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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Synchronization

From the first day mobile devices came into existence there was a problem:

synchronizing data. People don’t want their contacts on their mobile devices

to be different than the contacts on their desktop—or online contacts. People

don’t want to edit e-mail on their mobile device and then have to go online to

make the same changes. People only want one calendar. If you have a mobile

device, you’re going to want a method for all these different sets of data to

synchronize so you only have one set of contacts, one e-mail inbox, one

calendar, and so forth.

To keep files and data up to date, smartphones and tablets can

synchronize, or sync, with cloud-based servers over the Internet or with local

machines. These files and data include personal documents, Internet

bookmarks, calendar appointments, social media data, e-books, and even

location data. Older devices, such as BlackBerry and Palm Pilot, had a

specialized sync program you installed on your computer to sync contacts,

calendars, and so on. Today’s devices sync through the cloud or optionally

use a dedicated program.

Various mobile devices sync differently, depending upon the device

vendor and software required. iOS devices use Apple iCloud to sync iPhones,

iPads, and Macs via the cloud. Android devices can use Google’s many

services to sync certain configuration settings, apps, photos, texts, and so on.

In some cases individual apps will synchronize directly; for example, a

podcast app might synchronize data such as subscribed shows. Older versions

of iOS needed to sync to a laptop or desktop computer via Apple’s iTunes

application. While this is still fully supported, most users will just let iCloud

handle everything in the background.

EXAM TIP Synchronization enables mobile devices to keep up to date

with a lot of essential information. You should know the types of data

typically synced, including contacts, programs (apps), e-mail, pictures,

music, videos, calendar information, bookmarks, documents, location data,

social media data, e-books, and passwords. It’s a lot. You can do this!

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