HOW TO Sync almost anything
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KNOW YOUR IP If you’re connecting to another Mac, you’ll need to know your IP (internet protocol) address. Handily, it’s right there in the middle of the window. Take a note of it and install SyncMate on the Mac you want to sync data with.
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ALLOW CONNECTIONS On your other Mac, look for Incoming Connections and then click on the little “+” at the bottom corner of the Allowed IP Addresses box. Enter the IP address of your other Mac in the box that pops up.
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GET CONNECTED Now, return to your original Mac and select the Add New link from the sidebar at the right. This asks you which kind of device you’re connecting to, and as you can see there are lots of options here. Click on Another Mac.
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CHOOSE YOUR MAC If you click on the menu in the middle of the window you should see a list of the Mac(s) that you’ve told SyncMate to add this Mac to (you can also add a Mac manually, but we couldn’t persuade that feature to work).
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PICK AND MIX After a few seconds you’ll see the Device Added Successfully message and a list of the kinds of data you can sync. In the free version you can only select Calendar and Contacts. Check what to sync, then click Done.
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GET THE DETAILS You’ll see tabs at the top of the screen, one for each kind of data you’ve chosen to sync. Here we’re looking at the Calendar sync options, so we can choose which to include and how far back or forward SyncMate should go.
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CHOOSE CONTACTS It’s similar with Contacts, where you can sync your entire address book or just the groups you’ve created in your Mac’s Contacts app. You can pick whether to change the name order or just sync people’s phone numbers.
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FIND YOUR FOLDERS If you’ve chosen to sync folders, you’ll need to tell SyncMate which ones to sync. You can also specify what to do if there’s a conflict – for example, you can tell SyncMate to use the newest versions of any conflicting files.
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START A SYNC With Macs, SyncMate can use AutoSync, which runs at specified times, or just run updates manually from the menu bar. Use Online Connections to see which devices are available and click on them to sync.