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Using Xchange Agent—Overview
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change Agent takes the function of SmartXchange to a higher level, by automating
synchronization—the process of keeping your files updated. To set up an Xchange Agent, open a
connection to another computer, choose the pairs of folders to be synchronized; then preview and
perform the synchronization. After working on the files on either or both of the computers, run the saved
agent to reconnect and update the older copies of the files automatically. You can run an agent by double-
clicking its shortcut icon or by scheduling it to run unattended.
Xchange Agent simplifies the repetitive process of keeping
two computers—often a laptop and a desktop—in sync.
Whether your most recent work appears on one or both of
the computers, Xchange Agent transfers files so that both
have only the newer copies of your files.
Xchange Agent automates the process of opening connec-
tions, selecting the pairs of folders to be synchronized, set-
ting the appropriate options, initiating the exchange, and
disconnecting. To prevent unwanted results, you can pre-
view beforehand.
NOTE
Xchange Agent is also useful for local synchroniza-
tions, as when you keep files on your desktop in sync with
files on a local network.
Xchange Agent automatically copies the newer versions of all
files regardless of which computer they are on. Files that have
no match are copied onto the computer that lacks them.
In the end, files in the synchronized
folders are identical.
