PS I realize the Main ID folder on the iBook is simply recreating itself whenever I move it to trash...but recreating its 'old' (june 6) version...
Barbara > From: Larry Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:58:40 -0500 (CDT) > To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Synchronizing? > > On Tue, 21 Jun 2005, Barbara Hodge wrote: > >> Larry >> >> Thanks very much. Can you remind me what Database demon is all about? > > That's what generates your calendar alerts, etc. My experience is if you > don't have alerts on, then the Database Daemon won't be running (I don't > use Entrourage's calendar and don't have alerts on so I never see a > Database Daemon process running). > >> And: do I just trash the iBook's Main ID folder (under Documents) and copy >> the main mac's folder into that place? IBook's E'rage will automatically >> refer to that new one? > > Yes. > >> If I want to make a backup of the current Main ID for my trip - do I make a >> dmg/disk image and compress that? That is what I usually do - very time >> consuming, though... > > Up to you. You could just rename it - no need to compress unless disk > space is an issue. I can't see any reason to need to put it into a disk > image. > > Normally, I don't even keep a Main Identity folder on the iBook. When I > need it, I copy via Appleshare the Main Identity from my desktop (I do it > enough that I even have an alias on the iBook for the MUD folder of the > desktop). When I return, I first drag the main Mac's now out-of-date Main > Identity to the Trash (by trashing first, the old is still there for > short-term backup (copying over the file results in its immediate > deletion) should there be a problem copying back from the iBook). Then > from the iBook push the Main Identity folder back to the main Mac. Once > I've verified all is well, I trash the iBook's now obsolete Main Identity > (since I don't want to waste time and space backing it up). > > The only issue is window sizes. Since the main Mac is a 20" half-dome iMac > and the iBook is an iBook (with many fewer pixels of screen real-estate), > when I first open Entourage on the iBook, the main window size is usually > too big. Click the green window button to resize it to full-screen (and > get the "sizing point" back on the screen) and then size as desired. > > Safari or other browser bookmarks can be similarly moved. > > -- Larry Stone > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> >> Thanks >> >> Barbara >> >>> From: Larry Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 06:30:35 -0500 >>> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[email protected]> >>> Subject: Re: Synchronizing? >>> >>> On 6/21/05 4:43 AM, Barbara Hodge at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>>> Question: >>>> >>>> I recently bought an iBook G4, and, 2 weeks ago, transferred my entourage >>>> etc data across. Yesterday, I wanted to bring the iBook up to date, and >>>> after much reading etc created an ".rge" file of my main Mac's E'rage, and >>>> transferred this to ibook. When I double clicked on it, it 'launched' >>>> itself >>>> and imported itself into the iBook's e'rage. >>>> >>>> Now the result is that within e'rage (iBook), I now have a folder called >>>> 'Main Identity.rge" which nmearly duplicates everything else I have in >>>> there. But it has not transferred certain folders across. >>>> >>>> Did I do the right thing? (probably no). Is deleting all 'older' folders >>>> the >>>> next sensible step? >>>> >>>> How do I synchronize the e'rage - ideally without having to buy other >>>> software? >>> >>> If your goal is just to make the iBook's Entourage database identical to the >>> main Mac's database (there's nothing in the iBook's Entourage database you >>> need except for what is also in the main Mac's database), just copy the Main >>> Identity folder from the main Mac to the iBook. I do that all the time when >>> I travel - copy the folder to the iBook, go on my trip, copy it back when >>> I'm back. Main sure the Database Daemon is shutdown before doing the copy. >>> >>> -- Larry Stone >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://www.stonejongleux.com/ >>> >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe: >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> archives: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >>> old-archive: >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >>> >> >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe: >> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> archives: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> >> old-archive: >> <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> >> > -- > To unsubscribe: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > archives: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> > old-archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/> > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
