Dropbox + Symlinks = Real Ultimate Power

[MuGeN]

knowing me, this is old hat but since I just had the idea myself I'm quite proud

So I'm playing this point and click game called Machinarium (which by the way is a beautiful, beautiful game!) and the save game is stored in the depths of the preferences folder... anyway, I want to also play this on my laptop so I moved the actual save file into my dropbox and using the a command not too dissimilar to this:

ln -s /Users/MuGeN/Dropbox/Hub/Machinarium.app "/Users/MuGeN/Library/Preferences/Macromedia/Flash Player/#SharedObjects/XTXPJCYC/localhost/Applications/Machinarium/Machinarium.app"

It created a symbolic link back to the original folder which now updates my dropbox version so I can play anywhere (quotes are around the second bit since there is a space between "Flash" and "Player")

(obviously, I also need to create this link on the laptop too...)

But yeah... badass - bet theres loads of cool things you could use this combo for...

 

[Feek]

Dropbox is great for this sort of thing, I keep my 1Password keychain and my iWeb web site in there so that 1Password works on both my desktop and laptop and so that I can work on the web site whichever machine I'm using.

 

[Deleted member 651465]

Out of interest is it a personal website?

Every time I play with iWeb it annoys me how cruddy the templates are.

 

[Feek]

No, but it's a pretty basic one, just to provide info so it's perfect for my needs.

 

[HypnoToad]

Dropbox is great for this sort of thing, I keep my 1Password keychain and my iWeb web site in there so that 1Password works on both my desktop and laptop and so that I can work on the web site whichever machine I'm using.

indeed, I find with programs like Keepass & dropbox, I can keep passwords between many machines with no problems