Re: syncing with Pilotmanager(sun) & Hotsync(PC)

[Dave Aronovitz <David.Aronovitz@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

When synching with more than one desktop be sure to set the mode to full merge and set the palm device 
to be the master. This will reduce the number of errors and duplicates.

Dave

> Subject: Re: syncing with Pilotmanager(sun) & Hotsync(PC)
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> I sync my calendar to both my Sun and, using the Palm desktop, to my PC at 
> home.  It mostly works.  I used to lose an occasional appointment, but it 
> hasn't happened in a long time. Things I have learned:
> 
> - don't sync a date range; both I and friend lost massive amounts of data 
> one time doing this (the pilot was cleaned out -- luckily we were able to 
> recover from the Sun).  It works fine 99% of the time,... and we never 
> figured out what causes the problem.
> 
> - repeating appointments are a problem.  They are treated differently on 
> the Palm and on the Sun calendar.  As others have said, it is best to 
> modify a repeating appt on the device it was created on.  I think that 
> most/all of my other lost appointments were repeating appts.
> 
> -  I do get occaisional duplicates.  I've learned to live with this.
> 
> - I now check that my syncs haven't deleted anything.  After doing a sync, 
> I
> 
> cd /home/<self>/.pilotmgr/SyncCM
> tail SyncCM.log
> 
> I pay particular attention to any deletions.  I find that there are a set 
> of appointments in 1998 that cycle through being added to either the Sun 
> or the Palm, and then deleted, so sometimes I have them twice and 
> sometimes not at all.  I have tried deleting the appointments in both 
> places and they still get recreated.  It's like there are gremlins in the 
> machine.  But they are old appointments, and it doesn't seem to happen to 
> anything more recent.
> 
> Robin
> 
> |Date: Wed, 22 Dec 1999 12:11:25 +0000
> |From: Brendan Cawley <brendan.cawley@xxxxxxxxxx>
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> |To: pilotmanager alias <pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> |Subject: syncing with Pilotmanager(sun) & Hotsync(PC)
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> |Are there any issues with using both the PilotManager on my sun at work, 
> and
> |the Palm desktops software on a PC to sync my Pilot?
> |
> |Is anyone doing this?
> |
> |Is it a recommended practice or not?
> |
> |Thanks in advance.
> |
> |Brendan.
> |
> |
> |
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