Sync to Mobile Devices

Modules, including User content (User Notes, User Tools, Papers, and Highlight files), can be synchronized (termed "sync From the word synchronization; the process by which data is moved from a computer to a mobile device such as an iPad or iPhone") to the iOS Accordance application installed on your mobile device. You can choose to sync all or only selected modules Any Bible text, or other single tool that can be read in Accordance, including reference texts and articles; may also be referred to as content or resource to your mobile device.

Note For additional help and troubleshooting tips, refer to the Accordance Mobile Help online.

Note: If You Also Sync to Dropbox If you have linked Accordance for Mac to Dropbox, User content (Notes, Tools, Highlight files, Papers and Stacks) cannot be synced via Wi-Fi. When syncing From the word synchronization; the process by which data is moved from a computer to a mobile device such as an iPad or iPhone via Wi-Fi, User content is not displayed in the "Sync with Mobile Device: Selecting Modules" dialog box if you are linked to Dropbox. This was done to prevent unnecessary updates and potential bogus conflicts.

Syncing of modules is one-way only, from your computer to your mobile device, with the exception of User Notes and Highlight files.

• User Notes and Highlight files can be synced in both directions.
  • For User Notes, any changes made in either copy are merged. If a User Note for a particular verse was changed on your computer and the mobile device, you are asked to choose which note should be merged to both files.
  • For Highlight files, any changes made are automatically merged, whether on the Mac or your mobile device.
• User Tools and Highlights can ONLY be synced between Accordance 9.4 and higher and Accordance Mobile version 1.3 and higher.

Warning Accordance content is licensed for one user. It is illegal to allow other users to load your modules on their computers or mobile devices. To protect the rights of the copyright owners of the content, the following protections are in place: The user of Accordance must be the Accordance admin. A message appears if Accordance is synced to multiple devices. If a device is synced to a different computer, all previous content is deleted prior to synchronization, unless Sync User Content is chosen (in this case only the user content is synced).

1. Connect your mobile device and Mac to the same WiFi service.
2. Tap the Library icon on the mobile device. The Accordance Library opens.
3. At the bottom of the Library tap the Sync icon (). A message appears advising the device is "Waiting for Accordance."
   
   
   

   

4. On the Mac Accordance menu, choose Sync with Mobile Device. The Sync with Mobile Device dialog box appears.
   
   
   

   

5. In the Sync with Mobile Device dialog box, select the device to which the Accordance modules should be synced and click Connect. The Sync with Mobile Device dialog box is updated and displays all modules on your computer that can be synced to the mobile device.
6. The first time you sync to a mobile device a message appears advising that the content is for your use only, and that making the content available to anyone else is a copyright infringement. You must read the message and select the correct option in order to continue.

   Message: First SyncMessage: First Sync

   

7. If the mobile device was synced with another computer a message appears offering three choices, as follows:
   • Cancel: Cancels syncing between the mobile device and your computer.
   • Erase and Sync: Erases the content of the Accordance Library on your mobile device and replaces it with the content from your Mac.
   • Sync User Content: Preserves all content on your mobile device and syncs only with User content (User Notes, User Tools, and Highlight files).
   

   

   
   

   The pictures below show the Sync with Mobile Device dialog box when choosing these different options.

   Erase and Sync SelectedErase and Sync Selected

   In this example, Erase and Sync was chosen. All content on your Mac is available to sync to the mobile device. All content on the mobile device is replaced with your selections.

   Checked items have already been synced or installed. Unchecked items are available for syncing to your device. You can select or unselect all modules in a category by checking/unchecking that category. A check next to a module Any Bible text, or other single tool that can be read in Accordance, including reference texts and articles; may also be referred to as content or resource category indicates that all modules in that category have been synced. A minus symbol next to a module category indicates that only some modules in that category are synced. When you open that category the modules are automatically sorted with the synced items at the top of the list and the unsynced items at the bottom of the list.

   

   Select User Content SelectedSelect User Content Selected

   Note: If You Also Sync to Dropbox If you have linked Accordance for Mac to Dropbox, User content (Notes, Tools, Highlight files, Papers and Stacks) cannot be synced via Wi-Fi. When syncing via Wi-Fi, User content is not displayed in the "Sync with Mobile Device: Selecting Modules" dialog box if you are linked to Dropbox. This was done to prevent unnecessary updates and potential bogus conflicts.

   In this example, only User Content is available to sync to the mobile device.

   Checked items have already been synced or installed. Unchecked items are available for syncing to your device. You can select or unselect all modules in a category by checking/unchecking that category. A check next to a module category indicates that all modules in that category have been synced. A minus symbol next to a module category indicates that only some modules in that category are synced. When you open that category the modules are automatically sorted with the synced items at the top of the list and the unsynced items at the bottom of the list.

   Note: Stacks not currently available on iOS Although Stacks are displayed in the Sync with Mobile Device menu, they are not currently supported on iOS.

   

6. Select the modules to be synced to your mobile device.

Note Items with a checkmark are synced to the mobile device. Unchecking a checked item will remove that item from the mobile device.

7. Click Sync Now. The selected modules are synced to your mobile device.
8. This process may take a few minutes depending on how many modules were selected.
9. If changes were made to a Highlight file on the Mac and your mobile device, the files are merged and synced on both devices.
10. If a User Note was changed on your computer and on the mobile device, the Sync with Mobile Device dialog box is updated and additional options are offered. Proceed as follows:
    
    
    

    

• Choose the User Note that you want to keep. You can review the differences between the notes for the same verse in the Sync with Mobile Device dialog box, as shown above.
• Click Continue.
  
  

  Hint You cannot merge or edit a User Note if the change was made to the same verse on the computer and the mobile device. However, you can copy the note that will not be kept from the Sync with Mobile Device dialog box (+C) and paste it into another application. You can then recreate that particular note manually in Accordance.

• You are asked to repeat steps a and b, for each note that has been modified in both places.
8. Close Accordance on the mobile device and then restart it. You can now view the merged User Notes files, Highlight files, and all synced content on the mobile device.