Hugo, In regards to syncing of files between various platforms, devices etc... I highly recommend you checkout open source: https://syncthing.net/
This is what I use to sync files between various platforms, devices phone (Android), desktop (Windows), tablet etc... Very customizable and reliable. Jeff, I agree with you 100% that it would be very nice for MLO team to add API feature, essentially means for advanced users to integrate with other commonly used apps. In my case I would love to have ability to have more advanced integration between MS Outlook desktop and MLO. Can easily be done through API/DLL. Would love to have means to use keyboard hotkeys/shortcuts (not mouse drag and drop) to instantly turn emails into MLO tasks (with subject/message contents) copied just as currently able to do with drag and drop. Would love to have improved means to also have better integration between MS Outlook desktop calendar and MLO. Final cherry on top a sync service that can be run on local machine just like MLO cloud sync that would properly sync between Windows and Android (phone/tablet} without having to pass data to AWS MLO cloud. But having had a chance to read some of your posts it sounds like these are all wishful thinking and chances of getting these features added are slim. Regardless even without these the app is phenomenal. Regards, Alex On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 10:22:35 AM UTC-4 imajeff wrote: > On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 4:22:29 AM UTC-6 Hugo González Castro wrote: > > Actually the MLO Wi-Fi Sync doesn't work between Android devices, even > with the pro version (I have the pro versions for Android and Windows). It > doesn't work for my usage case because I need to sync my two Android > devices while traveling without access to any of my desktop PCs. The best > solution for now to me is just using the MLO Cloud, which is what I'm doing. > > > Right, sorry but I knew Cloud Sync was the only solution for now and I'm > glad it is there. I didn't realize you need multiple Android also, which > has been another limitation. Some have mentioned they don't trust cloud, > which is why I talk about my own intermediate service which each Android > Wi-Fi Sync can communicate with to keep whichever one you're using at the > time updated (it would remember multiple pairing), and when your home > computer is on, the service will sync with that so they all stay in sync > but the desktop and Android don't need to be always connected. For my own > security, I would need my own VPN tunnel. That's for accessing my home > network LAN but still isolated from outside Internet. Nothing of this > nature can be 100% secure, keep in mind, but my own VPN beats trusting > cloud services in theory. > > > > About development options. The AbstractSpoon ToDoList for Windows is a > great alternative for MLO for Windows, with even more features, FTP sync > and way more. I have been using it for many years. The only problem is > there is no official mobile app. I talked with its developer, but creating > a good mobile app is way too much work, even teaming up. Such an > opensourced app for ToDoList might put MLO and other competitors out of > business... About any possibility of extending the functionality or > compatibility of MLO, would require at least the documentation for other > developers... and the MLO team doesn't seem to be interested in that > possibility. That's the inconvenience of close-sourced software... that's > why I keep open the possibility of migrating my data back to ToDoList. I > already made the code of ToDoList compatible with the XML for MLO for > Windows, to migrate my data. But I don't know the format of the Android > app... that would be great to make a compatibility tool... > > > Yes, everyone says these things about every application, don't they? "Why > can't you have feature [X] and [Y] because system [Z] has those and many > more..." > This is how reality works, endless branches. Keyword is 'branch'; means a > different direction. It reminds me of the movie, "Everything Everywhere All > at Once". The truth is of course that one application would have to be > designed to do all those things earlier on. This isn't that. > Did you know this (original MLO for Windows) was what I would call the one > man's dream application [usually most efficient not bloated nor > fragmented], while many that compete with each other are just Enterprise > business throwing around $$$ to check off as many features as they can to > gain the largest customer base. It's not his dream, this is more of the > "Engineer's project" which makes it good for an engineer to fully use. I > quickly noticed the layman struggles to imagine the best way to use this in > their case. Of course it is a challenge for us engineers to use it the way > we want but hey, that's the fun! > > > > I understand now your suggestion of understanding the wifi sync protocol. > Basically, you are talking about reverse engineering the protocol... that > cloud be a possibility, if it is not encrypted. > > Yeah surely not encrypted because why else to work only in your LAN, ya > know... > > > It is indeed possible to spy the network traffic and see the transmitted > data. If the protocol is easy, we could use that for our convenience... > not a bad idea... it could be easier than reverser engineering the file > format and creating a tool for the FTP sync by replacing files. I have > still to try to fix my MLO Cloud sync in Windows, because the reverser > engineering options look like a lot of work... > > > You brought up another problem with something like MLO Cloud Sync... > simpler to use, uless it doesn't work then nothing you can do if the > problem is from one of the third parties. I suspect maybe it has to do with > MLO 6 version trying to update authentication, but then all I could think > of is what both of you did: erase the sync configuration and try > authenticating again. Could be a lot of different problems that don't even > have to do with MLO or your network and installation yet would be difficult > if not impossible for us to trace. I am currently running niether MLO 6 nor > Cloud Sync or manybe I could think of something else to try. > > You gave a great report of problems and troubleshooting, so I hope they > can figure it out. > --jeff > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/5ff390d9-dafa-4aa0-8b97-442d1089a5f3n%40googlegroups.com.
