Got a quick question about the following scenario:
Mac 1 and Mac 2 are synced with Syncthing.
Mac 2 is taken in for repair, and in the meantime a temporary replacement machine (Mac 3) is set up from a backup of Mac 2
Mac 3 now picks up where Mac 2 left off, and syncs with Mac 1 for a while.
When Mac 2 comes back from repair, it is restored from the same backup used in step 2.
At this point, Mac 2 is out of sync with Mac 1, because it’s been restored from a backup that’s now a bit old. So what happens to the changes / new files that exist on Mac 1?
Does Mac 1 sync its changes to Mac 2 (the behaviour I’m hoping for), or does Mac 2 essentially “wind back” Mac 1?
Bad or unexpected things might happen. Don’t do this, use a new device ID for mac3 and avoid the issue, or generate a new one for mac2 after the fact if you want to do the initial replacement quickly.
Thanks for that. So basically just start fresh on Mac 3 as a new Syncthing device, and on Mac 1 share all the relevant folders with Mac 3?
All the relevant folders & data will already be on Mac 3 (since it was setup from the clone of Mac 2) so things should sync right up from the get-go in theory.