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<blockquote data-quote="mrplow" data-source="post: 1237875" data-attributes="member: 38928"><p>Again there are many solutions to keep email/calendat/address books in sync.</p><p></p><p>Personally I favour using google sync but it depends on your provider.</p><p></p><p>Setting up email to use IMAP will keep that in sync.</p><p></p><p>Keeping prefs in sync.... to my knowledge can only be done in two ways:</p><p>1. knowing where the preference files are keep and copying them from one place to another</p><p>2. doing a full backup and restore</p><p></p><p>Do your preferences change that much and that often?</p><p></p><p>To try and answer your questions:</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes. This will replace anything in the target machine so you need to ensure that the latest files are in the backup or you'll lose data.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Any one of the file sync apps mentioned are preferable. They are also automated so no user intervention is required.</p><p></p><p></p><p>You can either do everything or manualy select what gets restored.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Doing a full restore will make the target match the source. Doing a selective restore will only over-write the files you've selected.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Be default TM will backup everything need to restore a Mac back to fully working with all docs/apps/preferences intact. The only stuff that's left behind are temp files like the sleep file etc. That's unless you have excluded certain files/folders/drives in the Time Machine preferences.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Without sounding like a broken record (oops too late) there are so many ways to sync mail/calendar/address data across machines and devices that, once setup, will just take care of themselves. That IMHO is far, far easier and less time consuming than manually twisting a machine backup system to do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrplow, post: 1237875, member: 38928"] Again there are many solutions to keep email/calendat/address books in sync. Personally I favour using google sync but it depends on your provider. Setting up email to use IMAP will keep that in sync. Keeping prefs in sync.... to my knowledge can only be done in two ways: 1. knowing where the preference files are keep and copying them from one place to another 2. doing a full backup and restore Do your preferences change that much and that often? To try and answer your questions: Yes. This will replace anything in the target machine so you need to ensure that the latest files are in the backup or you'll lose data. Any one of the file sync apps mentioned are preferable. They are also automated so no user intervention is required. You can either do everything or manualy select what gets restored. Doing a full restore will make the target match the source. Doing a selective restore will only over-write the files you've selected. Be default TM will backup everything need to restore a Mac back to fully working with all docs/apps/preferences intact. The only stuff that's left behind are temp files like the sleep file etc. That's unless you have excluded certain files/folders/drives in the Time Machine preferences. Without sounding like a broken record (oops too late) there are so many ways to sync mail/calendar/address data across machines and devices that, once setup, will just take care of themselves. That IMHO is far, far easier and less time consuming than manually twisting a machine backup system to do the job. [/QUOTE]
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