I don't use Wifi sync but I'm pretty sure it's working well lately, and
provides task level sync. The one issue that has been raised that I can
remember is that syncing two different mobile devices to the same file
(maybe the same computer) requires re-pairing ie, doesn't really work easy.


On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 1:52 AM, Wallace Gilbraith <[email protected]>wrote:

> The screen calibration on my old Palm TX is starting to fail, so I’m
> moving over to Android, on a HTC One, now running Android 4.3 (and HTC
> Sense 5.5).
>
> My desktop setup is Outlook 2003 service pack 3, running in Windows XP 5.1
> with service pack 3.
>
>
>
> I’ve been keen to find Android solutions to Outlook’s Calendar, Contacts
> and Tasks.
>
> My desktop is now using MLO for Windows Pro 4.2.1, and the Android is
> using MLO Pro 1.6.9. I paid for the Pro version so I can sync by wi-fi.
>
>
>
> I’d like to be able to
>
> Add Tasks on the desktop, for things I may need to do in the future,
>
> and at the same time
>
> Check off, or defer, or add, on the handheld, for the Tasks I’m completing
> at the moment
>
> And at the end of the day, synchronise my changes so both sides are
> updated.
>
>
>
> When syncing Outlook to Palm, any Tasks that have been changed on one side
> are updated on the other.
>
> Any Tasks that have been updated on both sides are duplicated, so I can
> review them, and keep the one I want.
>
>
>
> On the Wi-Fi Sync, the Android version offers two choices for dealing with
> conflicts, on the ‘both sides changed item’ option
>
> Apply server version
>
> Use local version
>
>
>
> From my Outlook/ Palm experience, I expect the MLO sync to merge the
> Windows and Android data, updating both sides for any changes made on the
> other, and only giving priority to one side in the event that the Same Task
> has been updated on both sides.
>
>
>
> However, rather than ‘Synchronising’, what seems to be happening is the
> entire *.mlo data file is simply Copied from one side to the other, in the
> specified direction.
>
>
>
> Can this be right, or am I missing something?
>
>
>
>
>
> I’ve had a look online for advice, and in Jun 212, ‘Dwight’ described the
> same situation, at
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mylifeorganized/both$20sides$20changed$20item/mylifeorganized/7GeDqZjqQq0/DmMPq_q--QgJ
>
> It looks like I have to get real disciplined about syncing, after every
> single edit on either platform, maybe dozens of times a day.
>
>
>
> In Jun 2011, ‘yurkennis’ requested an improvement, at
>
>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mylifeorganized/both$20sides$20changed$20item/mylifeorganized/NTDsynZlgCk/nFDF5jA5E2IJ
>
>
>
> I wonder, has any progress been made to add more functionality to the sync
> feature?
>
>
>
> Wallace Gilbraith
>
>
>
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