I saw in the update notes that export/import of favorites is now supported, but I can't find the function also not in the manual
Thanks a lot!DIVA - Share Favorite Database between Machines?
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- KVRer
- 12 posts since 3 May, 2020
Hello, has somebody figures out how to properly share the Favorite Taggings between machines?
I saw in the update notes that export/import of favorites is now supported, but I can't find the function also not in the manual Thanks a lot!
I saw in the update notes that export/import of favorites is now supported, but I can't find the function also not in the manual
Thanks a lot!-
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- KVRAF
- 2171 posts since 22 Mar, 2005 from a planet called u-he
To export favourites, hold the SHIFT key while dragging the smart folder out of the browser onto the desktop or any file system folder.
This will create a file which holds all needed information about the favourites in the JSON format. You can read this file with a text editor, if you wish.
To import them on another machine, simply drag the file onto the favourites smart folder in the browser.
You can export/import either all favourites at once, by dragging the main favourites smart folder, or you can export single favourites by just dragging a specific favourites smart folder.
Please note that the preset structure (the folders and the preset sorting) needs to be identical on both machines for the favourites to work correctly.
This will create a file which holds all needed information about the favourites in the JSON format. You can read this file with a text editor, if you wish.
To import them on another machine, simply drag the file onto the favourites smart folder in the browser.
You can export/import either all favourites at once, by dragging the main favourites smart folder, or you can export single favourites by just dragging a specific favourites smart folder.
Please note that the preset structure (the folders and the preset sorting) needs to be identical on both machines for the favourites to work correctly.
That QA guy from planet u-he.
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- KVRAF
- 14477 posts since 16 Feb, 2005 from Planet Earth, Somewhere
Tas probably answered you, but I read your question completely different than he did.
It is something I do all the time, I have a pc and a mac and duplicate them as much as possible.
They have the same presets, but sometimes I favourite patches from a new bank on one and want to transfer it to the other. Sometimes that process starts on PC sometimes on Mac.
I have a program on my PC (no longer available insync by dillobits) and what it does is that it compares the database for Diva (and all other u-he products that use the Favourites Database) and overwrites the newest one to the older one.....(it can of course also copy and backup not overwrite if you so choose)
The only 'issue' is of course when you start the Diva or whatever on the machine that was the destination of the database process above, it rescans and now makes this the newer one (not a problem unless you forget that).
Anyway, the Mac Databases are in:
~Library/Application Support/u-he/[Product Name]/PresetDatabase
and on PC they are in
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\u-he\[Product Name]\[Product Name].data\PresetDatabase
This is a screen shot from the preferences of the program with the u-he sync.
Like Tas Method it only works if they have the same presets and the same structure.
If you are on Mac I am sure Carbon Copy Cloner can do it too.
It is something I do all the time, I have a pc and a mac and duplicate them as much as possible.
They have the same presets, but sometimes I favourite patches from a new bank on one and want to transfer it to the other. Sometimes that process starts on PC sometimes on Mac.
I have a program on my PC (no longer available insync by dillobits) and what it does is that it compares the database for Diva (and all other u-he products that use the Favourites Database) and overwrites the newest one to the older one.....(it can of course also copy and backup not overwrite if you so choose)
The only 'issue' is of course when you start the Diva or whatever on the machine that was the destination of the database process above, it rescans and now makes this the newer one (not a problem unless you forget that).
Anyway, the Mac Databases are in:
~Library/Application Support/u-he/[Product Name]/PresetDatabase
and on PC they are in
C:\Users\YOURUSERNAME\Documents\u-he\[Product Name]\[Product Name].data\PresetDatabase
This is a screen shot from the preferences of the program with the u-he sync.
Like Tas Method it only works if they have the same presets and the same structure.
If you are on Mac I am sure Carbon Copy Cloner can do it too.
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- KVRian
- 1266 posts since 6 Jun, 2016
I setup a Nextcloud server on my workstation. From there, all I did was set which folders to synchronize. The rest is done by Nextcloud. It's been in place since 2018 too and it's stood the test so far.
You could also setup Nextcloud as a hosted service, say with Linode or DigitalOcean. You might not want to synchronize large project files in which case, but you could certainly do your favorites and presets.
You could also setup Nextcloud as a hosted service, say with Linode or DigitalOcean. You might not want to synchronize large project files in which case, but you could certainly do your favorites and presets.