Synchronizing data between devices
If you want to manage your set lists from multiple devices, or if you want to collaborate on set list management with your bandmates, you can configure your databases to synchronize wirelessly between any number of devices. You can watch a tutorial video, or read on for more details:
- To set up synchronization, start with the device that already contains your database. Select the database, then tap Edit and scroll down to the Synchronization settings. Enter a sync name and a password, and remember these so you can enter them on the other devices. You will see an error message if you enter a sync name that another user has already taken, so it's best to enter a sync name based on the name of your band or project.
- Turn on the Auto-Sync option if you want your data to be synced whenever you use Set List Maker. If you would rather sync manually, leave this option off and save your database settings, then tap Edit again and tap the Sync Now button.
- Next, go to a device that you would like to synchronize with the first device. From the databases list, tap the + button to add a new database. Enter a database name, then scroll down to the Synchronization settings. Enter the exact sync name and password you entered on the first device, then tap Save. If you enabled Auto-Sync, the data from the first device will appear on this device in a moment. If not, you can return to the database settings and tap Sync Now. You can repeat this step on as many devices as you like.
- Synchronization uses an intermediary sync server, so the synced devices do not need to be online at the same time, and do not need to be on the same network. Synchronization works over wi-fi or cellular network connections.
- If you've attached charts to your songs, those charts will not synchronize between devices. However, the chart names will -- so if you copy the same charts to each device manually, they will be linked to the appropriate songs automatically.
- If you've attached recordings from your iPod library to your songs, those links will not be synchronized because the song IDs will be different on each device. However, if you manually link the recordings on each devices, those links will not be overwritten by the sync process.
- If you find that a synchronization has resulted in older data being copied to your device, you can roll back to a previous version of your data. From the database edit window, scroll down to Synchronization and tap Roll Back. You will see a list of the past sync times, with the device the data was copied from. You can select a previous sync time and tap Continue to download the data as it was at that time.
- The Roll Back list will show all versions saved within the last 24 hours, and the last version saved from each device for each day earlier than that.
- Since your past versions are archived automatically, you can use this feature as a database backup tool even if you only have one device.
- The synchronization functionality requires a $2.99 in-app purchase for each user (per iTunes account). This means that you can sync all your devices with a single purchase, but if you want to sync with your bandmates' devices, your bandmates will have to purchase the upgrade as well.
