Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Simon — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:29 GMT

Hi David,

it's a very important feature to sync my SkyDrive to local storage on my Surface RT, as I do not have WLAN at work. So I wolud be very happy, if a version of your App was in the store.

Are you still working on it?

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Peter — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:54:31 GMT

I'm eagerly awaiting for this to reappear in the MS App Store. Is there any update? Thanks!

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 08:10:23 GMT

Dusan,

that is not correct. Could you turn on detailed logging in the settings (Settings Panel, then pick Settings and at the bottom is detailed logging).

Once this is done, run the application and either exit once a reasonable time has passed or if it crashes. Then go to "%homepath%\AppData\Local\Packages\3726DavidOvertonAssociate.SkyDriveRTSync_yfb55kzvf8mya\LocalState" in Explorer and you should see the log file. Please send that file to admin@davidoverton.com.

Thanks

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Dusan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:45:03 GMT

Also whenever i open the "change local folder" option on WinRT the app crashes

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Dusan — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 07:43:30 GMT

Hi, i have installed trial of your app on my WinRT machine.

The first time it started scanning all folders but never asked for my account or where to store files locally... Is this a bug?

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:52:59 GMT

I've submitted the next version to Microsoft, so hopefully things will move forward quickly.

Thanks

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 19:48:29 GMT

Sean,

I'm about to remove one additional feature that I could not get working (collapsing groups of information in file view) and then I'm on to my final test runs. If all goes well I will be able to push to Microsoft for their approval tonight!

I'll be sure to publish an update here when it is back in the store.

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Sean Kenney — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 17:59:21 GMT

Hi David, Sounds like a great tool. You last post (2/18) indicated you would have the changes uploaded soon. Has it been uploaded and are we just waiting for it to be published? Thanks for you work on this app.

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:48:38 GMT

Jim,

I hit a problem with scalability in the update which means I having to code in some extra functionality. I'm hoping to have it done in a day or so, then submit the application to the Microsoft store, which can take between 6 hours and 6 days!

Thanks for your interest.

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Jim — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 14:11:22 GMT

Hi David. Do you have an ETA on when the updated app will be released? I checked the store today and didn't see it. Thanks for making this happen!

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 18:48:08 GMT

David,

It will be capable of updating files both ways and work anywhere, not just at home.

I hope that helps

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 15:28:01 GMT

Branding - that's okay (I guess).

This will be so much better than connecting to my home network and running xcopy?

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:57:36 GMT

David,

I was asked to change some branding by the Microsoft SkyDrive team, so the tool has been temporarily removed from the store. I expect to re-release early next week with new branding and improved functionality.

I'm sorry for the delay.

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:40:15 GMT

Hi David

Thank you so much for creating such a great tool!!!

How do we get a download - this will be the perfect utility for my Surface RT!

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:51:48 GMT

Bob,

I'm taking things one stage at a time. Right now I'm coding chosen folder sync, so you can choose a subset of folders to sync with SkyDrive. Once I've got this done, I will start work to see if the code it short enough to be able to run in background. We get 1 second of CPU time as a background process and I'm sure that you can see that is not long to do much! However, once the folder sync is complete, it is on my wish list.

Thanks

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Bob — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 03:59:06 GMT

Is it possible to perform an autosync from the RT pictures library to a predetermined Skydtive folder. This way the application simply runs in the background and photos the user takes will automatically sink to skydrive via Wi-Fi.

Thoughts....

Btw - it looks like a great app and if the app is built to perform as described above I'll definitely buy it!!!

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:55:10 GMT

Ashwin,

folder based sync is coming. I will post a blog post on it in a moment! Also the tool will have to change name as using SkyDrive in the name quite like that is not acceptable.

Thanks

David

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Ashwin — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:50:02 GMT

I for one hope you make a ton of money from this effort! This is one of those show stopper issues keeps my RT from being my go to device.

One trick, I haven't tried it yet but will, for getting initialized and getting around the selecting a subset of files from your entire Skydrive library is to:

-copy the files /folders you want to sync to an external drive

-place this set of folders/files on your RT in the desired sync folder location

-Run the tool

-and select the sync all the files on the RT to same files on Skydrive.

I am hoping this automates the process for selecting what to sync for just starting out.

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:47:21 GMT

Kevin,

thanks for the feedback. I will see what I can do. Since I'm changing much on the UI at the moment, it will go into the mix.

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Kevin — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:50:00 GMT

Thanks very much for this - very much needed!.

Can I suggest a tweak to the text of the top buttons that indicate the synch direction? I interpreted Synch SkyDrive To Local as meaning that SkyDrive files that do exist would be synched to the local folder where they do not exist. Effectively I was seeing "to" in the sense of "copy to". Although this is a valid interpretation of the phrase, the button actually means change the SkyDrive folder so it contains what the local folder contains; another valid interpretation of the button label text.

I was only using a test file on SkyDrive to see if it would appear on the local folder so it didn't matter that the SkyDrive file disappeared because it wasn't on the SkyDrive folder. but synchronization is always a bit scary because of the scope for synching the wrong way and I'd hate to make that mistake with my real SkyDrive files. So I wondered if there's alternative button text that is less ambiguous. Maybe "Make SkyDrive match Local" or "Change SkyDrive to match Local" or some such.

Hoping the idea helps.

Kevin

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 02:26:43 GMT

Andrew,

There are two things here. At the moment, no fault logs have been sent to me by Microsoft, so I can't diagnose it. If you are reasonably technical, then in control panel, under report problems, you should hopefully see some error reports. These need to be sent to Microsoft, or if you can see the error logs for any instance of my application, please feel free to attach them to an e-mail and send it to me (david@davidoverton.com).

I have had to do some extensive re-work of the SkyDrive scanning, making it slower, but hope to publish a newer, less colourful interface over the weekend with this new code, so please try this. I will extend the trial period to 30 days then too, so it should enable you to continue to see updates.

Once this is done, I will be re-writing the interface to be a "by folder" process, making the whole application more fluid as scanning will only do selected folders, thus making startup faster.

Please do let me know if you have any more information.

Thanks

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Andrew — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 01:12:24 GMT

Hi David,

Thanks for addressing this critical issue with Windows RT.

I am using the trial version but the app seems to freeze on the scanning screen. It makes it through "Upgrading Skyfile File Info" but then doesn't commence the next task. I have restarted the app multiple times and also rebooted my Surface RT. Any ideas what could be causing this problem? I am keen to see it working so I can purchase the full version.

With thanks,

Andrew

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:43:31 GMT

Cliff,

I'm glad you like it. Just one quick comment (folder sync is coming) - What do you mean that you could get through the initial scan with the RT plugged in?

Thanks

David

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

Cliff — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:35:34 GMT

Absolutely love the concept. However, before buyting it, I will need the ability to select a Skydrive folder to sync with. With nearly 9,000 files on Skydrive, selecting individual items is far too labor intensive.

Again, I love what you have done and I am very eager to purchase your app when folder selection is available.

As an aside. on my Surface RT I found that I could get through the intal scan with the RT plugged in.

re: Simple SkyDrive Sync for Windows 8 and Windows RT

David Overton — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:39:12 GMT

Hi Christopher,

Besides the UI re-write I'm working on, changing the application name so as to avoid any Microsoft TM issues, detecting deleted files is also in the build I'm working on. These changes are going to take a few days to come through though, probably in 2 or 3 stages releases.

Thanks

David