Newton Connection Kit for Macintosh: Synchronizing
This article discusses synchronizing files between the Newton and Macintosh.
The first time the Newton Connection Kit synchronizes your Newton with your Macintosh, all the information from your Newton will be copied onto your Macintosh's hard drive. After the first time, synchronizing will copy only new or changed information from Newton to your Macintosh or vice versa. When synchronization is completed, the identical information exists both in the Newton folder on your Macintosh's hard drive and in your Newton.
When you synchronize, all information you deleted since the previous synchronization is stored in an Archive file on the Macintosh. The entire file left by the previous synchronization will be stored as a file called "Backup."
How to Set Up For Synchronization
-----------------------------
To prepare the Macintosh for communication with the Newton:
1) Double-click the Newton Connection icon.
2) Choose Preferences from the Edit menu.
3) In the dialog box that appears, click on the method you used to connect your Newton and Macintosh. Click OK to save your preferences, and close the box. (You only need to do this the first time you use the Connection software, unless you change the setup.)
4) Click the Synchronize button. A message will appear to confirm that the Macintosh is ready.
To prepare the Newton for connection:
1) Tap the Extras button on Newton's screen.
2) Tap the Connection button.
3) Tap "Macintosh serial" or "Macintosh LocalTalk" to indicate how you are set up. (If you are using a serial cable, skip to the next section, titled Synchronizing.)
4) If you chose Macintosh LocalTalk, tap the Choose Macintosh button that appears.
5) A list of Macintoshes that are running Newton Connection appear. If the one you want is not listed, tap Change Zone and choose the proper zone (if your network doesn't have zones, this button will not appear). If the Macintosh you want does not appear, make sure the Connection software is launched on that computer.
6) Tap the Macintosh you want.
7) To begin synchronizing, tap Connect. To stop at any time, tap Stop.
The process will copy all the information that has changed since the last synchronization from your Newton onto the Macintosh's hard drive in a file that bears your name. If you haven't entered your name in your Newton, the file will be called Newton.
If you want to synchronize automatically, choose Preferences from the Edit menu and click "Always ready to synchronize."
Setting Up a Synchronization Station
------------------------------------
If you use Newton Connection on a network with other Newton users, you may want to establish one Macintosh where everyone can synchronize and store their Newton files.
To do this:
1) Make sure the chosen Macintosh is hooked into the network.
2) Open Newton Connection.
3) Turn on "Always ready to synchronize" in the Preferences box (in the Edit menu).
4) Always leave the station Macintosh on.
5) Make sure everyone who uses the station has his or her name entered in Newton's Personal area under Preferences in the Extras drawer. This ensures that everyone's synchronization files will be stored separately.
Newton Changes Take Precedence
------------------------------
Immediately after you complete synchronization, the information in the Newton folder on your hard drive and on your Newton are identical. If you change the same piece of information in both places, when you next synchronize, the changes you made on the Newton will take precedence.
For instance, if you change Bob's address in the Names File on Newton, and Bob's title in the Names File on your Macintosh, both files will reflect Bob's new address, but not his new title. The changes you made on the Macintosh --Bob's title -- will be saved into the Newton archive folder on the Macintosh.
When you synchronize, all information you deleted since the previous synchronization is stored in an Archive file on the Macintosh. The entire file left by the previous synchronization will be stored as a file called "Backup."
How to Set Up For Synchronization
-----------------------------
To prepare the Macintosh for communication with the Newton:
1) Double-click the Newton Connection icon.
2) Choose Preferences from the Edit menu.
3) In the dialog box that appears, click on the method you used to connect your Newton and Macintosh. Click OK to save your preferences, and close the box. (You only need to do this the first time you use the Connection software, unless you change the setup.)
4) Click the Synchronize button. A message will appear to confirm that the Macintosh is ready.
To prepare the Newton for connection:
1) Tap the Extras button on Newton's screen.
2) Tap the Connection button.
3) Tap "Macintosh serial" or "Macintosh LocalTalk" to indicate how you are set up. (If you are using a serial cable, skip to the next section, titled Synchronizing.)
4) If you chose Macintosh LocalTalk, tap the Choose Macintosh button that appears.
5) A list of Macintoshes that are running Newton Connection appear. If the one you want is not listed, tap Change Zone and choose the proper zone (if your network doesn't have zones, this button will not appear). If the Macintosh you want does not appear, make sure the Connection software is launched on that computer.
6) Tap the Macintosh you want.
7) To begin synchronizing, tap Connect. To stop at any time, tap Stop.
The process will copy all the information that has changed since the last synchronization from your Newton onto the Macintosh's hard drive in a file that bears your name. If you haven't entered your name in your Newton, the file will be called Newton.
If you want to synchronize automatically, choose Preferences from the Edit menu and click "Always ready to synchronize."
Setting Up a Synchronization Station
------------------------------------
If you use Newton Connection on a network with other Newton users, you may want to establish one Macintosh where everyone can synchronize and store their Newton files.
To do this:
1) Make sure the chosen Macintosh is hooked into the network.
2) Open Newton Connection.
3) Turn on "Always ready to synchronize" in the Preferences box (in the Edit menu).
4) Always leave the station Macintosh on.
5) Make sure everyone who uses the station has his or her name entered in Newton's Personal area under Preferences in the Extras drawer. This ensures that everyone's synchronization files will be stored separately.
Newton Changes Take Precedence
------------------------------
Immediately after you complete synchronization, the information in the Newton folder on your hard drive and on your Newton are identical. If you change the same piece of information in both places, when you next synchronize, the changes you made on the Newton will take precedence.
For instance, if you change Bob's address in the Names File on Newton, and Bob's title in the Names File on your Macintosh, both files will reflect Bob's new address, but not his new title. The changes you made on the Macintosh --Bob's title -- will be saved into the Newton archive folder on the Macintosh.