Prayer Edit
Author: JXCirrus

# Cloud

JXCirrus Prayer can use iCloud to save its data on iOS and Mac OSX, or Google Drive to save on all platforms. This lets you:

- Make sure you have a backup of your data.
- Share your prayer diary between devices.

Alternatively, this app can alternatively use cloud shares (such as Google Drive, Box) to save its data on Windows,Mac OSX and Linux.

## Settings

#### Save to iCloud

To switch on iCloud, go to settings and tick "Save to iCloud". This will lets you save your prayer diary to iCloud.

#### Save to Google Drive

Saving to Google Drive works like iCloud, except that you will need to sign into a Google account (and create one before that if you don't actually have one).

Click on "Sign In" - A browser window will open, and prompt you to sign into your Google account. Once it says "You can now close this window..." you can go back to this app.

#### Save to Cloud Share

It is generally not a good idea to save your main data file on a cloud share.

- If you only ever edit on one device at a time, then this will work.
- If, however, you edit your diary on 2 different devices, there is a chance that you could end up corrupting your file, or at least losing changes. This happens if you are not on the internet and your cloud share does not sync properly.

The app does provide a safe way to use cloud shares between devices however...

- Keep your main prayer file on your local computer (outside the share).
- Use the share to transfer new data between your devices. The app will resolve conflicts when you are not connected to the internet.

If this is your first device to use the cloud share:

- Go to Preferences then Cloud
- Tick the "Save to Cloud Share" button.
- If this is the first time you have used the cloud share, you will be prompted to select a directory you will use to share files. As an example - You can use "Google Drive/JXCirrus/JXCirrusPrayer" as the share directory.

If there is already a file being shared by a cloud share:

- Go to Preferences then Cloud
- Press the "Select File" in the "Cloud Share" section.
- Browse to the file that you shared from your other devices.

#### Automatic

The "Automatic" tick box lets you decide how the data will be saved to the cloud. If "Automatic" is ticked, then the app will save to the cloud after any changes.
The reason you might not want to have "Automatic" ticked, is that if you make a lot of changes during a day, it might use slightly more mobile data if you are constantly saving to the cloud. If you un-tick this, you choose when to save to the cloud (see Cloud Icon below). Only un-tick this if you use mobile data regularly, and you want to limit the amount you use.
The app isn't silly about sending data to the cloud - It waits for you to not do anything for 15 seconds, then saves.

## Cloud Icon

When you tick "Save to iCloud" or "Save to Google Drive", you will see a new icon on the toolbar of the main screen next to Settings.

- The icon means that your data has all been saved to the cloud.
- The icon means that your data has changed, and has not been saved to the cloud. If you save automatically, it should change to after about 15 seconds. If you don't save automatically, press on the icon to save to the cloud. You can still do this if you want to hurry up the automatic save.

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## Multiple Devices

Saving the data to iCloud or Google Drive gives you backups, and it also allows you to use the same prayer diary on multiple devices. For example, you can use the app on an iPhone, and also a Mac computer and have the same diary on both. When you change one, the changes automatically appear on the other. For example: you could review your prayers on a Mac at home, and then pray during lunch hour on a phone.
To enable this, just select "Save to iCloud" or "Save to Google Drive" on both devices.
A word of caution: JXCirrus Prayer is good at keeping all your devices in sync using the cloud. You can have the app open in 2 places, and the changes in one will appear on the other only a short time later. But - Don't be tempted to update your diary in both apps at the same time. If you change 2 entries at once on different devices, the system will only keep the more recent change, which may leave you feeling confused and angry after you "lose" an update. It is best to only make updates in one place at a time.