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30Nov/082

Synchronizing OmniFocus via WebDAV on Gentoo Linux

The biggest new feature in [OmniFocus](http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omnifocus) 1.5 will be the possibility to synchronize multiple OmniFocus to one single database.
This is very nice as, I suppose, a lot of people have multiple installations of OmniFocus and keeping all of them up to date is a hassle. Especially now, as OmniFocus is also available for the iPhone a synchronization feature is an absolute must to keep doing GTD "stress-free".

There are several ways to set up the synchronization feature:
* **[MobileMe](http://me.com)** This is probably the most convenient way but it requires you to have a MobileMe account.
* **Bonjour** Synchronizing via Bonjour requires to make one Mac to function as a "database server" (which has to be up and running if you want to sync) and synchronizing is only possible over the local network.
* **Disk** If you have NAS system or a USB hard drive connected to your AirPort you could use this option. But unfortunately the iPhone does not support this way.
* **WebDAV** If you have access to a web server you could use that one as an OmniFocus database server. This way you have access to your tasks from all over the world.

In this tutorial I want to show you how you can configure an apache web server to support WebDAV and what you have to do to make OmniFocus use your very own "cloud".