Wednesday, January 02, 2002, 6:23:57 PM, you wrote: [...] JF>> Okay, after that, does it matter which system becomes the "master"?
> No. JF>> E.g., say I will normally use the notebook as my "everyday" computer. JF>> Then, say, for reasons of convenience, I use the desktop to download JF>> some e-mail (and maybe add a new folder) without first "synchronizing" JF>> it with the notebook. > It doesn't matter. You only have to synchronise once. The > synchronisation process doesn't delete mail. It merely adds mail, > folders and settings from the source system that aren't present in the > target system. Hmmnn. JF>> How would I get the two systems "synchronized" again? > If both installations have mail that the other doesn't have and you > really wish for one to be a replica of the other then you'd have to > synchronise twice, in both directions. Okay, I think I understand that part. JF>> Or would I be out of luck in that case? JF>> Does it work in the same manner as the "synchronization" process that JF>> goes on between my Palm Pilot and my computer? I.e., I press the JF>> "Sync" button on the cradle and the program figures out which JF>> information belongs on each device to bring them both up-to-date with JF>> each other? JF>> How about a step-by-step tutorial? > Alright. > Say you've been using the laptop for a while and wish to switch to > using the desktop. You wish to update the desktops TB! installation so > that the templates and mail folders will be like the laptops. You'd do > the following: > a) On the desktop, start the synchronisation panel and run step 1. > What this does is create a snapshot of the settings and mail folder > structure/content, present in the desktop installation. > Copy the file generated during this process to a zip disk. > b) On the laptop installation, open the synchronisation panel and > select step 2. In this step the laptop installation is compared with > that of the desktop using the file on the zip disk. You'll therefore > be prompted for this file. Okay, I think I understand that. > It will generate another file. This one will contain all the > restoration data to update the desktop installation to be like the > laptop installation. You'll be asked to enter a file name of your > choice for this restoration file etc. And here's where I'm having some trouble. > When you're finished, save this new file to a zip disk and go back to > the desktop. > c) On the desktop, run step 3 in the synchronisation panel. > It will ask you for the restoration file that you generated on the > laptop in step 2. It will now use the data in that file to update the > desktop installation. > You're done!! I'll say. And ready for the funny-farm as well. It surely isn't as easy as the sync function for the PDA/desktop. > Clear as mud?? :-) Not exactly. :( But you explained it *much* better than the Help file did. I suppose I'm just going to have to do it a few times to get the hang of it, which is a frightening thought for someone who's had the computer problems that I've had recently. It's more complicated than I thought. I was hoping it would be about as dumb-proof as doing a backup/restore. Even *I* was able do that one. :-D I may have to go to plan B, which would be to never use the desktop version of TB! without first synchronizing it with the notebook. Thanks again for the walk-through, Allie! -- Joe Finocchiaro mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
