On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 12:21 PM, Jonas Zimmermann <lis...@jonaszimmermann.de> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 29.01.2009, at 15:38, Cloy Tobola wrote: > >> I have a Bibdesk bibliography file that's getting large - 1.1mb with >> 315 sources. (Breaking it into smaller files isn't a good option right >> now.) >> >> Since I use the file (and attached PDFs) from several locations, I >> keep the file (and the auto-filed PDFs) on a WebDAV drive. >> >> That works okay, but it's getting slow. It often takes 2 or 3 minutes >> to open the file, and about 90 seconds to save it. >> >> Is there a way to optimize the file so it opens/saves more quickly? > > > The only thing that comes to my mind is using a version control system > such as SVN with this setup. So you can work locally on your files and > only synchronise when needed. But of course, this opens another huge > bag of problems...
If you're used to version control, SVN might make sense. But it's a little overkill - you don't really need history and branching for this stuff, you just need backup and syncing. I haven't tried it, but it occurs to me that using dropbox might be the best way to solve Cloy's problem: https://www.getdropbox.com/ It syncs files between computers but should be much faster than webDAV since it keeps local copies of the files and synchronizes asynchronously. It also sends minimal diffs - I believe webDAV sends entire file contents for every update. The free account lets you store up to 2GB. If anyone tries this out, please let us know how it works for you. Thanks, -mike > > Jonas > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkmB87gACgkQoSxXdTdhxZqUegCgtnpQcdE7Pj4OKE73sWYqusE+ > CZMAoLHJrPT+IA/rrjSS2lcxB3O7eB78 > =qlzW > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > SourcForge Community > SourceForge wants to tell your story. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword > _______________________________________________ > Bibdesk-users mailing list > Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users > -- Michael McCracken UCSD CSE PhD Candidate research: http://www.cse.ucsd.edu/~mmccrack/ misc: http://michael-mccracken.net/wp/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by: SourcForge Community SourceForge wants to tell your story. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sf-spreadtheword _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-users mailing list Bibdesk-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-users
