[missing-sync-winmobile-talk] Syncess, finally

[Ken Freeman]

On 10/4/05 3:26 PM, "jbenavrom-markspace at yahoo.com"
<jbenavrom-markspace at yahoo.com> wrote:

> The later #5 beta seems to be working for me. I've
> managed mulitple consecutive syncs without a problem.
> 
> I also figured out a work-around for what could have
> been a big problem. My iCal calender and addressbook
> were both in good shape and up to date on the Mac. But
> a problem with the PocketPC forced me to restore a
> week-old backup. I knew this would be a problem when
> trying to sync. Here's what I did: I made a full
> backup of the iCal and addressbook data. Ran a sync.
> It screwed up all the data on my Mac - as expected. I
> restored my data from the backup and ran another sync.
> This was enough to fix iCal and get it back on track.
> Addressbook was still all screwed up. But one more
> restore from the backup and sync actually got that
> working again. It took more time than I think it
> should, but it did have a happy ending.
> 
> QUESTION: Why can't Missing Sync just let  me tell it
> that the data is correct on the Mac (or the PPC) and
> that it should correct the other device? iSync and
> iMac can do that. In fact, every other backup program
> I've ever used can do that. Is there some technical
> reason that makes such a simple idea difficult to put
> in the software?

So yes, this is an obvious desired feature, but the information we need to
offer this option is not yet public with Tiger/Sync Services.

If you note, the first time you connect and sync a device the "Sync Alert"
asks if you want to overwrite the device with the Mac data, but no other
options are offered. This is a limitation of the available options in this
dialog. We are hoping Apple will explain to third party developers how to
add other options to this dialog.

We are looking in how to present the choices within the iCal and Address
Book Plugin to then allow the Mac to overwrite the device, or the device
overwrite the Mac.

Ken

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