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Stuff like this helps. I have looked at this for my lists app (http://itunes.com/apps/fastlists http://itunes.com/apps/fastlists - mostly for checklists and re
by josephlord 13y ago
Stuff like this helps. I have looked at this for my lists app (http://itunes.com/apps/fastlists http://itunes.com/apps/fastlists - mostly for checklists and repeated use lists rather than todo lists) and may look again but there are still scenarios where you have to do one of the following:
1) throw user data away.
2) ask the user a question about how to resolve the conflict
3) save both copies and leave the user to figure out which one they actually want.
As a developer I'm not yet comfortable with any of these approaches for casual user scenarios although option 2 or 3 is probably right in many more serious/professional set ups. I've gone with email as my transfer mechanism which also allows sending to other users and to be used as a backup although I do keep looking at sync systems and solutions.
I found this a good write up of the potential complications even for a simple list app like mine.
http://blog.helftone.com/clear-in-the-icloud/ http://blog.helftone.com/clear-in-the-icloud/
- josephlord 13y agoJust realised the link is broken and too late to edit: http://blog.helftone.com/clear-in-the-icloud http://blog.helftone.com/clear-in-the-icloud It seems HN doesn't like a comment ending with a "/" in a link.