Laptop=Desktop

Some of our users who regularly use two machines, e.g. a laptop and a desktop, have found an ingenious use of Kerika: to synchronize their files and projects across both machines. Here's how they do it...

Each machine has a separate Kerika login: e.g. the laptop could be laptop@wherever.com, and the desktop could be desktop@wherever.com (This only works if you have at least two Kerika IDs.)

You login to your laptop, say, and become buddies with your desktop: in other words, laptop@wherever.com sends an invitation to desktop@wherever.com. Then you login to your desktop and accept the invitation. Now you have two separate Kerika IDs that are buddies with each other.

If there is a particular project or file that you want to replicate between your two computers, just make sure that both Kerika IDs are have access to the item(s) in question.

For example, if you want a file on your laptop to be synchronized with your desktop, add the desktop ID (e.g. desktop@wherever.com) to the file that you own on the laptop. That's pretty much it. Whenever you update the file, on your laptop or your desktop, the other machine will automatically get a copy of the new version.

If your laptop updates the file, you can later access this on your desktop by selecting the file and then using the Tool-->Versions menu option: you will find the updated version listed there (along with any versions contributed by other team members). You can synchronize your desktop by selecting the version from laptop@wherever.com and pressing the "Replace Your Version" button.

As I answer questions from individual users, I will try to post generic versions of the answers here so that others might also benefit. Hopefully we will be able to add a proper user forum for this site in the future. (And if anyone has suggestions on how to do that cheaply, please contact support-at-kerika-dot-com.)