(Archived) HELP: Sharing scenario with multiple devices

[coolm19 0]

Here is my scenario that I need help with:

I am using Evernote as a 'recipe box'. I have 8 notebooks of various categories (Appetziers, Main Dishes, etc). I have a free account which I have syncing between my iphone, ipad and Windows laptop. I would like to use this recipe book as a family recipe book between my two sisters (each with an iphone and laptop) and my mother (only a laptop).

My ultimate goal is to only enter the main recipes once, and have each person have the ability to enter/edit the recipes on their own devices, which then can't be seen by the other people. So the main recipe box will be copied to all devices, but they each user will only be able to edit or add to what they have on their devices.

I'm not sure if I need to go premium, or if I can just do a database export for the desktops, but then how will this affect their mobile devices? If each person gets their own account and I share the notebooks with modification rights can I then go back to being free with out affecting their notebooks?

Please help me find the best way to accomplish this!

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

Please do not start multiple threads on the same question. I've deleted your other post & moved this to the general Evernote section.

[gazumped 12,050]

Hi @coolm19. Have a look at these notes (mine) on sharing notes. You seem to be wanting to build the space shuttle from lego bricks - I'm not sure whether this is possible in Evernote (which is otherwise a pretty cool application) but I'd guess not. Your closest approximation is going to be if you all have Premium accounts and share one notebook with each other. Your family can copy your notes into their private notebooks and change them as required, then move the recipes they want to share into their shared notebook to pass them around. Good luck - tell us if you make it work!

[coolm19 0]

Do you think that this would work:

I use my own account and do a database export from my laptop, then on the laptops the 3 users create their own accounts and do a database import? Would this give them the rights to edit this database to their liking? Then if they have a mobile device it can be synced with their own account and database.

[BurgersNFries 2,407]

Do you think that this would work:

I use my own account and do a database export from my laptop, then on the laptops the 3 users create their own accounts and do a database import? Would this give them the rights to edit this database to their liking? Then if they have a mobile device it can be synced with their own account and database.

That will work. But to clarify, each account will be separate & will have no impact on everyone else's database. So if you build a database, export & then Aunt Judy imports the enex file to her account, then changes a recipe or adds a new one, the change/new recipe only exists in her account. However, if she's added a recipe, she can select that single note, export it to enex & give the other three users a copy of the enex file. They can then import the enex file & now have their own copy of her newly added recipe.

BTW, this will work with free accounts.

[coolm19 0]

Do you think that this would work:

I use my own account and do a database export from my laptop, then on the laptops the 3 users create their own accounts and do a database import? Would this give them the rights to edit this database to their liking? Then if they have a mobile device it can be synced with their own account and database.

That will work. But to clarify, each account will be separate & will have no impact on everyone else's database. So if you build a database, export & then Aunt Judy imports the enex file to her account, then changes a recipe or adds a new one, the change/new recipe only exists in her account. However, if she's added a recipe, she can select that single note, export it to enex & give the other three users a copy of the enex file. They can then import the enex file & now have their own copy of her newly added recipe.

BTW, this will work with free accounts.

That will be fine. As long as I can get the original database to each user they can edit as they see fit.

If they then want to share notes they can with us other users, but we just won't be able to edit them is that correct? Unless of course we export/import that specific notes enex like you said earlier.