There are three ways to sync your PalmPilot™, HotSync, FastSync or FullSync.
When you press the HotSync® button on your PalmPilot™, KPilot's will run the default sync operation (usually a HotSync). You can select the default sync operation in the HotSync configure dialog. Alternatively, you can click one of the sync options on the main KPilot application menu or on the KPilot daemon pop-up submenu.
Using the HotSync configure dialog is the only way to change the default sync operation. The main KPilot application menu items or the KPilot daemon pop-up submenu items change only the type of sync that will be performed next.
KPilot daemon pop-up menu
HotSync: run all selected conduits, sync the databases with a modified flag set, updating the modified records only. Performs a fast backup, backing up only the databases that were modified. This option offers a nice balance between speed and data safety. menu and on the daemon pop-up menu submenu.
FastSync: Only sync those databases that have conduits, and perform no backup of the data on the PalmPilot™, reducing greatly the time required for the sync operation. This also means that if something goes wrong with your PalmPilot™, you may not be able to recover the databases. This is a classic trade-off between speed and safety. Available on the main application menu and on the daemon pop-up menu submenu. This operation only makes sense if you do not use KPilot built-in database viewer applications, but uses KPilot to sync your PalmPilot™ data with external applications, using conduits.
FullSync: run all selected conduits, and sync all databases, reading all records, and performing a full backup. It is the safest option, but takes the longest time to complete, as it will merge all the records from the PalmPilot™ and your desktop. It is the KPilot equivalent of the Palm SlowSync.
Available on the main application menu only.