But what if I didn’t? What if I introduced sync conflicts or just plain missed to-dos I set for myself – only to belatedly see this stuff come back a few days later the next time I happen to open that laptop and it syncs? It shouldn’t be on the user to manually police the Agenda database to make sure it’s been synced on all devices. In this situation, I happened to notice that there was work missing from Agenda. Without any notification the user doesn’t necessarily know there’s a problem. (iCloud Drive would not, in keeping with its “the less you know, the better” interface).
Dropbox would do this for me, and I’m thankful for it in situations like this. I have no idea why Agenda didn’t sync on library wifi while the connection seemed to be working for other things, but it sure would’ve been helpful to get a heads-up for a failed sync. If you see something that is “out of sync”, all you can do is connect to a network, preferably both devices involved. Your last line is exactly the right solution here. Unfortunately, I have noticed the notch on iPhone X seems to mean it doesn’t fit in the bar anymore Note that for long syncs, the iOS devices should already show a network spinner to show a sync “is underway”. If others request it a lot, we will think about it. Seeing a date for the last sync wouldn’t really tell you anything useful IMO, other than what you already know.īut we will keep it in mind. Is the date the last successful upload? Last download? Not clear unless you have all the info, and then it is simply too complex to be useful. A date is not going to tell me much, because sync is a very complex process of uploading and downloading on multiple devices. Ie if you see something hasn’t synced, you really only have one choice, ie, get your devices online so it can sync.
I used OF for years, and don’t think I ever looked at that date, because it doesn’t really tell you anything you don’t know. I guess I’ll go home to my own wifi and hope it all syncs up? ¯_(ツ)_/¯ You say you don’t want people “confused” about sync status, but I can tell you from firsthand experience it’s pretty damned frustrating to see something like this and have absolutely no way to even begin to know what’s happening. Should something not seem to be in sync (which happens from time to time out in the real world of sometimes-flaky connectivity) I can go to that part of the interface very easily and see when this copy of OmniFocus last successfully synced. I also work in OmniFocus and it tells me when it’s syncing and what time it last synced. Is my phone not syncing right? Is my computer not syncing right? I have NO CLUE because there’s no place to check! I just opened my iPhone, which is connected to the internet via LTE, and I don’t see anything I’ve just done. I’m working at a library with their wifi (which works, just loaded web pages on it), and I’ve done a bunch in Agenda on my laptop. Perfect example for me right now of why I would like some indication of sync status or progress:
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