Splasm Software Discussions

The app must be on the other computer, too. And, at least for now, you can't sync the data on multiple computers.

Obviously. It is but if I move those files over to the second machine they do not open and I see no Open in the File menu.

Where are you putting the Accounts.plist file? When you open the app for the first time, you'll create a folder in your user library/Application Support named Splasm. There is an empty plist file in there that must be replaced with the active plist file you copied and want to move.

you can place the accounts.plist in the same folder on the other computer, or go to the CheckBook menu while running checkbook on the other machine, choose preferences, click on the advanced tab, and use the restore accounts button to bring data from the other computer to the new one.

If you want to have both computers using the same account file, you will need to use the 'Change' button to change the location of the accounts file to have both computers point to the same one in a shared location.

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Randy Knoble
Splasm Software
www.Splasm.com

OK we'll see. It doesn't seem to work yesterday when I tried it,

Thanks, Randy! It worked!

However, I had to complete these additional steps to make this work:

1) Choose Preferences> Advanced

2) Change the Accounts File Location to point to the new CheckBook 2 location.

Now I have a question: Should I delete the old folders that I copied when I unsuccessfully tried to sync for the first time after my update to the new version? That is, should I delete these two folders (CheckBook 2 and Splasm) because they're no longer needed in the new file structure?

Home/Library/Application Support/CheckBook 2

Home/Library/Preferences/Splasm

Thanks again,
Sparta

OK. Now I am happier! . I put the .plist in a folder on DropBox and it works. I was impressed by the import on Checkook. Everything came in accurate. I'm not sore about the reconcile. I'll wait until next month to see if I can do it. It looks like some things didn't get checked as reconciled that should be. We'll see. I could be back complaining. Thanks for the help.

The Dropbox solution works for me. It's so convenient to have the app on both computers and single data file that is accessible from both.

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A happy user of CheckBook Pro since 2011

Has anything changed since 2011 regarding the topic of syncing between multiple computers? I have Checkbook (not pro) and am wondering if I have this ability. Any updates or advice would be appreciated. I am not a computer guru, so laymen's terms as much as possible are appreciated. I have two Mac computers.

Doesn't simply keeping the accounts file in iCloud solve that problem?
See Checkbook Help: iCloud