[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Missing Sync working diffrently than Palm Hot Sync

[Paul Berkowitz]

On 6/28/05 10:51 AM, "Steven Shirey" <shirey at dtm.ciw.edu> wrote:

> I find that for Calendar or Date Book uses, Missing Sync does not work
> in a logical way the same way that Palm's Hot Sync does. For example
> when using Palm Hot Sync, any change to either the PDA or the Palm
> Desktop becomes the preferred change which is then copied to the other
> utility. If you change a record on the PDA it becomes changed on the
> Desktop. If it is changed on the Desktop it becomes changed on the PDA.
> This to me is the defnition of synchronization and it is quite efficient.
> 
> Missing Sync works in a different way. If a record is changed on the PDA
> or the Palm Desktop then the program always asks which one to keep as
> the wanted change after making a copy of the new entry and saving it on
> both the computer and the PDA along with the old entry. Then one has to
> go in and delete the unwanted entry on the PDA and the Palm Desktop. I
> find this quite time consuming and annoying. Why does Missing Sync do
> this? Who at Mark Space thought such a cumbersome arrangement was an
> improvement over Palm Hot Sync?

That's not Missing Sync doing that. I use Missing Sync with the Entourage
Conduit and nothing like that ever happens - it works as you describe in the
first paragraph. What you're describing sounds rather like iSync at work -
are you using an iSync conduit? But you mention Palm Desktop, not Address
Book or iCal.

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Paul Berkowitz