Apple Newton Connection Utilities (for Windows) - Manual (Page 66)

Resolving transfer conflicts
About conflict resolution
You can use advanced options to specify how conflicts are resolved when you
transfer information between your Newton device and your computer.
A conflict occurs when key fields of information in your Newton application
match key fields of information in your computer’s application, but not all
fields are the same. For example, your Newton application and your
computer’s application might have the same person listed with the same
company, but not the same phone number.
The Newton Connection Utilities determine there’s a conflict because the
information in the key fields for the person’s name and company are the same
for both the computer and Newton device. Because other information in other
fields is not the same, in this case the phone number, the utilities must then
determine what to do with the conflicting information—whether to keep the
phone number from the computer file or from the Newton device.
You can determine how the Newton Connection Utilities handle conflicting
entries. For example, if you usually make changes on your Newton device and
always want to keep those changes or transfer them to your computer files,
you can select a conflict resolution that always keeps your Newton application
information. In this case, the information on the Newton is said to win,
because it always replaces conflicting information on the computer file.
Likewise, you can also have your computer win by selecting a conflict
resolution which keeps the changes in your computer files. Conflicting
information is then updated from the computer file to your Newton device.
You can also have the utilities keep all information, adding all conflicting
entries to your files so that nothing is lost.
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