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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>"It is perhaps worth disabling synchronisation while you are processing LaTeX - to prevent Dropbox from updating its records with every minor change to the auxiliary files, as at least one other poster has mentioned."<div><br></div><div>Yeah, but that becomes tedious after a while to do, especially if you only apply small changes for re-compilation.</div><div><br></div><div>Markus<br><br><div>> From: sjs@essex.ac.uk<br>> To: macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu<br>> Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 08:20:05 +0000<br>> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster<br>> <br>> Me too. I have edited and authored three books over the last 3 years<br>> all using LaTeX and all using Dropbox as the master directory,<br>> with collaborators sharing access to the same directory on Dropbox.<br>> We never had any problems with files getting corrupted. Rarely, we<br>> had to access the file history on the Dropbox website to resolve a<br>> clash where two of us had edited the same file.<br>> <br>> The only difference I can see with the original poster’s situation<br>> is that we were not all using the same operating system. Mine is<br>> Mac OS X, one used Linux and the other I am not sure.<br>> <br>> It is perhaps worth disabling synchronisation while you are processing<br>> LaTeX - to prevent Dropbox from updating its records with every minor<br>> change to the auxiliary files, as at least one other poster has mentioned.<br>> <br>> Steve Sangwine<br>> University of Essex, UK<br>> <br>> > Le 23 août 2015 à 21:17, David Goldenberg <goldenberg@biology.utah.edu> a écrit :<br>> > <br>> > I have used Dropbox extensively for the past three years, for LaTeX and other things, and have never had any trouble with it. Maybe I have just been lucky?<br>> > <br>> > David<br>> > <br>> >> <br>> >> Message: 1<br>> >> Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 11:21:13 -0400<br>> >> From: George Gratzer <gratzer@me.com><br>> >> To: TeX on Mac OS X Mailing List <macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu><br>> >> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster<br>> >> Message-ID: <1DBCFE57-74D8-41C4-9494-B187A6CE3EA2@me.com><br>> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"<br>> >> <br>> >> Interesting.<br>> >> <br>> >> GG<br>> >> <br>> >> <br>> >>> On Aug 22, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Markus Klyver <markusklyver@hotmail.com> wrote:<br>> >>> <br>> >>> I would personally highly recommend Overleaf for (La)TeX thesis/essays. Dropbox is known to not work very well for that purpose.<br>> >>> <br>> >>> Best Regards,<br>> >>> Markus<br>> >>> <br>> >>>> From: gratzer@me.com<br>> >>>> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 12:23:02 -0400<br>> >>>> To: macosx-tex@email.esm.psu.edu<br>> >>>> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] Disaster<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> Dick,<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> This was traumatic, but problems solved.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> On the MacBook Air, somehow it did not read in the definition of \MathOrText,<br>> >>>> causing hundreds of mistakes. I eliminated all, this problem is fixed.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> Independently, the source file was corrupted, a big chunk replicated itself.<br>> >>>> I have never seen anything like this before.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> Coincidence, but who believes in coincidences? Two computers, same time.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>>> Do you use automatic saving?<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> I do not know. Is this something I set?<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> I have used Dropbox for many years, have never had problems before. <br>> >>>> It?s great for safety and for synchronizing work on more than one computer.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> Dropbox also takes care of my photos, 237 GB-s!<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> Thanks for all the help offered.<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> George<br>> >>>> <br>> >>>> <br>> >>>>> On Aug 22, 2015, at 11:33 AM, Richard Koch <koch@uoregon.edu> wrote:<br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> George,<br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> Do you use automatic saving?<br>> >>>>> Try retreating to a previous version of your source. I?d be tempted to<br>> >>>>> put that previous version in a blank folder, so aux and other temporary files have<br>> >>>>> to be recreated.<br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> I don?t have direct knowledge of Dropbox-TeX interaction, but using two pieces<br>> >>>>> of third party software, each of which can save at any moment behind your back,<br>> >>>>> feels sort of scary.<br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> Dick Koch<br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> <br>> >>>>> <br>> > <br>> > --<br>> > Department of Biology<br>> > University of Utah<br>> > 257 South 1400 East<br>> > Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0840<br>> > <br>> > Telephone: (801) 581-3885<br>> > Fax: (801) 581-2174<br>> > <br>> > E-mail: goldenberg@biology.utah.edu<br>> > Lab web page: http://bioweb.biology.utah.edu/goldenberg<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > <br>> > ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>> > TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq<br>> > List Reminders and Etiquette: https://www.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/<br>> > List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx<br>> > https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/<br>> > TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/<br>> > List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex<br>> <br>> ----------- Please Consult the Following Before Posting -----------<br>> TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq<br>> List Reminders and Etiquette: https://www.esm.psu.edu/~gray/tex/<br>> List Archives: http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.macosx<br>> https://email.esm.psu.edu/pipermail/macosx-tex/<br>> TeX on Mac OS X Website: http://mactex-wiki.tug.org/<br>> List Info: https://email.esm.psu.edu/mailman/listinfo/macosx-tex<br></div></div> </div></body>
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