[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Where are the backups?

[Eric Ullman]

Hi Ken, and welcome to The Missing Sync.

We use the same basic folder structure as HotSync Manager, which allows
someone using the older stuff an easy upgrade path. You will find the
various components in the same places. (If you aren't familiar with
UNIX-style path names, the tilde character (~) represents your user home
folder, /Users/[YourUserName]/.

  Conduits: /Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Conduits/
            ~/Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Conduits/

(Conduits in your home folder will be available to you, but not to other
users of your computer.)

  Backups:  ~/Documents/Palm/Users/[YourHandheldName]/Backups/

One thing that we do differently is archive deleted PRCs and PDBs from the
handheld. When you delete a file from the handheld, The Missing Sync's
Backup conduit moves the backup of that file into an Archive folder. The
reason we do this is to provide perfect restores.

When you restore a handheld with HotSync Manager, every file ever backed up
from the handheld is restored, including old applications that you may have
deleted months ago. In some cases, the restore does not complete before the
handheld runs out of memory.

When you use The Missing Sync to restore a handheld, it only restores the
files that were present during the last backup, leaving you with a perfect
clone of what you had before. The archive then allows you to manually
restore something that you deleted in the past, perhaps without meaning to,
even after you've performed additional backups since you deleted the file.

  Archives: ~/Documents/Palm/Users/[YourHandheldName]/Backups/Archive/

I hope this helps, and I hope that you enjoy using The Missing Sync!

Best regards,

Eric Ullman
Mark/Space, Inc.


On 3/2/05 2:12, "Ken at Meancode Media" <ken at meancode.com> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am quite new to Missing Sync.  I bought it when I could no longer sync via
> USB with HotSync.  Using BT is just too slow!
> 
> I have a couple questions.
> 
> The first is: Where are my backupa?  Using HotSync these are stored in my
> Palm user folder in my personal Documents folder (I use Mac OS X).
> 
> Where does Missing Sync put these files on my hard drive. When I do a search
> on my HD for say "ActNames.prc" I only find one copy, in my Palm Backups
> folder.
> 
> I want to know so I can schedule Retrospect to back it up.  Thanks.
> 
> Ken