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Keeping Multiple Macs in Sync

If you have more than one Mac, you can use .Mac Sync to access and maintain the same address book, calendars, bookmarks, passwords and Mail preferences — like Smart Mailboxes — on all your computers. When you make changes on one Mac, they’re available on all the other computers after you sync.

Using .Mac to sync securely transfers a copy of your Address Book contacts, iCal calendars, Safari bookmarks, Keychain, and Mail preferences to the .Mac servers so that you can access your information from any Mac you register with .Mac. If you make changes to this information on one Mac, the other computers will reflect those changes the next time they sync.
 
 
 
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Resolve multiple conflicts at the same time

If you’ve changed the same piece of information on multiple computers but the changes are not identical, a window appears when you sync that lets you choose which information to use. If there is more than one conflict, you can choose to resolve all of them from the same source by selecting the “Resolve from the same source” option at the bottom of the window.

Quickly set up a new computer with your information

.Mac syncing is an easy way to set up a new Mac. When you sync your new Mac for the first time you will be prompted to choose which data to use for the first sync. Choose the “Erase data on computer and then sync” option. All of your data stored in your .Mac account will be automatically added to your new Mac.

Choose how often to sync

Synchronization is a great way to keep your information up-to-date, but you still need to remember to do it. You can set your Mac to sync with your .Mac account manually or at a regular interval. Go to Tiger’s .Mac system preferences, select the sync tab, and choose the sync frequency.

Sync Multiple Macs
  1. Open System Preferences, and then click the .Mac icon.

  2. Enter your .Mac member name and password, or verify that it is correctly entered.

  3. Click the Sync button and then Select the Synchronize with .Mac option.

  4. Choose the items you would like to sync.

  5. Select how often you want to Sync.

  6. When you are ready to initiate a sync session click the Sync Now button.

  7. Repeat this process on any other Macs you want to sync with.

  


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