I am fervent about cloud syncing, but then I don't have your trust issues. I have a desktop computer, a netbook, iPhone, and an iPad (early next month) that I need to keep all in sync, and cloud computing is the best way to do that in my opinion.
I agree that automatic syncing is the way to go, and in my experience cloud computing is better at this than local syncing. I have kept my Outlook data automatically in sync between desktop and laptop computers for several years now using Exchange Server (cloud). With the iPhone and soon-to-be-acquired iPad, I have recently switched to Apple's MobileMe cloud syncing service. Although I have used the MobileMe service for only 3 weeks, so far it has automatically synced my contacts, calendar, and email seamlessly between Outlook on 2 of my computers and my iPhone. I have several apps on my iPhone that don't offer cloud computing, but require local syncing. None of these local syncing apps are automatic. They all require initiating the sync on both the iPhone and the target computer, and in some cases have required me to reset the IP address, hardly automatic. I have only tried locally syncing my data on those apps requiring local syncs between my desktop computer and my iPhone. I have not tried to locally sync my data between desktop and laptop computers. My experience in trying to do this with 2 computers and with a pocket PC as a conduit between the 2 computers never gave me decent results. So for now, on those apps that require local syncing, my data is "trapped" on just one of my computers. If I could find alternative apps that offer cloud syncing, I would drop my local syncing apps in a heart beat. Saying all of this, I wouldn't mind having local syncing as a backup syncing methodology in those rare cases where I am on the road with a laptop and my iPhone where there is no service coverage. In this isolated case, I would be able to locally sync my data between my iPhone and laptop until I had coverage again. But I will definitely use cloud computing anytime that I can. As service coverage and devices that can access that coverage become more and more pervasive, developers will be wise to adopt cloud computing as their customer base will demand it. Ron On Mar 22, 5:22 am, Dominique GEORGES <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Andrey, > > I'm really not fervent of cloud sync ! > Again, this implies our date (private, professional, ...) have to stay > somewhere, where we do NOT have any control, and really do not know > what happens with our data. > > I don't trust this. > > I highly prefer a local sync mechanism, as esy as your application is > to use. > I hate non automatic actions, required by users to be synced. > > Like on an iPhone, to plug the stupid cable to sync with outlook, ... > while we have bluetooth which do the job for us, everytime, ... ! > This is what I need for MLO also ! > > A sync tool that is full automatic, that does not require Internet to > be used, and that can work on a locally basis (PC <--> iPhone) > > Regards, > Dominique > > On Mar 22, 9:50 am, "Andrey Tkachuk (MLO)" > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Since Outlook does not support hierarchy it it not possible to assign > > task imported from Outlook to any project in MLO. MLO will not parse > > the UDF fields and will not move the tasks to projects after sync with > > Outlook. The only way to keep hierarchy is to sync one MLO file to > > other directly (using different methods like FTP sync, USB drive, or > > third party syncing). We are also working on cloud sync which will > > help you to keep all your MLO applications in sync with single > > database. > > > A. > > > On Mar 21, 9:21 pm, Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > My setup: > > > - Home computer with MLO > > > - Work computer with MLO > > > - Nokia E52 work phone > > > - Task syncing through Outlook 2007 and Exchange on all devices. > > > > My problem: > > > Tasks are synced fine between all devices through exchange and > > > outlook, but when automatically imported to MLO through outlook, the > > > project dependency for the task is missing. So when I create a task on > > > my work computer and assign to what project it belongs to, it is > > > imported to my home MLO setup but without the project dependency. My > > > home MLO setup sees this tasks as "new" and assigned to the "inbox" > > > folder in MLO, instead of the project it belongs to. Contexts > > > exchanged fine using outlook categories. I know I can embed the > > > project and context names as being part of the task name, but does MLO > > > parse this information from the task and organize it correctly? > > > > My question: > > > Is it possible to setup my environment so, that a task in one MLO > > > setup is transferred to its correct project in another MLO setup, and > > > not as a "new" task when it is imported?- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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