I Have a Home computer (master), work and laptop computer.
I religiously backup and keep in Sync almost daily using "pack & Go" program
I cannot see how to see sync my Pin board and favourites Panels etc on each machine as per the "master" machine
I sync by copying my master machines "Imatch Database.imd5" from the generated "pack & Go" usage, to each machine.
What else do I need to do to have each machine show up the "pinboard, Favourites" etc ? the same as the master machine ?
Thanks in advance, Ian
IMatch stores many settings on a "per-user" basis - including your workspaces.
Do you use the same user name on both computers? If no, check out the User Name Alias settings in Edit > Preferences > Application.
These allow you to assume the same personality on all your computers - independent from the Windows user name you use on these computers.
As always, see the IMatch help for details. Search for alias in the help index.
My log in user name ian and password is identical on each machine
Just noticed my "workspaces" on the master do not show up on my other machines also.
Would it help if I copied and pasted all ( or some of ) the files from C master machine "programData" Photools.com files to the other machines as well ??
User names must match exactly - case sensitive.
Make sure you copy the settings database.
Note that some settings are stored on a "per-machine" basis. Everything that is tied to screen resolution etc.
If you copy by transferring the P&G file and then restoring from it it should work - assuming file structure the same.
If you copy individual files then you need to copy all files in C:\ProgramData\photools.com\imatch6
( No need to use P&G in this case)
Copying the db and "C:\ProgramData\photools.com\imatch6\config\imatch.pts" will work - depending what changes you have made.
Installed latest update today, tried restoring via P&G on my laptop but Pinboard and Favourites still are both blank ... must be missing something ?
All IMatch settings are stored in "C:\ProgramData\photools.com\IMatch6\config\imatch.pts". Make sure this file is properly copied / restored. Again, you must use the same user name on both machines).
Apps (like Pinboard) store their settings in "C:\ProgramData\photools.com\IMatch6\config\imws-storage.db". Again, per-user.
Pack & Go usually restores these files automatically.
Check the location of the settings database under Edit > Preferences > Application on both computers and make sure that it points to the proper location.
If you have migrated from IMatch 5, the settings database may still be loaded from the IMatch5 folder. New installations will expect it in the IMatch6 folder (see above).
In that case you may want to move your PTS file to the IMatch6 folder on the source PC, rename it to imatch.pts and configure IMatch to load it from that location.