[OS X TeX] Disaster

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Aug 22, 2015, at 9:23 AM, Gary L. Gray <euler at psu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> On Aug 22, 2015, at 10:11 AM, George Gratzer <gratzer at me.com> wrote:
>> 
>> I work on two computers, an iMac with El Capitan and a MacBook Air with Yosemite. Both have TeXShop 3.52.
>> 
>> I’m working on the second edition of my congruence book (which lives in Dropbox) and all of a sudden
>> neither machine can typeset it properly.
>> 
>> On my iMac, the TOC is completely wrong, see attachment. Part II is repeated as part of Part I.
> 
> Editing and typesetting files causes them to change frequently. I discovered last year that it is a big mistake to put files like that in Dropbox. I had a large number of figures for exams I was making (created in .tex) that got corrupted or disappeared altogether. I have since taken anything like that out of Dropbox and ended my 1TB account and went back to a free account.
> 
> I am not saying that happened to you, but you should check and see if one or more of our files is mucked up.
> 
> Gary

Howdy,

You may be able to get away with it by turning syncing off during the time you work on the file(s). Click on the DB icon in the Menu Bar and hover over `up to date' in the lower left corner; it will change into a `pause syncing' which you can click.

In general I keep copies of the files on my HD, work on them there and then move final changes to DropBox.

Finally? Is George trying to compile on both systems at once? That is sure to get messed up as DropBox tries to sync both at once.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)