User Manual Addendum for PocketMoney Sync

[HardyMacia]

I've created a video tutorial on how to use PocketMoney Sync from iOS to iOS and iOS to PocketMoney Desktop (PMD).
PocketMoney Sync Tutorial

For those of you that prefer written directions I'll document them here.

PocketMoney Sync iOS device to Desktop

Assuming that you are just getting started and you have data on your iPhone/iPad that you want to sync to PMD for the first time.

In PMD:
1. Create a new database in PMD - File > New
2. Start PM Sync - File > Start Sync Server. (PMD will always be the server since it doesn't have the code to be a client.)

In PM on iOS device:
1. Tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
2. Choose PM Sync
3. Set it to Client. (There is no need to buy the Server as an In-App-Purchase since PMD is acting as the server.)
4. Enter the IP Address of your desktop computer. (In PMD go to Preferences/Options, then the Synchronization tab, and the IP address is there)
5. Tap Sync.

That is all there is to it for your initial sync. When you Quit PM and launch it the next time it will reopen the last PM database file you were using.

Subsequent Syncs
In the Preferences/Options of PMD, I recommend you set the Sync Server to start up when you launch PMD, then all you need to do is run PMD and on your iOS device Choose PM Sync and tap Sync.

Restoring your data from PMD to iOS device
In the case that you lose your iOS device, or upgrade to a new device, or your spouse starts using PocketMoney on their phone. You should restore from PMD server.

1. Launch PMD. Start the server if it's not running.
2. On iOS Device tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
3. Choose PM Sync
4. Set it to the Client.
5. Enter the IP Address of your desktop computer. (In PMD go to Preferences/Options, then the Synchronization tab, and the IP address is there)
6. Turn ON "Restore from Server" - this will delete all your data from PM on your iOS device before downloading a clean copy from PMD.
7. Tap Sync.


PocketMoney Sync iOS to iOS device

This is much the same as iOS device to PMD. You will be picking one iOS device to be the server instead of PMD. Decide which device you want to be the server -- it really doesn't matter all that much, PM Sync is designed so you can sync any number of devices any which way, but the very first time you sync two devices together the server device should be the device with the most current PM data in it.

In PM on iOS device to be the server:
1. Tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
2. Choose PM Sync
3. Set it to Server. (You will need to buy the Sync Server as an In-App-Purchase since PMD is not acting as the server.)

In PM on iOS device to be the client:
1. Tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
2. Choose PM Sync
3. Set it to the Client.
4. Enter the IP Address of the iOS device acting as the server. (The IP address is displayed on the iOS device acting as server.)
5. Turn ON "Restore from Server" - this will delete all your data from PM on your iOS device before downloading a clean copy from the server device.
6. Tap Sync.

Subsequent Syncs
You can enter data on all of your devices. The only rule is that if you change the same transaction or account information on both devices, then the last device that was changed is going to be the data that wins out and will be synced.
1. On your iOS device to be the server tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
2. Choose PM Sync
3. Set it to Server. (You will need to buy the Sync Server as an In-App-Purchase since PMD is not acting as the server.)
4. On your iOS device to be the client tap file transfer icon (arrow icon on the account balances screen)
5. Choose PM Sync
6. Set it to Client.
7. Tap Sync.


Syncing over your cellular data network
Syncing over your cellular data network

[jauhari]

Hi... Where is the setup to change IP Address? my network address is 192.168.1.x and you Applications is setup on 192.168.2.x
How to fix it? and use the Address same with my MacBook Network?

https://skitch.com/jauhari/r8c2c/ip-address-issues

[romad]

Hi... Where is the setup to change IP Address? my network address is 192.168.1.x and you Applications is setup on 192.168.2.x
How to fix it? and use the Address same with my MacBook Network?

https://skitch.com/jauhari/r8c2c/ip-address-issues

Go to PMD>Preferences>Synchronization and use the IP address and Port number shown there. Enter it in the iPhone/iPad as shown in the video.

[cutejecy]

I purchase the PocketMoney Sync for my full version and I click the PocketMoney Sync button located in the menu at bottom left. But it stock at the client conneciting process (Waiting for Clietn to connect.> it took forever) I try to use lite version to sync the server (by entering the ip it provided from full version) but it said that the connection is refused.

What can i do? I cannot open the tutorial vedio from my pc or iPhone.

HELP@__@

[romad]

The tutorial should open in Safari on the iPhone. As for your computer, do you have QuickTime installed? Or some other software that will play QuickTime .mov files?

[Fallo]

I have the new IOS PM version, so I try to sync into my PM desktop, and seems that everything is ok, but nothing was transfer, I download again the PMDesktop and erase the old one including the database and try to do a new sync and again nothing was transfer, so please tell me what to do.

MacBook unibody MACOS 10.6.7, iPd 2G IOS 4.2.1.

Thanks

[snelson]

Just wondering if there was already, or if there are plans to be able to, run the sync portion of PMD as a system daemon. I would like to have it autostart with my system, but without the gui.

Thanks

[HenkK]

I support the request for a sync daemon, that I can run on my server.
Syncing should require a password, before the activity starts.

[Parazzoli]

Hello,

I just got my wife a computer for her birthday so now I need to sync her Desktop to my Desktop. Is it possible? Do I need another license?

Thank you.

Daniel.

PS - Here are the specs. for both computers:

My computer:
MacBook Pro (late 2011)
Processor: 2.4GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 16GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OS: 10.8.2

Her computer:
MacBook Pro 13" Retina (Late 2012)
Processor: 2.5GHz Intel Core i5
Memory: 8GB 1600 MHz DDR3
OS: 10.8.2

Pocket Money Desktop version 2.0.5 (231)

[romad]

You can't SYNC desktop to desktop, but you can move a copy of your database to her computer and open it up with PMD there. My database is in ~/Documents/PocketMoney Files but I can't remember if that is the default location or if I chose that location. Do a Spotlight search on you MBP for ".pocketmoney". As for the license, again I can't remember if it is a single user license or a site license; Hardy will have to answer that question.

[HardyMacia]

You can share the license.

You can copy the files back and forth, but setting up file sharing so she just access PocketMoney db that is on your computer would be better so you don't risk updating both files at same time and getting your data out of sync.

Keeping desktops in sync is on the to do list for PMD once we get the PocketMoney.com cloud syncing working.

[romad]

I forgot about using File Sharing. Guess that comes from only having one computer user in the house!