lostinasia
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I'm trying to figure out how to regularly get my iPhone's flashcards for User Dictionary entries to match what I have on my iPad. I know syncing isn't available (yet?), but how can I export to my iPhone and then get the flashcards to see those user dictionary entries?
Context: I mainly use my iPad for "at home" studying, which often involves making new User Dictionary entries, and then adding those user dictionary entries to flashcards. Studying those on the iPad is no problem at all. But when I'm out and about I like to study flashcards on my iPhone. The flashcards that link to downloaded dictionaries sync no problem, but the User Dictionary entries, unsurprisingly, aren't there.
What I try to do: from the iPad, I export a txt file, and then I download those to my iPhone as "User[current date]". And that's all fine when I'm using the dictionary. But when I study flashcards, I get the prompt "The dictionary or entry that this card links to appears to be missing or unavailable". I can "Change dictionary entry" to find the newer version of the User Dictionary, but if I do that, that seems to break the link for synced card back on the iPad. I guess I want to somehow remap the links on the iPhone that are still looking for the old User Dictionary to the new User Dictionary, without also remapping the links on the iPad.
What may be messing me up: at some point in the past I deleted the User Dictionary from the iPhone, because the way I'd imported had led to five or six duplicate entries. I had all that data elsewhere so perhaps I was too cavalier about deleting it, but I guess the Pleco flashcards lost the "links".
I'm guessing there's an easier way to do this.
Thanks for any help you can offer!
Context: I mainly use my iPad for "at home" studying, which often involves making new User Dictionary entries, and then adding those user dictionary entries to flashcards. Studying those on the iPad is no problem at all. But when I'm out and about I like to study flashcards on my iPhone. The flashcards that link to downloaded dictionaries sync no problem, but the User Dictionary entries, unsurprisingly, aren't there.
What I try to do: from the iPad, I export a txt file, and then I download those to my iPhone as "User[current date]". And that's all fine when I'm using the dictionary. But when I study flashcards, I get the prompt "The dictionary or entry that this card links to appears to be missing or unavailable". I can "Change dictionary entry" to find the newer version of the User Dictionary, but if I do that, that seems to break the link for synced card back on the iPad. I guess I want to somehow remap the links on the iPhone that are still looking for the old User Dictionary to the new User Dictionary, without also remapping the links on the iPad.
What may be messing me up: at some point in the past I deleted the User Dictionary from the iPhone, because the way I'd imported had led to five or six duplicate entries. I had all that data elsewhere so perhaps I was too cavalier about deleting it, but I guess the Pleco flashcards lost the "links".
I'm guessing there's an easier way to do this.
Thanks for any help you can offer!