Yummy Software

Hi,

I'd like to see an option for a configurable location for the Yummy FTP Bookmarks, so I can move my bookmarks to my DropBox (http://getdropbox.com) or iDisk/MobileMe folder, similary as the option in 1Password (http://www.switchersblog.com/2008/10/1password-29-br.html). This lets me synchronize my bookmarks along my different Macs and Macbook. Is this feasible for a future version?

Possibly, but the better option would be to add MobileMe synching support, which is already on my To Do list :)

Thanks Jason! DropBox support is quite easy, as you don't have to code support for synchronization yourself. All we'd need is an option to let us define where to store the Bookmarks folder: DropBox (or similar tools) takes care of the synchronization.

Ok, I'll take a look at Dropbox to see what it can do.

In the meantime, sync your current Yummy bookmarks folder with a folder on your personal FTP, then create another sync from your server bookmarks folder to your dropbox bookmarks folder :D

Ok topic bumped :)

I looked at Dropbox but it had some problems with my Mac and caused kernel panics, so I uninstalled it. Maybe it is just me.

At the technical level, I need to make some modifications to allow Dropbox to work with Yummy's Bookmarks. Shouldn't be too hard, but not just a case of allowing a different location for the Bookmarks.

Curious why you'd need to make modifications?  Is it a file permission/owner problem?

I'd still like to setup what we discussed before but I can't foresee having the time to finish my end any time soon.

OK, thanks JD. Weird thing about the kernel panics. It's been running flawlessly over the last year for me (iMac 24", Leopard)

Because Dropbox doesn't support Mac OS meta data, eg Type and Creator codes, etc. and Yummy FTP's Bookmarks don't have a file name extension, so once they are uploaded and downloaded again (by Dropbox) they are no longer openable.

Well that's all changed now. Yummy bookmarks now have .bkmk as their file name extension. I have some tidying left to do, but I have basically got this working now in my build of b14 :)

Btw, a special folder location needn't be specified - just move Yummy's Bookmarks folder to your Dropbox folder, then create an alias of it and drag that back to your Yummy FTP preferences folder making sure to rename it back to Bookmarks. Works like a dream ;D

So it will work with either type/creator resource data or file extension (going forward)?

Correct. It is all implemented transparently to the user :)

With 1.7.3b14 and the new file extensions for the bookmark files, the extension ".bkmk" shows in the bookmarks window, which seems totally unnecessary.  In fact it gets in the way: I have the bookmarks window as small as possible, so the addition of the ".bkmk" means that the bookmark names are now abbreviated -- I now have two bookmarks with the same name: "Mathe....bkmk".
Could you remove the extension from the bookmarks list?
Cheers
J

Hmm, well... the idea was that  the extensions were all hidden. At least, they certainly are for me.

Do you have the Finder 'Advanced' preference setting enabled to 'Show all file extensions' ?

Ack! Stupid file extensions! >:(

I can repeat the problem with that Finder preference enabled. Man, this is being a pain the rear. Whoever decided file extensions were a good idea on Mac OS X should have been shot. All the PITA of Windows on OS X. Bring back OS 9 !!! ;)

I'll have to revise this to 'hide' the extensions manually myself.

FINDER preference ??  :o

OK, turning that off temporarily fixes the problem.  But interestingly the file extensions still show in file listings (server and local) so you are obviously working independently of the Finder for those listings...

(Actually I like file extensions, he says quietly.)
J

Well, Yummy FTP Bookmarks are just actually files. So the Bookmark list you see is actually just like the Mac side view on a regular FTP Browser window, except it is fixed to only view the Bookmarks folder inside the Yummy FTP Preferences folder.

There is no notification given when the extension display preference changes, so to see the change in the Bookmarks window you'd need to manually choose the "Refresh Listing" option from the Listing menu, or close and re-open the Bookmarks window.

Anyway, I'll need to do some more jiggery pokery to fix this up. Ugh! And all this just to support Dropbox : the reason is that Dropbox *doesn't* support Mac OS meta data (such as Type and Creator) therefore Yummy Bookmarks *had* to have an extension assigned to them in order for them to be designated as Yummy files...

Kinda wish I hadn't started along this route at this point, but in order to support .Mac / MobileMe synch of Bookmarks (as I am planning to do) then I would have to do the same thing, and for the exact same reason (which is a bit sad considering it is an Apple product) so it isn't wasted effort at least :)

Ah, but those of us that love Dropbox as much as Yummy FTP do appreciate your efforts!

Sorry, perhaps I came across a bit strong there :) I'd hoped the update would go 100% smoothly, so I was a bit disappointed that I didn't make  that happen. Never mind - I guess that's why we have beta versions!

Anyway, I'm glad the work is appreciated :)

OK! I have it sorted now for the next build ;D

I *completely* missed some in between beta versions (now at b17) and noted the new (beta) changelog (appreciated!) and DropBox support! W00T  8) :P I totally love you for this JD, you are my unsung hero (for this moment that is, sorry!). Although I'm now wondering why I haven't received any topic notifications, but maybe I accidentaly switched these off somewhere. Subscribing again! (and a huge thank you again, this is awesome and all your work supporting this was certainly not in jest)

Edit: Works flawlessly! 8) 8)

;D ;D ;D

You're welcome!

And... for my next trick... iDisk support for Bookmark synching is now working in b18 :D

I'd like to bump this topic too.  I really need to sync my bookmarks, and Dropbox is certainly a solution to many of my sync issues so far. 

Shouldn't all we need here is the ability to override the default location of the bookmark storage folder?

Thanks!
K

DropBox as well as iDisc syncing is now supported in v1.8, released a month ago.

The instructions to set it up are in the Read Me - select 'Read Me' from the Help menu to view this file.