Jens Hatlak wrote:
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).
If I were syncing files as in Windows Explorer, I would want to be able
to tell it "take the most recent version of each file, and if one
computer lacks it, give it a copy." So to translate for the case of SM,
if one bookmark file had A, B, C and the other had A, B, D, I would want
both to end up with A, B, C, D. Is that an option, or do I have to agree
that one computer has all the answers and the other must accept them?
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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