CHAPTER 5 | Synchronizing Your Handheld with Your Computer |
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[ ! ] Before You Begin
Complete the following:
•Initial handheld setup
•Install Palm Desktop software from the CD
Protect your information. When you synchronize information, you create a backup copy. If something happens to your handheld or your computer, the information is not lost; one tap restores it in both places.
[ ! ] IMPORTANT Be sure to synchronize at least once a day so that you always have an
What information is synchronized?
If you use the default settings, information from all the following applications is transferred each time you synchronize your handheld with your computer:
If you’ve installed applications from the CD such as Photos, these applications may also be included in the defaults for synchronization.
NOTE Information from Photos is synchronized in Palm Desktop software on Windows computers only. When you synchronize on a Mac computer, your photos are stored in the Home:Pictures:palmOne Photos:username folder. Information from Expense is synchronized on Windows computers only.
In addition, the default settings back up system information from your handheld to your computer and install
If you install other applications and want those applications included in synchronization, you can choose which applications to synchronize.
Everybody in your family can synchronize their handheld to the same copy of Palm Desktop software. Just make sure that each handheld has its own username; Palm Desktop software reads the username and recognizes the handheld during synchronization. Although several people can share the same copy of Palm Desktop software, they should not share the same username.
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