on SL files - a good idea?
Nov 01, 2012
I do all my production work on a PC but would now like to access the same files on my laptop - including course resources and SL files. Naturally this can be achieved over a Homegroup as well as other means, e.g. Dropbox, Skydrive, GDrive, etc. Now, while I love the latter for sharing documents, I don't trust any of them when it comes to sharing production files, e.g. PPT (with Studio stuff) and SL.
Have just been testing connectivity/speed etc and I'm very impressed. I think what I'd do to (hopefully) defend against file integrity issues is copy the latest production file onto the machine I'm about to work with > do the necessary work > save locally > then push a copy onto the other machine.
Is anyone else doing this successfully? Likewise, is anyone trusting Dropbox et al with full production (I think Steve F was among others IIRC)?
Cheers
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So it looks like this isn't the best method with PPT/Studio because I forgot it needs to pull in everything from Engage and QM files through to player templates.
But SL seems to bundle everything up into a single file, thus making it possible to work on another machine and then send back.
I've had great luck with Dropbox. Going on 2 years. Only time things get squirrely is when a human does something wrong. Even then, it's a simple restore. Really happy with it. Even did some work with Presenter last year in Dropbox. No problems.
To clarify, I do all of my work directly in Dropbox. All my working / production source folders are right inside dropbox
Hmm, I remember you posting a while back that you were happy with DB. Maybe I'll use it for revisiting PPT/Studio projects that need editing etc because that at least means all files paths can be maintained. Think I'll give HG a whirl for SL projects because with both machines being in the same place there "shouldnt'" be any sync-related risks.
Cheers Steve
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