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How do I share my Ditto clipboard with multiple machines on my network?

How do I share my Ditto clipboard with multiple machines on my network?

I'm using Ditto Clipboard Manager and wish to share the clipboard on multiple machines on my home network. I've heard that you can do this but haven't found any help on it.

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bert [Entry]

"You know... you might be able to do it with DropBox.

Install DropBox and set up an account. You get 2 GB for free.
Change Ditto Database Path (in Options) to your Shared DropBox folder
That will now be available to all other computers in which you have your DropBox running."
bert [Entry]

"Bring up the list (Ctrl + ' or whatever). Right click and export. Save file and transfer to other machine. You can then import by right clicking on the notification icon.

As for syncing automatically, there is the friends tab in options but I don't really think it helps. You can specify the database location though, so maybe setting that as the same network location for all machines could work?"
bert [Entry]

"I found the best way to do it is to copy the db from one computer to another. navigate to /users/your name/appdata/roaming/ditto/ditto.db and copy ""ditto.db""

the path may be different dependinbg on your OS, but the point is you can copy the database, including whatever hot keys you have programed.

reverse the process on the other computer & paste it.

I understand you can make the computers to sync ditto if they are on the same network, but I have not been able to get that to work."
"I found the best way to do it is to copy the db from one computer to another. navigate to /users/your name/appdata/roaming/ditto/ditto.db and copy ""ditto.db""

the path may be different dependinbg on your OS, but the point is you can copy the database, including whatever hot keys you have programed.

reverse the process on the other computer & paste it.

I understand you can make the computers to sync ditto if they are on the same network, but I have not been able to get that to work."
bert [Entry]

I managed to do this by sharing the folder where the database file is on the local network, the pointing the database to the correct location in Ditto's settings. It's working like a charm.
bert [Entry]

I changed the database location to a folder on my synced google drive, and did the same on several other machines. It works most of the time, but sometimes the sync on google drive crashes into the ditto app and corrupts the database. Make sure you keep a backup.