Man, I love OF so much, and sync'ing was the killer feature for me, but I'm going crazy with this problem. I've completely lost faith in my trusted system because of it! :(
My setup: 1 work MacPro, 1 home MacBook Pro, 1 iPhone (although this issue is just related to the Macs, I believe). All sync'ing over MobileMe, as recommended.
My problem is that my machines seem to revive old items that I've checked off on another machine. This is almost always related to recurring tasks, of which I have many (maybe 100 total, every chore, every bill, etc.)
An extreme example happened today. I was on vacation for 10 days, my work machine turned off, my laptop with me. I used my laptop and OF while I was away to keep my life in order. I got back, got caught up on all my tasks from while I was away.
This morning, I launched OF on my work Mac, and it came up (as expected) will all the stuff it thought I didn't do on vacation. It then sync'ed with MobileMe.
Expected Result: My work Mac notices that all those tasks were completed while I was away, and removes them, bringing it's DB in sync with my laptop which I'd been updated and sync'ing all week.
Actual Broken Result: My work machine spammed MobileMe with 30 tasks it thought I hadn't done, which then reappeared on my laptop, completely confusing and cluttering my DB, getting all my recurring tasks out of sync from when they really should have been due, etc.
Fortunately, I back up regularly, so I restored a previous OF DB onto my laptop from yesterday, blew away the MobileMe and work Mac ones, and forced everyone to resync.
But I have completely lost faith now. How can I prevent this from happening? Is it really true that unless I leave my work Mac running all the time, even while I'm away, that sync is incapable of figuring out how my recurring tasks work?
Please help OmniNinjas!
My setup: 1 work MacPro, 1 home MacBook Pro, 1 iPhone (although this issue is just related to the Macs, I believe). All sync'ing over MobileMe, as recommended.
My problem is that my machines seem to revive old items that I've checked off on another machine. This is almost always related to recurring tasks, of which I have many (maybe 100 total, every chore, every bill, etc.)
An extreme example happened today. I was on vacation for 10 days, my work machine turned off, my laptop with me. I used my laptop and OF while I was away to keep my life in order. I got back, got caught up on all my tasks from while I was away.
This morning, I launched OF on my work Mac, and it came up (as expected) will all the stuff it thought I didn't do on vacation. It then sync'ed with MobileMe.
Expected Result: My work Mac notices that all those tasks were completed while I was away, and removes them, bringing it's DB in sync with my laptop which I'd been updated and sync'ing all week.
Actual Broken Result: My work machine spammed MobileMe with 30 tasks it thought I hadn't done, which then reappeared on my laptop, completely confusing and cluttering my DB, getting all my recurring tasks out of sync from when they really should have been due, etc.
Fortunately, I back up regularly, so I restored a previous OF DB onto my laptop from yesterday, blew away the MobileMe and work Mac ones, and forced everyone to resync.
But I have completely lost faith now. How can I prevent this from happening? Is it really true that unless I leave my work Mac running all the time, even while I'm away, that sync is incapable of figuring out how my recurring tasks work?
Please help OmniNinjas!
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