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Once you decide what you want to do with each reference in the sync conflicts
collection, they can simply be deleted.
Preventing Sync Conflicts
Under most circumstances, sync conflicts are rare, but there are some ways of
working that make them more common.
Sync conflicts will be rare if everyone working on a library is connected to the
Internet while editing data. In this case, sync conflicts can only occur if the very
same reference is edited by two people at exactly the same time.
On the other hand, one of the strengths of Sente’s sync mechanism is that it
supports editing while offline. As long as you are a bit careful about how this is
done, you will rarely experience sync conflicts.
For example, if you are the only person editing a synchronized library, and you
make sure that you connect your computer to the Internet after making changes,
but before working on a different copy, you will not have sync conflicts.
Or, if there are multiple people editing a library, if you limit the scope of edits that
are made while offline (e.g., wait until you are online to make edits like assigning
tags or statuses to large numbers of references), then you will not often generate a
sync conflict.
Resolving Sync Conflicts
When you are notified that a sync conflict has been detected, you need to decide
how to resolve the conflict.
First, it is important to note that the conflict exists only on the computer on which
the conflict was reported. All copies of the library have the same data for the
references in question, and this version is the one that “beat” the changes made on
the computer on which the conflict was reported. In that library, the changes that
“lost” can be found in the Sync Conflicts collection in Local Collections.
If you do nothing, the changes that “lost” will not be reflected in the library proper.
For these changes to appear in the library, you must make the edits again on the
newer version of the references.
For example, suppose you assign a particular QuickTag to a hundred references
while offline. While you are offline, someone else updates several of these
references in some way. Then, when you take your copy of the library back online,
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