Re: Slow and Fast Synchronization
- From: "David W. Poole, Jr." <STKR!@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2005 02:08:56 -0400
On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 04:26:09 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
<newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> was understood to have stated the
following:
>David W. Poole, Jr. wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 16 Jul 2005 07:01:08 GMT, "jm7" <not_real_address@xxxxxx> was
>> understood to have stated the following:
>>
<snip>
>>
>> Fast and Slow Synchronization
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>
>You hit two bird with one stone. This explains why I sometimes get a slower
>HotSync process. My Windows 98 laptop is used for HotSync and it only has
>32 megabytes of RAM, which gives you a rough idea of the need for
>efficiency. It wasn't long ago that I disabled synchronisation of all
>applications apart from a few that I actively use.
Disabling synchronization of unused applications is a decent idea. In
my case I want all the information synced. I've always synced with my
work PCs as well as my home PCs. The first thing I do when I power up
is hotsync, and that's the last operation I perform before I shut
down. If I had a laptop I would sync with it, but part of the appeal
of a PDA is not having to lug a laptop with. :-D
<snip>
>> As another person mentioned, if you want to minimize your first sync
>> at a computer that's different than the last one you've synced with,
>> set the actions (BUT NOT THE DEFAULTS!) of EACH of the conduits to
>> "Handheld overwrites desktop." Of course, make sure there are no
>> edits on the "new" desktop that you want to keep, because they most
>> certainly will be lost.
>
>
>This appears to offer an unsafe solution that is troublesome over the long
>run. I suggest that the OP learns to tolerate the slow HotSync or give up
>one of the synchronisation nodes (desktops). Multiple desktops are better
>off avoided where possible, also when it comes to general filesystem
>management. Bookmarks, domains, E-mail and so forth likewise.
I've experienced where making massive edits to your PIM data on one
desktop can be disastrous on your next "sync." Made some massive edits
to my memos on one machine, hot synced, then went to the next machine,
and after the hotsync everything was unfiled. Now when I make these
types of "massive edits" I *always* make sure I set the memo conduit
to "handheld overwrites desktop" on the soon-to-be slow sync'ed
machine. Other than that, I haven't seen any drawbacks to
synchronizing to multiple PCs.
I also regularly carry about a 40gig USB powered laptop drive
(fortunately it's almost *exactly* the same size as my T|3) between a
wide number of PCs; managing files on multiple desk tops can be an
interesting endeavor. My "main" data sets, if you will, is on that
drive, and I've got a number of servers set up to run off of it on
whatever PC I load it for, just should I get the hankerin' for some
client/server development. :-D
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