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selective sync on ipad?
Is this possible? I know how to selectively sync on my computer, but I can't figure out how to do so on my ipad. HELP!
I desperately need a proper solution for this.
Current situation:
At the moment since I need a selective synch functionality on my iPad, I using the Documents app by Readdle with my Dropbox. Documents lets you set up a two-way synch folder with any Dropbox folder. It works okay, but is unreliable when you are synching a folder with sub-folders. It also requires a lot of steps. This is now becoming a major frustration since I need to manage thousands of digital photos while I am travelling and not linked to the internet.
My workflow is:
Offline: Daily transfer photos from my camera to my iPad, often for a month at a time.
Offline, when I have down time: Sort through hundreds of photos on my iPad, comparing them side by side (currently impossible on an iPad), discarding ones I don't need, then organizing the remainder into the hierarchical folder structure I have already setup in on my Dropbox server. (note: I am creating new folders)
Offline: when I have down time: Do the same step 2 with my iPhone photos.
Online, when I get to an Wifi spot : Selectively synch the various new folders I have created to my Dropbox folder so I have a backup on the cloud.
Online, when I get back home: Selectively synch specific folders to various main office desktop computers for different work tasks.
Problems:
Apple's iPhoto is unusable because it does not have a hierarchical filing system, and iCloud does not have selective synch.
Dropbox is unusable because you cannot organize photos into folders if you are offline, which is when I need to do the organization. It is also poor for comparing photos side by side, and cumbersome for copying photos from one folder to another (need the side by side windows functionality in the OS/X app called PathFinder in order to do this easily).
Dropbox plus Readdle is a workaround, but extremely cumbersome and unreliable when you are synching a folder with subfolders.
Question:
It seems to me that anyone who is doing any serious data management with Dropbox, and using tablet devices must be having the same frustrations. Is Dropbox working on fixing this issue?
