How To Get X Type Dropbox Syncing

08 Jul 2012

Today I am gonna teach you guys how to create dropbox sync with this free text-expansion application x-Type.

x-Type download link : here

The only problem with x-Type is that there is no sync between computers. And people like us, with multiple computers will find it a hassel when we edit our snippets and not find the changes on the next computer. But fear not! Dropbox is here to save the day! :>

###How to do it :

Normally I like to create a folder in my dropbox. Hence my x-Type settings will go inside Dropbox > ApplicationSettings > x-Type (you can create your own type of folder structure, it doesn’t matter)

Close x-Type application (Justi n case to prevent any errors)
Launch terminal application (click spotlight and type terminal)
Type:
```
 `cd ~/Library/Preferences`
```

As x-Type stores their application settings to this file: com.app4mac.presto.plist. We’ve to move x-Type application settings to my dropbox folder I type :

 `mv com.app4mac.presto.plist ~/Dropbox/ApplicationSettings/xType`

 (Users that are not familiar or fear the terminal too much just type `open .` terminal will open up finder and you manually move the file `com.app4mac.presto.plist` to your dropbox folder where it'll sync)

Now we’ll have to soft link the moved file in dropbox folder to the folder in the preferences. We do it with this command :
```
 `ln -s ~/Dropbox/ApplicationSettings/xType/com.app4mac.presto.plist com.app4mac.presto.plist`
```

Launch x-Type! it’s as simple as that! :p

###On other Macs that you need to sync with

Launch terminal application (click spotlight and type terminal)
Type:
```
 `cd ~/Library/Preferences`
```
Remove type(to remove the default settings):
```
 `rm com.app4mac.presto.plist`
```

Then soft link it to the .plist in your dropbox folder type:

 `ln -s ~/Dropbox/ApplicationSettings/xType/com.app4mac.presto.plist com.app4mac.presto.plist`

Feel free to comment on this post and I’ll edit it accordingly! :)

Update - Monday, 4 November, 2013

I’ve switched to atext (I am in no ways affliated to the developer)

I feel it’s just easier to use an app that has default syncing. :)