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Sync - Which computer controls the settings?
I am brand new to Sync. I wanted to learn the rules of how it operates so I clicked on the convenient link just above where one turns it on or off in Settings and instead of a proper explanation from Microsoft I was dumped into a Bing search of "How does syncing work?". Really sad. Make that pathetic. I guess MS is clueless on how their software works so they have to send me into an internet search instead of explaining it.
From you folks that have used Sync, pleas advise - At home I have four laptops running 32 bit W10 and one mini tower running 64 bit W10, all release 10162. If I turn syncing on in all of them, and for now let us say all features are turned on, what determines which computer's settings would become the "master" from which all other computers are made to conform? Or does this function simply force a mashup of everything? No, that wouldn't be possible. At least I hope not. For if several had certain, say, apps, and others did not this would mean either the same apps would either be forced to install on the other computers where they did not previously exist and that might then involve having to buy new licenses, or deleting the apps from the computers that did had them in order to sync to the other computers. Or, I have the wrong conception of what syncing is all about. And if I want some item or setting off all of them, do I have to turn syncing off on all of the computers and then change them all and then turn it back on so the computers that had it still on if I left the setting on wouldn't force re-installation to the unit I first removed it from? If syncing documents or music, will it combine all items from each of one large collection of all of them, or will one computer's directory be the "master" and all other computers forced to conform to that computer's directory, and if a new item is created in one of the computers will it be automatically deleted as it is not on the "Master" computer (Which is absurd, but I state such to make the point that I am completely without authoritative information as MS certainly didn't help any in defining the operation of this function.).
Can someone set me straight on this since MS has not yet made an appropriate page for this to link to?
Many Thanks!