Guidance re working between Scriv3 and Scriv2
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 3:27 pm
I'm looking for a little guidance, any insight would be much appreciated.
My laptop (running latest Scriv3) has decided to act up at a pretty critical stage in my current project. The keyboard has become temperamental. If it decides to quit working altogether, I have a much older laptop (mid 2010 13", running Yosemite) that I can move to while the main machine gets repaired. That old machine will, of course, only run Scriv2 (it has 2.9 installed).
My plan is to use the Export > as Scrivener 2 project command at the end of each day to Dropbox, with the date added to the filename to prevent confusion. Then, if the main machine goes kaput, I can seamlessly open the project on the old one and keep working there. Once I get the new machine back, I will then re-convert the project to Scriv3 format and carry on.
To me that seems a foolproof way to ensure no loss of working time, but maybe I'm missing something or misunderstanding the Export as Scriv 2 project command. I'm basing this on the uderstanding that Scriv2 will not be able to open a Scriv3 project on its own. It's probably worth noting that the project does not otherwise live on Dropbox.
Thanks for any observations.
My laptop (running latest Scriv3) has decided to act up at a pretty critical stage in my current project. The keyboard has become temperamental. If it decides to quit working altogether, I have a much older laptop (mid 2010 13", running Yosemite) that I can move to while the main machine gets repaired. That old machine will, of course, only run Scriv2 (it has 2.9 installed).
My plan is to use the Export > as Scrivener 2 project command at the end of each day to Dropbox, with the date added to the filename to prevent confusion. Then, if the main machine goes kaput, I can seamlessly open the project on the old one and keep working there. Once I get the new machine back, I will then re-convert the project to Scriv3 format and carry on.
To me that seems a foolproof way to ensure no loss of working time, but maybe I'm missing something or misunderstanding the Export as Scriv 2 project command. I'm basing this on the uderstanding that Scriv2 will not be able to open a Scriv3 project on its own. It's probably worth noting that the project does not otherwise live on Dropbox.
Thanks for any observations.