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What happens to Sync if I trade up computers and get rid of the original one?

ltgmsg55
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I have Sync'd my wife's laptop and my new laptop, which is replacing my old one. What happens to Sync when I dispose of the old Compaq? Since it is the "original" which the others are Sync'd to, will this do anything to their data? Can I establish one of them as the "base" from which everything is Sync'd?

Thanks for any and all help!! Larry

I have Sync'd my wife's laptop and my new laptop, which is replacing my old one. What happens to Sync when I dispose of the old Compaq? Since it is the "original" which the others are Sync'd to, will this do anything to their data? Can I establish one of them as the "base" from which everything is Sync'd? Thanks for any and all help!! Larry

Solution eye eponami

  1. Disable Sync on the old laptop first, and then delete your Firefox data before getting rid of that old laptop.
  2. The "master" is the Sync server.
  3. All devices connect to the Sync server to share your data, not directly to each other.
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the-edmeister
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Solution eye oponami

  1. Disable Sync on the old laptop first, and then delete your Firefox data before getting rid of that old laptop.
  2. The "master" is the Sync server.
  3. All devices connect to the Sync server to share your data, not directly to each other.
ltgmsg55
ltgmsg55 Nkolo motuna
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Thanks Ed. So, once the computers are Sync'd, the server is the "base", not any one of the separate computers? Larry

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
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Yes, the Sync server is the "base".