Working on Scrivener Projects on an iPad (OUTMODED)
Overview
Instructions for syncing work done in Scrivener on the desktop with work on an iPad.
N.B. This wouldn't be necessary if Scrivener had an iPad app that could load desktop projects.
Exporting the Scrivener desktop project
From Scrivener desktop, with a folder within the Scrivener selected: File > Export > OPML or Mindmap File
- Location: Local Dropbox folder >
/Apps/StorySkeleton (1)/Export/ - Save As: Opml(.opml)
- Content: Titles and Synopses
Importing the Scrivener project into the StorySkeleton iPad app
When StorySkeleton starts up it will prompt for New, Open, or Import.
- Import (link Dropbox account if necessary)
- All available .opml files will be displayed. These are all the .opml files found in the
/Apps/StorySkeleton (1)/Export/folder within the Dropbox repository.
Exporting the StorySkeleton project
- Click on the skull icon.
- Click the share button.
- There is an option to export in native .scriv format, but for me this always crashes.
- If the native .scriv export doesn't work, export as .opml.
- Choose the Send to Dropbox option.
- autosave: on.
Sharing the Scrivener project
The Scrivener project is saved to a shared drive, e.g. a shared folder on the Synology DiskSation NAS: \\DiskStation\shared\comics\natural world 5\natural world 5.scriv\
N.B. The DiskStation drive above is a mirror of \\damien-mg\d\comics\natural world 5\natural world 5.scriv\. The "comics" directory is synced using the SyncToy utility on the Windows machine.