Norman Fuchs wrote:
I have added a number of computers to sync with my desktop, but I'm not sure I did it all correctly. On both my desktop and a laptop the "computer name" displayed under Preferences > Sync is the same. Is that right?
No. You won't lose much this way, but only if you use different computer names, the Tabs from Other Computers (from the View menu) feature will start making sense. ;-)
I'm not sure how sync works -- if I tell my laptop to sync, does it import the settings from my desktop or the other way round?
It works both ways. Normally, Sync runs in the background, but you can also trigger it manually (form the Tools menu or using the optional customizable toolbar button). When it starts a sync run, it merges incoming changes with outgoing ones and transfers the result back to the server (well, actually I don't know where exactly the merging happens but it works). You can disable syncing certain aspects of your profile (like bookmarks or history) per client, and each time you set up a new client, you can define how the initial sync should be done (under Sync Options: merge, replace local or replace remote).
HTH Jens -- Jens Hatlak <http://jens.hatlak.de/> SeaMonkey Trunk Tracker <http://smtt.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
