04-04-2022, 09:03 AM
Frank,
Your understanding is mostly correct, although you would want to change the storage location first before copying your files to the directory. The reason is that MobileSheetsPro creates a mobilesheets.db when it first loads and if you copy the files to the storage location you want to use before switching MobileSheetsPro to that storage location, MobileSheetsPro would then overwrite the files you copied.
If you go to the main application settings screen, you will see sections for library settings, display settings, touch & pedal settings, etc. Those are the settings that won't be copied across devices that you would have to set up on each device if you don't use a library backup file.
If you expect to be using devices that have different storage locations (i.e. an SD card on each device), then it is strongly recommended that you import your files from within the storage location. If you do this, file paths in the database will be stored relative to the storage location. This will make it very easy to copy your directory structure between devices. If you have files that you import from outside the storage location, and you have unchecked the option to let MobileSheets manage your files, MobileSheetsPro will store an absolute file path for that. If that absolute file path points to storage that will be different between devices, such as a removable SD card, then when you transfer the library over, it will be unable to load the files. Furthermore, the "Fix Broken File Paths" utility may or may not be able to fix this depending on whether MobileSheetsPro is able to freely search through the storage to find the files. You could then have to manually fix the broken file paths by substituting one file path for another or using the swap file feature. Just to be clear - if you import your files from within the storage location folder, you will never have to use the fix broken file paths feature when copying your folders between devices because everything should just work.
Mike
Your understanding is mostly correct, although you would want to change the storage location first before copying your files to the directory. The reason is that MobileSheetsPro creates a mobilesheets.db when it first loads and if you copy the files to the storage location you want to use before switching MobileSheetsPro to that storage location, MobileSheetsPro would then overwrite the files you copied.
If you go to the main application settings screen, you will see sections for library settings, display settings, touch & pedal settings, etc. Those are the settings that won't be copied across devices that you would have to set up on each device if you don't use a library backup file.
If you expect to be using devices that have different storage locations (i.e. an SD card on each device), then it is strongly recommended that you import your files from within the storage location. If you do this, file paths in the database will be stored relative to the storage location. This will make it very easy to copy your directory structure between devices. If you have files that you import from outside the storage location, and you have unchecked the option to let MobileSheets manage your files, MobileSheetsPro will store an absolute file path for that. If that absolute file path points to storage that will be different between devices, such as a removable SD card, then when you transfer the library over, it will be unable to load the files. Furthermore, the "Fix Broken File Paths" utility may or may not be able to fix this depending on whether MobileSheetsPro is able to freely search through the storage to find the files. You could then have to manually fix the broken file paths by substituting one file path for another or using the swap file feature. Just to be clear - if you import your files from within the storage location folder, you will never have to use the fix broken file paths feature when copying your folders between devices because everything should just work.
Mike