Thread: To sync or not to sync
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Old 01-21-2019, 08:16 AM   #11
davidfor
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Originally Posted by rashkae View Post
I'll have to agree with Frustrated Reader there... if *Automatic* sync is turned off, I would expect the Kobo to not sync until the explicit sync button is pressed.
I should have commented when @FrustratedReader posted his "details" of the sync settings. Because, as most of us do, he only showed what he thought supported his argument. He omitted three things.

Firstly, the section is labeled "Background Sync".

Then the options for the "Sync time" are "Night", "Morning", "Afternoon" and "Evening".

And of course, the description for the setting is:

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When daily Automatic Sync is on, your books, articles, and software will remain up to date.
If you actually read the screen, why would anyone think that this had anything thing to do with anything other than the daily automatic sync. There is nothing that suggests anything about syncing at other times.

And the Kobo devices have always synced at various times. Or at least the devices that you and @FrustratedReader list as having always have. And all of those are always in response to something you do. They aren't always full syncs, but, something is synced each if the device is connected.

And if anyone can be bothered to read the manual, it explicitly states that the way to connect the device to WiFi is to hit the sync button on the home page. So, you are told that any time you use the WiFi, it will attempt to sync.

Is this ideal? Probably not. Should it be clearer what happens and when? Probably. Does the setting being discussed turn off all syncing? Absolutely not.
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