Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the address book. But there are some oddities when syncing mail, particularly with multiple accounts that get frequently manipulated. Certain mail messages seem only to appear on one machine, and copies of outgoing messages sometimes only remain on the machine they were sent on. Because I'm using two POP accounts and one DotMac account I get some behaviors I haven't been able to figure out. There are many combinations with each account on both machines and on the DotMac account up on the server. And one other small problem is that I would really like to keep some of my accounting files synchronized between desktop and laptop but haven't found a way to do that gracefully. I keep the files on a USB flash drive sometimes, but that's a fragile system with a chance of lost data. I don't entirely trust flash drives, at least not for data I can't replace. Throw in a Palm device and things get even more complicated. Palms synchronize using a special iSync conduit that writes calendar events to iCal and addresses to Address on the Mac, but puts the palm notes in the Palm desktop application, which is necessary for synching even when you're using iCal for your calendar. Palm suggests users only synchronize with one Mac. I can't imagine what can happen when a Palm files gets changed, the Palm gets synchronized to Mac A, Mac A gets synchronized to DotMac on the Mac server. Mac B then gets synchronized via DotMac with the Mac server and the Palm device gets hooked up to Mac B. Oh, and I think only later versions of Tiger will do the Palm dance. I don't think Panther's iSync can do Palms. The head spins with the possibilities. My final solution is to have my Palm only talk to the laptop, and to do my e-mail and accounting only on the laptop. Then I sync the laptop with DotMac. My desktop Mac just reads the files on DotMac and I avoid making changes there. It's not an elegant system. If a list member out there has a cleaner application to do this sort of thing I hope the solution gets posted. J On Monday, January 16, 2006, at 03:27PM, Alan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you should give it a try. If you go to apples web site you can get a 2 month free trial. I did, synced a few times, but haven't been back in a few weeks. It seemed to work well for me. Not the fastest, but can be done at remote locations, besides just at home. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
Have you tried You Syncronize? http://www.yousoftware.com/ Mostly I use iSync for the calendar in the iPod! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the address book. But there are some oddities when syncing mail, particularly with multiple accounts that get frequently manipulated. Certain mail messages seem only to appear on one machine, and copies of outgoing messages sometimes only remain on the machine they were sent on. Because I'm using two POP accounts and one DotMac account I get some behaviors I haven't been able to figure out. There are many combinations with each account on both machines and on the DotMac account up on the server. And one other small problem is that I would really like to keep some of my accounting files synchronized between desktop and laptop but haven't found a way to do that gracefully. I keep the files on a USB flash drive sometimes, but that's a fragile system with a chance of lost data. I don't entirely trust flash drives, at least not for data I can't replace. Throw in a Palm device and things get even more complicated. Palms synchronize using a special iSync conduit that writes calendar events to iCal and addresses to Address on the Mac, but puts the palm notes in the Palm desktop application, which is necessary for synching even when you're using iCal for your calendar. Palm suggests users only synchronize with one Mac. I can't imagine what can happen when a Palm files gets changed, the Palm gets synchronized to Mac A, Mac A gets synchronized to DotMac on the Mac server. Mac B then gets synchronized via DotMac with the Mac server and the Palm device gets hooked up to Mac B. Oh, and I think only later versions of Tiger will do the Palm dance. I don't think Panther's iSync can do Palms. The head spins with the possibilities. My final solution is to have my Palm only talk to the laptop, and to do my e-mail and accounting only on the laptop. Then I sync the laptop with DotMac. My desktop Mac just reads the files on DotMac and I avoid making changes there. It's not an elegant system. If a list member out there has a cleaner application to do this sort of thing I hope the solution gets posted. J On Monday, January 16, 2006, at 03:27PM, Alan Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe you should give it a try. If you go to apples web site you can get a 2 month free trial. I did, synced a few times, but haven't been back in a few weeks. It seemed to work well for me. Not the fastest, but can be done at remote locations, besides just at home. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
Is it new, or maybe part of You Control? I went to the YOU site but found only the YOU control series for fonts, desktops and tunes. J On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:51 AM, sandra ragan wrote: Have you tried You Syncronize? http://www.yousoftware.com/ Mostly I use iSync for the calendar in the iPod! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
I looked, too. Per their site, they no longer distribute You Sync. Don John Siple wrote: Is it new, or maybe part of You Control? I went to the YOU site but found only the YOU control series for fonts, desktops and tunes. J On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:51 AM, sandra ragan wrote: Have you tried You Syncronize? http://www.yousoftware.com/ Mostly I use iSync for the calendar in the iPod! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
That's odd... it isn't new - I downloaded a demo back in October and bought it in December - but it's only showing up on the Support pages... http://www.yousoftware.com/support/syncfaq.php Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:02 AM, John Siple wrote: Is it new, or maybe part of You Control? I went to the YOU site but found only the YOU control series for fonts, desktops and tunes. J On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:51 AM, sandra ragan wrote: Have you tried You Syncronize? http://www.yousoftware.com/ Mostly I use iSync for the calendar in the iPod! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
The demo is one of those keep hitting the not now button types if you want to contact me off list I can send you a copy to play with. Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 11:15 AM, Don wrote: I looked, too. Per their site, they no longer distribute You Sync. Don John Siple wrote: Is it new, or maybe part of You Control? I went to the YOU site but found only the YOU control series for fonts, desktops and tunes. J On Jan 17, 2006, at 8:51 AM, sandra ragan wrote: Have you tried You Syncronize? http://www.yousoftware.com/ Mostly I use iSync for the calendar in the iPod! Sandra Ragan www.plumdigital.com On Jan 17, 2006, at 12:07 AM, John Siple wrote: I've been wrestling with this for a few months now and found that some things work and some don't. I don't think you can keep your entire home directory identical on the two machines using iSync. ISync in 10.4 will do a good job of keeping your iCal data in step, and works well with the -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
Hi - my first posting here having just got an ali Powerbook 1.67 (the older than last model with 1280 resolution screen). I want to be able to move frequently between my Desktop and Powerbook and find the best way to keep in synch. I can just synch via superduper which is a cloner that can incrementally clone one to the other and back again. Are there any particular risks or penalties from using a clone back and forth? I also have Chronosynch which can synch any folders and may be a better way to go but not sure what to exclude. I am using Entourage and have been manually copying the identity over thus far as well as Address Book. One issue is that their are subjective items to each Mac that DON'T want to synch but I am not sure what and where they are. Most of my data is on another partition on each Mac which makes that easy to keep synched. Any advice guidance or pointers would be gratefully appreciated. (I am not using .Mac) all the best Brian -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: guidance sought on keeping home synched between Powerbook and Desktop Mac
Maybe you should give it a try. If you go to apples web site you can get a 2 month free trial. I did, synced a few times, but haven't been back in a few weeks. It seemed to work well for me. Not the fastest, but can be done at remote locations, besides just at home. -- Alan Miller Underwater Photographer °°.°.°.°. http://home.earthlink.net/~uwphoto/ Pismo400, 1G RAM, OS X.4.3 eBay ID uwphotoer Live each day like it is your last because someday you'll be right. On Jan 16, 2006, at 6:20 PM, Brian Steere wrote: (I am not using .Mac) -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
