Apple Newton Connection Utilities (for Windows) - Manual (Page 67)

When importing or exporting, you can have the information in your computer
files replace information on your Newton device, or vice versa, but keep
specific information that resides only on your Newton device. Say, for
example, you keep birth dates in your Newton Names application, but don’t
keep them in your computer file. You can import information from your
computer file into your Newton device without losing the birth dates that are
recorded there. To do so, you set up the field mapping between the computer
file and Newton application so that information isn’t transferred to your
birthday field (the birthday field is unmapped). You can then choose the
Merge conflict resolution. Information from your computer file is imported
into your Newton device without losing your birth date information.
If a conflict is detected when synchronizing, you can also have the utilities
make no changes to either the computer file or Newton device. Thus the
utilities ignore the differences in information and maintain both the computer
and Newton device information as is. To have conflicting information left
unchanged, you choose the Ignore conflict resolution.
Because the utilities use key fields to determine conflicts, the field mapping
you set up for your computer and Newton device files is important. For more
information about setting up field maps, see “Using Field Maps” later in
this chapter.
Conflict resolution for importing or exporting
When you import or export, your choices for conflict resolution are
m Add: When importing, all conflicting entries from your computer’s
application are added to entries in your Newton application. When
exporting, all conflicting entries from your Newton application are added
to entries in your computer’s application.
m Computer Wins: Entries from your computer’s file replace conflicting
entries in your Newton application.
m Newton Device Wins: Entries from your computer application do not
replace conflicting entries in your Newton application.
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