On Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:39:56 -0600, Joe Finocchiaro [JF] graced us with
these comments:
...
>> 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.
JF> 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.
JF> And here's where I'm having some trouble.
Let's consider for a moment what's being done and then read the steps
again.
You wish to efficiently make the desktop TB! installation have all the
mail, folders, accounts, templates and new settings that the laptop
installation has.
The laptop installation will have to be the source of the update
information. However, it needs to know what is already on the desktop
installation so that it will provide only what the desktop needs and
nothing more to synchronise it. The file that you generate by running
step 1 on the desktop, contains this necessary information.
In step 2, the laptop takes the file generated in strep 1, the file
containing data about the desktop TB! installation, and analyses it.
>From this analysis, it will prepare a new file. This 'update' file
will contain the necessary data to synchronise the desktop
installation to have all that the laptop installation has.
Step 3 is just the final synchronisation process. You point the
desktop system to the update file which it then uses to update its
installation.
Analogy of what the steps are like:
Allie:
Hey Joe, I need to have a desktop system just like
yours. However, I already have one and it would be better if I
just modified this one as needed, instead of going out and
getting a whole new one.
Joe:
Well, what do you already have in your system? If you tell me
this then I can just tell you what you need to do.
Allie: (Step1)
Ok. I have a PIII 700Mhz with 128MB of RAM on an IWill
motherboard. I also have a Sound Blaster Live an NVidia
GeForce2 MX video with 32 MB of RAM etc.
Joe: (Step 2)
Hey, I got your message. All you really need to do is change
the motherboard to an Intel model #xxx and upgrade your RAM
to 384 MB and you'll be just like me.
Allie: (step 3)
I got you on that. I went out and got the board, the RAM, and
installed them without a hitch. Everything is running fine as
you promised it would be. It was really a hardware problem
afterall.
JF> It surely isn't as easy as the sync function for the PDA/desktop.
Nope. The PDA sync function is started and completed with the press of
a button. :-)
>> Clear as mud?? :-)
JF> Not exactly.
Hopefully, this additional explanation will make things clearer so
that you will feel comfortable to try it again.
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