With Ultimate, your templates and custom mind map themes can be the same on every computer where you use MarkNode. A template or theme you create on one computer is ready when you sit down at another.
Turn On Syncing
On each computer:
- Sign in with the same MarkNode account.
- Choose Tools > Templates & Extensions….
- Turn on Sync to cloud, at the bottom of the window.
You can also use the Sync to cloud switch in the mind map theme picker, just above Custom Themes. It is one setting, so changing it in either place turns syncing on or off for both your templates and your custom mind map themes.
The first time you turn it on, MarkNode brings both libraries together and shows a summary. Templates that are the same on both sides are matched up. When a template has the same name but different content, both are kept: the other computer’s version keeps the name, and yours gets (2) added to its name.
If you’re not signed in, the switch shows Sign in to sync your templates. On the Free and Pro plans, it shows Available with Ultimate.
Keeping Up to Date
After that, there is nothing to do. Your changes are sent shortly after you save, and changes from your other computers arrive when you open MarkNode or come back to its window.
The text beside the switch tells you how things stand:
- Last synced and a time — everything is up to date.
- Syncing… — changes are on their way.
- Offline – will sync later — keep working as usual. Your changes are kept and sent when you are connected again.
- Sync failed – will retry — MarkNode tries again by itself.
A template that can’t be synced shows Not synced in the list. Rest the pointer on it to see why — for example, it is larger than 256 KB, or its name is too long. Make it smaller or rename it, and it syncs the next time.
What Syncs
Syncing includes your own templates and your custom mind map themes. A theme saved in one project isn’t synced as a project theme; MarkNode keeps a copy of it among your custom themes, and that copy syncs. Your templates stay personal until you choose Publish to team. Team templates, team themes and extensions are shared separately.
Deleting a synced template deletes it on your other computers too.
Turn Sync to cloud off whenever you want to pause syncing. Nothing is deleted, on this computer or in the cloud. When you turn it on again, your templates are matched up again, with the same rules as the first time.
When Two Versions Need Your Choice
If you change the same template on two computers before they have synced, MarkNode asks which version to keep. A notification Template changed in the cloud offers Open Templates & Extensions, where a dialog shows who made the other change. For a mind map theme, the notification is Theme changed in the cloud, and Resolve… opens the dialog.
- Reload — use the other version and drop your change.
- Save as copy — keep your version under a new name, with
(2)added, and use the other version under the original name.
If you deleted the template on this computer, only Reload is offered.
To learn about shared templates and themes, see Team Library and Team Mind Map Themes.