Keeping info synched between your laptop and your desktop...

[aphex]

I use my laptop constantly in class and while on campus, but at home i switch between my desktop and my laptop depending on where i feel like studying/working....

How do you guys reccomend i go about keeping all my info up-to-date (i.e. E-Mails on both machines, newest versions of my docs on both, etc...)

I've already set the email on my laptop to not delete from server, so my desktop could check it as well, but is this the best way to do this?

Also, lets say i create a case brief on my laptop and i want it on my desktop i just copy it over via the network.

What im basically getting at, similar to what you see on a PDA, is there anything i can do to keep my laptop & desktop synched togeather?

 

[arod]

I keep all my files on a USB thumb drive. And once a week I make a backup of everything on the drive to my server machine.

 

[GoingUp]

set up offline files.... read about it in windows help... it synches your files

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: Gobadgrs
set up offline files.... read about it in windows help... it synches your files

ill check it out, thanks

 

[Rufio]

i want to konw too

 

[ElFenix]

'briefcase'

 

[Sophia]

Originally posted by: aphex

I've already set the email on my laptop to not delete from server, so my desktop could check it as well, but is this the best way to do this?

Will the email provider let you use IMAP instead of pop3? That keeps the email stored centrally on the server (including sent messages)

"Leave messages on the server" as you do now will let you check it on both computers, but your replies stay on the computer you sent them from.

As for the other kinds of data, I would like to know how to synchronize that between computers also.

 

[DaFinn]

Uhh, this is soo Off Topic...

 

[aphex]

^

 

[dman]

I use my Palm (Clie) to synch Addr.Book between systems. I'd prefer if I could synch directly but the palm does a good job nonetheless (using Palm App's addr book). I could also synch outlook stuff but I don't bother. Good question, perhaps there's a good util. Manually backing up MS Outlook is not very intuitive and takes a few clicks which takes time.