Collection dont match across devices - Sync issues

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Hi there

I recently brought a fontbase subsription as I have multiple devices that need to have the same fonts and font versions.

On Device #1, I have the attached Collections (see screenshot). The fonts are all hosted on dropbox, which i have access to over multiple devices. Auto-Sync Colections is selected and it doesnt seem to be giving me any errors.

But on Device 2, these collections dont transfer. Instead I have a limited amount of fonts come through unorganised, and they only appear in the “Folders” section (not Colections).

Any ideas on what Im doing wrong? Does Fontbase actually sync collections, or is it not able to that?

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Hello @danp, sorry for the delay and welcome to the forum:)
The auto-sync feature works by saving collection data into a file, so for Device2 to recognise the changes you make on Device1 FontBase auto-sync collection file link should be pointing to the same file on both devices.
Placing the app root folder into the same Google Drive folder (or something similar) on both devices would enable this behavior.
Does this make sense?
Hope this helps,
Yuriy
FontBase Dev Team

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Awesome thank you.

I had it the other way around. I was adding fonts directly to the FontBase app, and hoping it would export it accurately to the shared folder.

Need to do it the other way around (make folders for brand names, then link it with fFontbase).

Thanks

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Hi,

I was just looking for an option to link my fonts across 2 devices, is there any guidance on best practice for this. I’ve created a Root folder on my Google Drive but was unsure on how I move across the fonts safely before rerouting so that both devices are looking at the same folder.

Thanks
Toby

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Hello @TobyDodwell, thank you for the post and welcome to the forum :pray:
Sounds like you’re on the right track:)
You might find additional info on this in the discussion we’re previously had here: Google Drive - Watch Folder Issues
Hope this helps,
Yuriy
FontBase Dev Team

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Hi Yuriy,

Thanks for the response, I’m not 100% sure I understand what a ‘Watch Folder’ is so I am no further forward in understanding whether I can sync my fonts across 2 devices that I need to use! Any help would be of great use!

Regards,
Toby

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Hi Toby, thank you for the quick reply :pray:
Perhaps this can be useful:

Hope this helps,
Yuriy