There's a preference in NewtSync's setup which allows you to specify
whether the Mac or the Newton record prevails if both have been
modified since the last sync. If only one side has been modified since
the last sync (which is usually the case), then there's no conflict
resolution necessary; the modified record always "wins."
As for auto-discovery and auto-connection -- I have no plans for this
in the near future. This would be somewhat tricky with TCP/IP, and you
really have to "force" a network connection... you can't really react
to an Ethernet cable being connected. It may be possible to use
Rendezvous to auto-discover hosts, but not all wireless hubs support
this so it would be hit or miss. Not really worth the somewhat large
amount of effort necessary.
There's currently no way to import "custom" fields... perhaps in a
future vesion? The source code for the plug-ins is publicly available
so it shouldn't be too tricky to add later.
John Anderson
everchanging
On Thursday, November 28, 2002, at 03:35 PM, David M. Ensteness wrote:
>
> Couple of feature requests:
>
> Is it possible for NewtSync to replace/update records from the Address
> Book/Names on a per record basis; ie those records that were changed on
> the Mac get updated from the Newton and the reverse?
>
> If not is it possible that NewtSync automatically updates either the
> Mac or the Newton based on which ever is more current?
>
> Is there anyway to get "Custom" Names fields to import into Address
> Book? I keep AIM names in my Newton and would love to dump them into
> Address Book with NewtSync so that I could use them with iChat.
>
> Is any work being done on getting NewtSync to auto-discover hosts so
> that we do not have to key in IP addresses each time with sync?
>
> Can an Auto-Sync feature be added [in conjunction with auto-discovery]
> to NewtSync so that as soon as I connect my Newton to my network it
> discovers a host and syncs up with it?
>
> Anyone know anything about the ability of NewTen to work over ethernet
> in the future? I know it doesn't now but it would be cool if it could
> at some point since that is how I do everything on my Newton and now
> with NewtSync the only reason I have Classic installed on my Pismo and
> G4 is to use NCU.
>
> Are there any recommendations for a different backup utility for the
> Newton that has a Mac OS X native component on the Mac so that I could
> avoid having to back my Message Pad up via Classic?
>
> Thanks a ton in advance.
>
> David
>
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