Hi DropIt folks.. LOVE the program!
I can't find a feature or reference to it on the forum here, so here's my question/request:
Is there a button or method to fire off automatic archiving manually?
My archive scripts are set to fire every 2 hours, but when I am adjusting the file associations and such I'd like to manually launch auto archiving.
Is there already a way to do this?
If not, a feature request would be the inclusion of a button in the association setup screen.
And a menu addition so when the DropIt task bar icon is right-clicked, you can run from there.
And to contribute a little.,just in case you might find it useful, I've got a REALLY powerful scenario set up: Auto archiving my iPhone pictures and videos.
1. On my iPhone I have Dropbox set up to automatically archive all pictures and movies (standard dropbox feature). Everything gets dumped to my Dropbox.
2. On my laptop I have Dropbox, automatically syncing (standard dropbox feature). Everything gets copied onto my laptop.
3. Using DropIt, automatic archiving w/proper associations (.jpg, .mov, .mp4, etc.) moves ALL my pictures out of the dropbox folder and into a separate iPhone Pictures folder elsewhere.
When DropIt moves my pics, DropBox thinks I deleted them and proceeds to remove them from its cloud storage and all other devices. It does not however remove from my iPhone's camera roll, which is perfect since I only want to manually delete my photos.
Now when I'm out and about, I take as many videos and pictures of everything as I want! I know at the end of the day they'll eventually be migrated to my laptop storage and my dropbox will remain clear and ready for the next batch. When I know it's all sync'd up I can just delete any and all pics/vids manually from my phone to create more space when needed.. round-robin'ing the data through the cloud and never having to be plugged in to download anything.
It's brainless, it just works, and it's all thanks to DropIt! So again.. THANK YOU!
(just wish I had that manual-fire button to force it to auto-archive)
I can't find a feature or reference to it on the forum here, so here's my question/request:
Is there a button or method to fire off automatic archiving manually?
My archive scripts are set to fire every 2 hours, but when I am adjusting the file associations and such I'd like to manually launch auto archiving.
Is there already a way to do this?
If not, a feature request would be the inclusion of a button in the association setup screen.
And a menu addition so when the DropIt task bar icon is right-clicked, you can run from there.
And to contribute a little.,just in case you might find it useful, I've got a REALLY powerful scenario set up: Auto archiving my iPhone pictures and videos.
1. On my iPhone I have Dropbox set up to automatically archive all pictures and movies (standard dropbox feature). Everything gets dumped to my Dropbox.
2. On my laptop I have Dropbox, automatically syncing (standard dropbox feature). Everything gets copied onto my laptop.
3. Using DropIt, automatic archiving w/proper associations (.jpg, .mov, .mp4, etc.) moves ALL my pictures out of the dropbox folder and into a separate iPhone Pictures folder elsewhere.
When DropIt moves my pics, DropBox thinks I deleted them and proceeds to remove them from its cloud storage and all other devices. It does not however remove from my iPhone's camera roll, which is perfect since I only want to manually delete my photos.
Now when I'm out and about, I take as many videos and pictures of everything as I want! I know at the end of the day they'll eventually be migrated to my laptop storage and my dropbox will remain clear and ready for the next batch. When I know it's all sync'd up I can just delete any and all pics/vids manually from my phone to create more space when needed.. round-robin'ing the data through the cloud and never having to be plugged in to download anything.
It's brainless, it just works, and it's all thanks to DropIt! So again.. THANK YOU!
(just wish I had that manual-fire button to force it to auto-archive)
Statistics: Posted by bnewbold — Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:25 am