CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new section

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CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new section

Postby xymptlx » Fri Dec 20, 2013 12:19 am

I have a bunch of data in Simplenotes which I was syncing with Resoph notes. Since I prefer CintaNotes I upgraded so I could sync. My previous use of Cinta was desktop only for one desktop project which didn't require sync with Simplenotes.

Now I want to sync all my old Simplenotes into a new CintaNotes tab

I set CintaNotes to sync etc. and indicated to remote syncs, on section only, into the new tab but nothing happens. No data transfers to the new tab. I don't want to sync my old CintaNote tab data to simplenote, just a one way sync the other way around for now, then both ways thereafter.

Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Anyone else having this problem syncing?
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Re: CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new sect

Postby CintaNotes Developer » Thu Dec 26, 2013 8:15 am

Hi xymptlx,

the problem here is that CintaNotes doesn't have a way to know that the notes which are in Simplenote now should be treated like they belong to your new tab, because they don't have the special "#section" tag.

Actually CN has a way to know that - you've marked the section youself. We'll fix this problem in future versions.
However, there are two easy workarounds for you:

Let's say your tabs are called "Main" (with old CN notes) and "SN" (where you'd like to put notes from Simplenote).

Option 1:
In any Simplenote client, mark all your notes with a "#section/SN" tag. After that the sync in CN should download all notes into your tab.

Option 2:
This option is a bit more complex, but won't pollute your SN notes with any "#section" tags.
1) Create a new section named "Main2"
2) Move all notes from "Main" to "Main2" (Ctrl+A, Shift+F6)
3) Remove section "SN"
4) Rename "Main" to "SN"
5) Go to File/Sync and mark SN section as synchronized
6) Rename "Main2" to "Main"
7) (optional) Move "Main" and "SN" tabs as you like using "Move Left" and "Move Right" context menu commands.

This works because the Main section (the section which has been created first and has id 0) gets a special treatment - if SN notes have no #section tag, they are considered to belong to this section.
(Of course it would be more correct to treat specially the first section among synchronized sections, and we'll fix this).

Hope that my explanation is clear, if not, please ask!
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Re: CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new sect

Postby xymptlx » Thu Dec 26, 2013 5:17 pm

Thank you. I chose Option 2 because it is more permanent.

1 I created new section Main2
2 I Moved all CN Notes to CN Main2
3 Did not remove SN - Did not have section SN to remove
4 Renamed Main to SN
5 File>Sync - marked SN to synchronize selected sections as indicated - Every 5 minutes - SN to Overwrite. also tried "take last modified".
6 Renamed Main2 to Main
7 Created test note in SN

CN still does not sync, either direction. Is it supposed to sync right away or wait 5 minutes? CN indicates "Not Synchronized icon.
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Re: CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new sect

Postby CintaNotes Developer » Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:04 am

Hi xymptlx,

sorry I missed your reply here.

Is the issue still relevant to you? Have you upgraded to CN 2.5?
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Re: CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new sect

Postby xymptlx » Fri Jan 17, 2014 3:12 pm

Yes, thank you so much. Your inquiry prompted me to upgrade whence I noticed that if I click on the sync icon it will attempt a sync. Previously I hadn't realized that icon was clickable or it did not function in v2.4. It works like a charm now! Say goodbye to my old friend Resoph.
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Re: CintaNotes Pro - Importing ALL Simplenotes into new sect

Postby CintaNotes Developer » Thu Jan 23, 2014 10:28 am

Hi xymptlx, thanks for the update!
Glad that the problem is solved now.
Please let me know should there be any other problems with syncing.
Alex

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