I don't use the cloud service so I can't answer from direct experience, but from what I can tell, it should. The sync client (on the tablet) would think it's just another newly created document, so it would sync it as a new file (and start the 50-day timer so it can stop sync'ing it if you aren't paying for a subscription).
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Use RCU.
Connect to tablet A. Download the PDF. This should save it as an .rmn file.
Connect to tablet B. Upload the .rmn file.
Neither of my tablets' serial numbers (or machineid values, or whatever they use to "approve" which tablets can and cannot download it) are able to download this version.
If anybody is able to get it, can you share the full filename of the xxx.signed file? This page explains how I "sniff" the process to get the filenames, at least when my tablets are allowed to get the updates.
Upgrade the firmware on your tablet.
My first tablet came with 3.0.something and it was "all combined" like you describe. I upgraded to 3.2.x and then immediately 3.5.x, and since then the "pen selection" and "width selection" choices are separate sections under the "tool selection" menu option. (FWIW my primary tablet is on 3.7.x, and my "experimentation" tablet is on the 3.8.0 beta.)
As for templates ...
- A template is just a PNG file, 1404x1872 pixels, preferably using the 8-bit grey colour space (so it looks the same on the computer as it does on the tablet).
- You can upload them by hand, but you also have to manually edit the JSON file that the reMarkable software reads to learn which template files exist and what their properties are (name, orientation, etc.)
- You can use a program like RCU (which is $12/yr, but does a lot more than just managing templates) or Notable Utility (which is free, but only manages templates) to upload and manage custom templates. I wrote this page about templates before I started using RCU, it has more information and links to a few other resources, including a youtube video which showed me how it was done to begin with.
If you used something like RCU to upload your custom templates (and I think screens), the first time RCU connects to the tablet after the upgrade it will offer to "re-link" these files automatically. No need to re-upload, or manually edit a JSON file.
As long as a PDF is okay for "sharing afterwards", yes.
As for "sharing live" ... I use goMarkableStream for this. You view the tablet in a browser window, and you share the browser window using whatever video sharing software you're already using for the meeting. It works by talking directly to the tablet and does not require a reMarkable Connect subscription or an internet connection (i.e. it can work over a USB cable).
Just be sure to install the correct version of goMarkableStream, depending on the firmware version in your tablet. There are now three different ways for software to access the screen's contents, and each version of goMarkableStream implements only one of them. This is explained on the Github page where you can clone the repo and/or download an executable.
For work, I have a monthly document, previously a notebook with templated pages but now I'm trying a PDF that I made using rm2-cal, that I keep as a long-term record, exported to PDF and backed up to a company-owned file sharing thing.
I also have notebooks for each of the recurring meetings I'm involved in, with the first page being "items for the next meeting", and then when the meeting starts each week I add a new page immediately after that and move items from one page to another as I cover them. These are also retained as PDFs on the company's file-sharing thing.
For personal stuff, it depends. There are some things I keep long-term, but a lot of it is more "to-do list" kinda stuff, like "items I want to cover on remarkable.jms1.info", where once I've done or written whatever it is, that item (or page, or notebook) can go.
And in both cases, I have a Linux server at home which, if the tablets aren't sleeping at the time, automatically "pulls" backups from them every hour. If I ever accidentally delete something (that isn't "brand new"), I can go to the server and find/restore it to either tablet. (Remember I mentioned a list of things I wanted to write about on the web site? 😁)
I have. And while I don't think I've directly quoted anything from it, I have read through parts of it when trying to figure out something new (particularly the first week or two after my first tablet arrived back in June, so if I haven't said it before, THANK YOU for the virtual hand-holding when I first started), and I have definitely sent people links to some of the pages where you had documented things that I either didn't have time to, hadn't investigated yet, or didn't see the need to try and cover again because you already had already explained them.
This new "issues" page is mostly intended for reMarkable themselves, and that particular line was about the fact that reMarkable doesn't provide any documentation about what's at the other end of an ssh command.
My "dream", I guess, is that they'll do like a lot of companies are doing and appoint somebody, maybe one of the devs, or a product manager with a decent amount of technical knowledge, as a "community liaison" kinda thing ... and then start some kind of ... not sure what to call it, maybe a "developer community", for people who are interested in doing more with the tablets than just the standard note-taking and sync'ing to reMarkable Connect that they officially support. I figure they could start with some of the "more technical" users (you, me, Davis/RCU, and ddvk come to mind, plus a few others I only know as Reddit usernames).
The best example I've seen of such a program is the Puppet's Community on slack, where you'll find a mixture of beginner-level questions (but not too many), advanced discussions about internals, and totally off-topic conversations as well. Unfortunately $DAYJOB recently made the decision to switch from Puppet to Ansible (that's a conversation better held in person, over grown-up beverages) so I don't get to spend nearly as much time there as I used to.
I know it's probably never going to happen, but ... a guy can dream, right?
You left out the biggest "con" of all for the KS, at least for me ... privacy (or the lack thereof).
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amazon monitors everything you do with the tablet (or any other "kindle" device), and uses that information to build a profile to target you with advertising.
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If "google play" or "firebase" are installed (they come pre-installed on most android devices), google also monitors which apps you run (whether downloaded from their store or not), and in some cases what you're doing inside those apps ... again, to build a profile to target you with advertising.
I have not seen anything to indicate that reMarkable is collecting or sharing information about how people are using the tablets (although the fact that the reMarkable Connect "cloud" is hosted on google's cloud makes me not trust it, because the files it stores are not encrypted).
Something smells funny here. OP apparently has multiple versions of the document, and is willing to share a macOS version without requiring an email address. There is no reason they couldn't do the same with whatever other versions they've made. To me this smells like an attempt to collect peoples' email addresses, or maybe gather other information via DM. (I could be wrong, and if so I apologize to OP in advance - but I'm calling it like I see it, and to me this smells like something not-good.)
Information about how to update the sleep (and other static) screens is already available from several dozen other web pages, youtube videos, and existing posts in this sub. There are also a handful of third-party programs which can upload and download the files without having to touch a command line at all.
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I use RCU to (among other things) manage not just the "sleep" screen, but also the "power off" and other static screens on my tablets. I so know how to update the files by hand (I've been using Linux since 1993), I just find that RCU makes life easier.
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I've also seen (but not used) Notable Utility, which just manages static screens, is free (as in "zero pricetag"), and is available for macOS, Linux, windows, iOS, and android.
Everybody, PLEASE be careful with sharing your personal information, even if it's just an email address,
There are three "levels" of the reMarkable Connect service ...
- the paid subscription
- the free service
- not connecting at all
These are reMarkable's official information about what is and is not included with the subscription.
I got my first tablet (I own two) back in June, and have not allowed either of them to connect to the reMarkable cloud service at all, so everything below is based on what I've seen and read from other people.
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The reMarkable Connect service is hosted on google's EU cloud. I don't trust google as far as I could throw them, which is the biggest reason my tablets (I have two) don't connect to the service.
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When a tablet is linked to the cloud service, the reMarkable servers are the only thing they talk to. The integrations with google drive, dropbox, and whatever microsoft calls their file sharing thing this week, all work by giving the reMarkable Connect servers access to your accounts with those other services. (I don't know if the third party integrations require a paid Connect subscription, or if they work with the free plan.)
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The handwriting recognition functionality is done by a third party. The pen-stroke data is sent from the tablet to reMarkable, who forwards it on to MyScript for processing. If the reMarkable servers are not accessible, handwriting recognition won't work.
From my own experience, a lot of functionality is still available with the tablets not connected to reMarkable Connect.
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The tablet will still synchronize its clock (using NTP), and check for software updates, without being linked to a reMarkable Connect account.
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The tablet has a VERY simple web interface built into it. When you connect the tablet to a computer, you can visit
http://10.11.99.1/on the computer. This interface allows you to download documents (as PDF files), and upload PDF and EPUB files. One of the settings screens has a switch to enable and disable this web interface.
Not related to the Connect service at all ...
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The tablet is running Linux. You can SSH into the tablet as
root, one of the settings screens will give you the tablet'srootpassword. Be careful though, the tablet's warranty covers the hardware. If you type the wrong command and break the software, reMarkable may not be willing (or able) to help you. -
The tablet comes with a collection of "templates", which are "background images" for the pages in a notebook. An example is horizontal lines, like you would see on the pages of a writing pad, or the grid pattern you see on "graph paper". The reMarkable software has no way to let users manage these templates, however it is possible to upload new templates via SSH if you know what you're doing.
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The same is true of the screens that the tablet shows when it's sleeping or powered off. The reMarkable software doesn't provide a way to manage them, but if you know what you're doing with SSH, you can customize them.
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There are several programs out there which can be used to manage the tablet directly, rather than using a cloud account. I use RCU (which costs $12/yr) to upload and download documents and templates, plus it provides a "virtual printer" function where my computer can "print" to it, and the output that would normally have been printed on paper, ends up being saved as a PDF on the tablet instead. Notable Utility is free, it lets you upload images for sleep screens. I've seen several others but don't have links handy, spend some time reading through this sub and you'll come across most of them.
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There are also programs out there which talk to the reMarkable Connect servers to upload and download files from your tablet. These don't talk to the tablet directly, they rely on the tablet's automatic sync functionality to actually get the files into and out of the tablet.
The only things I've seen the tablet talk directly to, other than the reMarkable cloud, are a reMarkable server collecting some kind of analytics files, and NTP servers (to make the tablet's clock correct).