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Sync Your
Laptop
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Tutorials |
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Synchronizing Your
Notebook, Tablet, or Laptop Files
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Step
1: Creating a Smart Sync profile
In
the following example we'll create a
profile on the desktop computer to sync
with the notebook computer. You could
do this on your notebook instead if you
wish as it doesn't really matter where
the profile is run from.
The Profile Setup Wizard
walks you though the process of setting
up your profile. The default settings
make setting up a Backup profile a very
simple process.
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Start SyncBackSE |
Click the New button
located on the lower left of the program
window:
Alternatively, choose New from
the Profile menu:
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Enter a name for your
profile: |
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Select Synchronize from the types of profile: |
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Accept the default
No FTP setting: |
Now you
need to tell SyncBackSE where the files
are on your desktop that you want to
synchronize with your notebook.
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Click the folder button
and browse to your source (left): |
The following Browse
For Folder window
will appear when you click the folder
button.
With Windows
XP your documents, pictures, music,
etc. are usually all stored in a special
folder called My
Documents, so in this
example we'll choose that folder. If
your files are somewhere else please
select the appropriate folder.
Now we need
to choose the folder on your notebook
computer. It is assumed that you've
created a network share on your notebook
computer that has been configured to
allow others to change the files and
the security permissions are set as
required.
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Click the folder button
and browse to your destination (right): |
In this example we selected
the SharedDocs folder
on the Bigted computer
(which is a part of the Easylife workgroup/domain).
You must choose as appropriate for your
situation:
You may not want to synchronize all
the files and folders.
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If so, click the
Choose sub-directories
and files button and select or unselect files
and folders as appropriate: |
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You may want to
check the Decisions
- Files tree element
to make sure the synchronization
settings
are correct for your situation: |
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For more information
on these settings see the help file,
but the default actions are:
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Replace the oldest files with
the newest files (i.e. once that
have been modified more recently).
For example, if you modify a file
on your desktop, but leave it unchanged
on your notebook, then when you
sync the files the desktop file
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If a file has been deleted in
one place then delete it in the
other. For example, if you delete
a file on your notebook then when
you sync the files that file will
also be deleted from your desktop. |
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If a new file
is created in one place then
it is copied to the other. For
example, if you create a new
file on your desktop then when
you
sync the files that file
will be copied to your notebook. |
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For
all other situations you will
be prompted. For example, if
you change the same file on your
desktop and notebook then you
will be prompted. |
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You may want to
check the Copy/Delete and
Copy/Delete > Advanced options
to make sure everything runs
smoothly: |
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In the above example
we've told SyncBackSE to verify that
files are copied correctly and to make
safe copies. These settings will mean
the sync will take longer to run but
it will catch issues that may occur
due to network problems or if a file
cannot be replaced because it is being
used.
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Once you're happy
with the settings click the OK button. |
The following dialog
box will appear:
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Would
you like to perform a simulated
run for this new profile?
A simulated run does not
copy or delete files, but
does produce a report on
what would have been copied
or deleted.
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Click No, but if
you wish you could click Yes to
test your profile. |
This will make a simulated
run to check to see if everything is
working correctly. No files are actually
copied or deleted. Your profile has
now been created and is ready to use.
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