[Hidden-tech] Synchronizing computers

[Jan Werner]

I keep my all of my email and other essential data sets (financial, 
password managers, current word processing & spreadsheet files, etc.) 
fully synchronized between my working desktop, a backup desktop and two 
notebook computers (which I take with me for different purposes).

Although I have several programs that provide automatic backup and/or 
synchronization, I prefer to do so manually, if only because I don't 
want any errors I make on the current working machine propagated before 
I have had a chance to fix them or restore to a good version from one of 
the mirrors. Once the procedures are set up, it only takes seconds.

I use a very flexible file & directory comparison program called Beyond 
Compare ($30 from Scooter Software, http://www.scootersoftware.com/) 
which allows me to set up sessions to compare and synchronize between 
any directories on any computers on my network, or even by ftp, on 
remote computers.

To make this really easy, I keep all data that I want to mirror in a 
single data directory tree (e.g., C:\Data\...) Although I use Mozilla 
for email, I do use Outlook as a PIM and keep it synchronized this way 
between computers. You need to move your Outlook folders to a directory 
in the Data tree, then when you open Outlook and it complains that it 
can't find them, navigate to where you have place them and open them. 
 From that point on, it should remember the new settings. Do this on 
each computer.

Jan Werner
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> Can anyone offer their suggestions. I’m working with Windows computers, 
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> I need a very solid, fail safe system so that my Outlook email is 
> mirrored exactly on my laptop which I used for the road and business 
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> Does anyone have a solution that they use that they’re happy with?
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> I’d like to be able to use my desktop when I’m at home, and laptop on 
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> all of my emails – I can check old emails from my laptop, etc.
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