Computer synchronisation

[Alan Holtham]

Have just downloaded and tried Synctoy following the ideas on this forum and also on a photographic forum I inhabit.

It works a TREAT!! In seconds too!

If anyone else wants to do the same thing, it gives you an option as to how the two sides are mirrored and whether changes are applied to both or just one side. Couldn't be better for me, so thanks to all concerned.

FWIW I downloaded the V2 Beta version which seems to have a lot of issues resolved from the earlier one. I have only used it on a trial folder, need to try it for real now, but will keep you posted if anyone else is interested.

Cheers

Alan

 

[RogerS]

Hi Alan

Glad to see SyncToy may give you what you need. I don't wish to sound a doubting Thomas (again!) but having read how SyncToy works and the WhitePaper, my comments re how it works are still valid.

Sad man that I am (I must get a life!) - I downloaded Publisher to see if it saved work as a series of files or just one file. It is just the one file - but then you probably knew that already.

Let us know how you get on. I'm sure that it will copy your file - just that it will always copy the whole file and not just the internal changes.

 

[Alan Holtham]

Thanks Roger, I gathered it was saving the whole file, but it is lightening quick so it dosn't matter to me, its the result I wanted. I must admit though that I have not had time to mess with THE file yet, perhaps it will generate loads of smoke and give up!

There are apparently issues installing it on XP, though no problem with vista. I appear to have overcome these, but as with many of my forays into IT, I am not sure yet how I fixed it. Its a classic case of a little knowledge being a dangerous thing!

I'll keep you posted.

Alan

 

[bugbear]

Alan - I could be way out of date but working with a document that size is fraught with danger..not least of which the ability of the programs to manage something that size. Some programs may even work by saving three copies of the docxument...the original...the version that you are editing..and the saved final version ..that's 90Gb of disk space needed..Then there is the speed aspect of moving huge chunks of the document in and out.

Of course, it could be a document containing huge graphics etc and so I could be talking a load of old rubbish.

Just my two'pennorth.

Seconded in all respects.

BugBear (who "does" big files for a living)

 

[bugbear]

Sad man that I am (I must get a life!) - I downloaded Publisher to see if it saved work as a series of files or just one file. It is just the one file - but then you probably knew that already.

In that case, I suggest using a better program. Trying to retro-fixup the consequences of a bad one is the wrong way round.

Most "proper" DTP programs will (or have the option to) leave the graphics in filfing system, and just store a placeholder in the "main" file.

Further, as a book gets bigger, reflowing the text when a word is altered gets slower, and bug prone.

I would suggest (for what sounds like a major piece of work) getting something AT LEAST as good as MicroSoft word (or its free equivalent, OpenOffice) and learning how to use it (by which I mean AT LEAST style sheets).

BugBear