FileSharing V8

Step One:

Your first step will be to choose your sharing method. Cloud based (such as Dropbox or OneDrive) In this example, I will use DropBox.

Step Two:

Next up, you'll want to create copies of folders you wish to be located elsewhere and shared. The 6 primary folders most users will want to share are Data, Jobs, Product Libraries, Insert Libraries, Textures, and Images. These can all be found in your C:\Mozaik folder.

While Textures and Images aren't 100% necessary for sharing/using Mozaik, if there's a chance you'll want to add more textures/images to your jobs you'll want to go ahead and share them as well.

Step Three:

Paste these Copies into a Folder in your Chosen External location.

I have created a Folder inside of my Dropbox folder named "MozaikShareDB" so that it will be easier to organize. Also, as I'm using Dropbox, after the folders are copied I'll want to allow them to Sync.

Step Four:

Next, we'll want to direct Mozaik to use this new location by launching Mozaik and going to:

1) File

2) Preferences

3) File Locations

Note: This will be your second step on any additional seats. With the new first step being to connect to your External Location on the new computer.

Step Five:

You'll be prompted with a window showing a list of the 6 folders as well as their default locations of C:\Mozaik\

Step Six:

Click the browse button next to the Folder you wish to change to your external location. We'll start with Data.

You'll be presented with a window showing a folder tree allowing you to find your external location.

Step Seven:

Then move down the file folder tree to select the Data folder:

1) Dropbox

2) MozaikShareDB

3) Data

Step Eight:

1) Select Data

2) Click OK

This will change the location of where Mozaik looks for the Data folder.

Step Nine:

You will then need to repeat the above(Steps Six, Seven, & Eight) for the remaining folders:

Step Ten:

Click Ok and you'll receive a notice to restart Mozaik for changes to take effect (Simply click OK again)

After restarting Mozaik, the software will now look to your Dropbox folder to access your Data, Jobs, Product Libraries, Inset Libraries, Textures, and Images.

On additional seats you will start by connecting the new seat to the same external location. You will not need to recopy any folders TO your external location. For example with Dropbox, You'll need to download, install, sign in, and Sync.

Once you have verified that you can navigate to the SAME folders (Dropbox\MozaikShareDB\Data, Dropbox\MozaikShareDB\Jobs, etc) as the first seat you'll be ready to start at the MozaikFilePreferencesFile Locations step above (Step Four).

Other Notes:

Click LOCK FILES WHEN IN USE (image below) to prevent multiple users from changing data files at the same time. For example, if USER-A is editing the Material Library, no one else will have the ability to make edits until USER-A exits the library. (this does not prevent users from starting or continuing to work on jobs.)