This reduces the chance of file conflict, but doesn’t eliminate it unless the sync is scheduled very frequently. Schedule an automatic periodic direct sync between the two machines.When you make different changes to the same character, one or the other will be lost when you resolve the conflict. Also, a simple copy means that you can have file conflicts between the two systems with no resolution system. This would help keep me synched up, but requires remembering to do it. Redesign and periodically copy over the interface files from one computer to the other.But it’s also restricting – I would have to make sure that I didn’t make any changes, and that I’d need to configure things like the bar setup on each computer separately anyways. This would get me my first goal, as well as providing an extremely fast load time and better responsiveness on my aging laptop. Nuke all of it and use the default UI.It was, in all honesty, probably overengineered.
My setup was very addon-heavy, with a lot of custom keybinds through Bartender, using the Naga to both push buttons and move my character, and a suite of addons which I’d manage depending on the character’s current role. I thought a bit about how I could approach these goals. I don’t want to have to make an update in one place and then manually make it again on the other computer.
Changes made on one game should be propagated to the other automatically.Logging in to a character on one computer should feel the same as logging in on the other. Provide the same user interface, including keybinds, general bar layout, addon configuration.My goals were simple in concept, if not in practice:
The Macbook has a 13″ screen and integrated video chip the Mac Mini is hooked up to a 25″ monitor and has an actual graphics card. They share similar operating systems, but have very different video capabilities. I finally found myself in the situation where I need to keep my Warcraft information synced between two computers, an old Macbook (2008 model) and a shiny new Mac Mini. Trying to keep your interfaces up to date can be a nightmare if you’re an altoholic, and more trouble than it’s worth even if you’re focused only on a single toon. Smart profile use can help, but it only goes so far – at some point changes need to be synchronized between the computers, and only so much of your interface is stored on the Warcraft servers. You can do it manually, which can be a real pain if you like to roll a lot of alts. Playing Warcraft on two different computers can present some real challenges to a player, and the more customized you make your user interface, the harder the challenge. How do you keep your UIs consistent, your addons updated, your preferences shared between the computers?
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