Nearby Sync

You can use either Wi-Fi (nearby) or the Cloud to synchronize. For instructions on syncing over the cloud, see the Cloud Sync topic.

*Before you can sync, you must have a copy of the same document open on each of your devices. Use the Send Document function to transfer a copy of your document from one device to another. On Mac click on the Share button at the bottom of the main Documents window. On iOS, tap on the share button at the top of the main Documents view and select “Send Document”. Once you have the same document open on each device, then you can setup sync between them. Tap Forms must be running on each device and have the main Documents view visible in order for the transfer to take place. See the Sharing with Another Device topic for more information.

To configure synchronization with nearby devices via Wi-Fi:

1. Open the same database document on each device you want to sync with.
2. Under the Tap Forms menu, select Preferences.
3. Click Sync.
4. Click Nearby.
5. If the device isn’t listed, click the plus button.
6. Select the device.
7. Click Done.

Do the same on all of your devices so that Tap Forms on each device is connected to each other. You will need to do this with every database document that you want to sync with each of your other devices.

It’s ok to have some devices syncing one document and other devices syncing other documents. For example, you may want to sync your private information with just your devices, but sync your shared information with a family member or co-worker with one or more of their devices.

*Each device must be on and have the same database document open at the same time in order for Nearby sync to function. The moment you make a change on one device is when synchronization will begin on all your devices.

*If a device doesn’t show up, check the length of your device names. They should be no more than 25 characters or os. For example, if my device was called “Brendan Duddridge’s iPhone 6 Plus”, that would be 33 characters. This will cause the device not to show up in the list even if it has the same document open. This is due to a networking issue where devices on the network can’t have names longer than 63 characters. But Tap Forms prefixes the device name with the document ID which is already 35 characters, plus an @ character.