Palm Zire 72 manual What information is synchronized?

CHAPTER 5 Synchronizing Your Handheld with Your Computer

[ ! ] Before You Begin

Complete the following:

•Initial handheld setup

•Install Palm Desktop software from the CD

Tip

You can synchronize your handheld with your computer wirelessly

using the built-in Bluetooth® technology on your handheld.

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 up-to-date backup copy of important information.

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 the VersaMail™ application, these applications may also be included in the defaults for synchronization.

NOTE Information from Media (photos and videos) 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:<Palm User Name> folder (OS X) or Documents:palmOne Photos: <Palm User Name> (OS 9) folder, and your videos are stored in Home:Movies:palmOne Videos:<Palm User Name> folder (OS X) or Documents:palmOne Videos:<Palm User Name> (OS

9)folder. Information from Expense and the VersaMail application is synchronized on Windows computers only.

[ ! ] IMPORTANT You cannot view video clips that you capture on your handheld on a Mac computer. For more information, go to www.palmOne.com/support/intl.

In addition, the default settings back up system information from your handheld to your computer and install add-on applications from your computer to your handheld.

If you install other applications and want those applications included in synchronization, you can choose which applications to synchronize.

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