Very interesting topic, is actually about 'good computership'. Why don't you split the tasks for both computers: 1. on the static computer heavy lay-outing, photoshop, film kind of activities + your wife's email account there.
2. Your mobile computer only contains EntX+your account and some demo programs, Appleworks,.... 3. Synchronisation only between your mobile computer and your palmheld ? Sven On 2003-01-02 16:45, "Jim Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe I've asked about this before, but haven't resolved the issues. I > have discovered a few more things and tried some things that DIDN'T help, so > I thought I'd bring this up again. > > Usually I read my mail at home on my dual 1 GHz "mirrored doors" G4. > However, I try to keep my Entourage identity up to date on my PowerBook G4 > 400 MHz as well. > > Sometimes, after I use Synchronize Pro X 2.0 to synchronize the two > computers (the folder I synchronize contains aliases to the "Main Identity" > folders on the two computers, as well as aliases to several other key files; > e.g, my Quicken datafile (which turns out to be a package, not a file), and > my Web Confidential passwords file), I won't be able to read new mail in > Entourage from the dual 1 GHz G4 because the retrieval of mail hangs with > the beachball spinning. If the PowerBook is networked, a "connect to server" > dialog pops up as Entourage tries to retrieve the mail, with the PowerBook's > hard drive selected. Once I log in and mount the PowerBook's drive on my > dual 1 GHz's desktop, the rest of the mail retrieval session proceeds > normally. Curiously, if the two Macs AREN'T networked, the desktop Mac can > EVENTUALLY retrieve all the mail from the POP server (it seems to do it in > increments of about 5 messages, one group every 5 minutes or so). I don't > have any automatic sessions scheduled. The other curiosity is that I don't > recall seeing this problem occur on the PowerBook when IT isn't connected to > the desktop machine. > > If, after synchronizing, I retrieve some new mail to the Main Identity > database on the PowerBook, then synchronize AGAIN, I can disconnect the two > machines and conduct additional mail retrieval sessions from the desktop > Mac. > > I've tried repairing permissions on both computers before and after > synchronizations. This doesn't help. Both machines are running Jaguar > 10.2.3, but the problem began at least as far back as 10.1.5 > > Any idea what's going on? > > Jim Robertson -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
