How to import dives logged into other computer, with annotations

[walkonmars]

Hi,

I have a Petrel 2 and downloading logging dives onto two separate Mac computers.
One is a desktop and the other is a laptop.
I wanted to import dives from the laptop to the desktop(primary).
I originally tried to import by going into the file directory of the laptop and copied the "swlogzp" files into a thumb drive, then transferred them to a folder on the desktop. I then used the "file, import, divelog(s)" feature on the shearwater desktop, one by one. The dive data seems to have made the transfer but the location titles, notes and annotations I entered on the laptop are blank. I also tried to drop the files directly into the log directory but Shearwater Desktop did not show the dives when I opened the application after re-opening the application. Any easy solutions?

 

[tcoen]

Hi walkonmars,

To move dives, along with your notes and annotations, you can use the "File->Backup Database" function. This will allow you to save a .db file.

Copy the saved .db file to your new computer, then use "File->Merge Database". This will merge the dives from the backup .db with the dives already on your new computer. If you use "Restore/Overwrite Database" then the dives previously on the new computer will be lost, replaced with the contents of the .db file.

Best regards,
Tyler Coen
Shearwater Research

 

[tbone1004]

what tyler said. Unfortunately they haven't gotten around to allowing you to choose a save location for the database, so when I'm done, I backup the file, and put it on onedrive, then open that file before I start. Really annoying, and hope they allow you to choose the save location, but hopes aren't high. The computers are brilliant, but the desktop software leaves a lot to be desired

 

[Jax]

what tyler said. Unfortunately they haven't gotten around to allowing you to choose a save location for the database, so when I'm done, I backup the file, and put it on onedrive, then open that file before I start. Really annoying, and hope they allow you to choose the save location, but hopes aren't high. The computers are brilliant, but the desktop software leaves a lot to be desired

To be clear, you can only list a save location for the backups, and the restore-froms. The actual database is buried in the program files.

But as long as you can backup anywhere you want, who cares, right?

 

[walkonmars]

Thanks for the quick reply.
On a side note: I'm happy with the Petrel. The improved streamlining of the Perdix having a similar screen (if not better) and smaller overall form factor would have been nice to have but I felt equally annoyed with my former Suunto Vytek (puck style) catching and binding on straps when putting on a BC. Someday a company will develop a computer as thin as a curved slate, and then I will be happy. (Hint: You could slip the computer on like a sock. Any takers?)