1 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:09,303 - [Instructor] Synchronization methods. 2 00:00:10,230 --> 00:00:12,450 The most common type of synchronization today 3 00:00:12,450 --> 00:00:13,590 is to the cloud. 4 00:00:13,590 --> 00:00:16,110 And we mentioned this in previous sub lessons. 5 00:00:16,110 --> 00:00:20,550 You might use the iCloud for your iOS devices 6 00:00:20,550 --> 00:00:22,260 and Mac computers. 7 00:00:22,260 --> 00:00:24,120 Or you might use OneDrive 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:25,980 if you have a Windows Live account, 9 00:00:25,980 --> 00:00:28,230 if you're using Microsoft Office applications, 10 00:00:28,230 --> 00:00:31,950 or have Windows systems, and Windows mobile, 11 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:33,813 and Windows phone and so on. 12 00:00:34,650 --> 00:00:37,740 Or you might use the Google Cloud. 13 00:00:37,740 --> 00:00:41,370 And so, for example, let's say you have a Gmail account. 14 00:00:41,370 --> 00:00:44,490 You will probably synchronize all that Gmail data 15 00:00:44,490 --> 00:00:46,140 to the cloud. 16 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:49,470 And let's show a quick calendar example. 17 00:00:49,470 --> 00:00:52,773 And we'll bring up our smartphone here. 18 00:00:55,320 --> 00:00:56,850 And this is the Android device. 19 00:00:56,850 --> 00:01:00,300 And we'll go to the calendar here, which is built in, 20 00:01:00,300 --> 00:01:05,300 but I've already associated one of my Gmail accounts 21 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:07,950 with this phone. 22 00:01:07,950 --> 00:01:10,680 And that automatically synchronized it, 23 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:14,010 associated it and synchronized it with contacts, 24 00:01:14,010 --> 00:01:16,380 the calendar, email, and more. 25 00:01:16,380 --> 00:01:18,930 So we're gonna tap on calendar now 26 00:01:18,930 --> 00:01:21,120 and you'll see I have an item in here 27 00:01:21,120 --> 00:01:24,150 for April 14th, pay taxes. 28 00:01:24,150 --> 00:01:26,040 All day, pay taxes. 29 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,660 And there's no time needed for that 30 00:01:27,660 --> 00:01:29,730 so I just said it to all day. 31 00:01:29,730 --> 00:01:31,590 Gotta pay those taxes, right? 32 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:34,350 So now let's bring up a browser. 33 00:01:34,350 --> 00:01:37,110 I'll bring up Firefox on this PC 34 00:01:37,110 --> 00:01:39,390 that I'm working on currently. 35 00:01:39,390 --> 00:01:42,480 And I'm in the Google Calendar online 36 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,730 at calendar.google.com. 37 00:01:44,730 --> 00:01:46,350 And I've gone to April 14th 38 00:01:46,350 --> 00:01:49,140 and you can see it says, pay taxes. 39 00:01:49,140 --> 00:01:53,460 That automatically synchronizes through the Google Cloud, 40 00:01:53,460 --> 00:01:55,230 the Google Cloud Platform. 41 00:01:55,230 --> 00:01:57,690 So this is the easiest way to do it. 42 00:01:57,690 --> 00:02:00,450 And whether you have Microsoft devices, 43 00:02:00,450 --> 00:02:03,420 or Android based devices, or iOS devices, 44 00:02:03,420 --> 00:02:04,860 that's the way to do this. 45 00:02:04,860 --> 00:02:06,723 It's the easiest way to go. 46 00:02:07,740 --> 00:02:10,950 So that's the most common synchronization method. 47 00:02:10,950 --> 00:02:15,000 And one of the terms you'll hear related to this 48 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,920 is mutual authentication for multiple services. 49 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:21,540 And what that means, 50 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:24,660 if we go back to our Android device, 51 00:02:24,660 --> 00:02:25,830 what that just means 52 00:02:25,830 --> 00:02:29,280 is that we have multiple services running here. 53 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,310 We've got the calendar that we just showed, 54 00:02:32,310 --> 00:02:35,610 we've got email, we've got contacts and other things, 55 00:02:35,610 --> 00:02:38,310 and they're all interrelated 56 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:43,290 and they're all associated with that one Gmail account. 57 00:02:43,290 --> 00:02:47,760 And so all these services use the same authentication. 58 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,620 They use the same username, 59 00:02:49,620 --> 00:02:52,500 the same email address, and the same password. 60 00:02:52,500 --> 00:02:54,900 They use that same authentication. 61 00:02:54,900 --> 00:02:57,070 So these multiple services 62 00:02:57,990 --> 00:03:01,240 mutually share that authentication method 63 00:03:02,670 --> 00:03:06,240 through the Google Cloud Platform. 64 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:08,310 And that's normally how it's gonna work 65 00:03:08,310 --> 00:03:11,403 with most cloud platforms today. 66 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,810 But again, you can also synchronize to the desktop, 67 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:19,953 or the laptop, and that's usually done by USB. 68 00:03:21,990 --> 00:03:24,300 And so you need to have a connection, a USB connection, 69 00:03:24,300 --> 00:03:27,810 usually micro USB on the mobile device 70 00:03:27,810 --> 00:03:29,640 and a regular type-A connector 71 00:03:29,640 --> 00:03:32,043 that goes out to your PC or laptop. 72 00:03:33,180 --> 00:03:38,180 And this often requires what's known as an MTP connection. 73 00:03:38,580 --> 00:03:39,780 If you're doing it by USB, 74 00:03:39,780 --> 00:03:43,230 if you wanna synchronize data you need an MTP connection 75 00:03:43,230 --> 00:03:46,740 to work with synchronization programs. 76 00:03:46,740 --> 00:03:48,513 So let's show an example here. 77 00:03:50,545 --> 00:03:51,540 Here's a common error 78 00:03:51,540 --> 00:03:55,473 that you might see with a mobile device. 79 00:03:56,670 --> 00:03:59,370 This is the Samsung Smart Switch program 80 00:03:59,370 --> 00:04:00,720 which allows you to synchronize 81 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,260 between all kinds of different devices and computers. 82 00:04:04,260 --> 00:04:05,310 And you see here, 83 00:04:05,310 --> 00:04:09,690 I've already connected my device, my Samsung device. 84 00:04:09,690 --> 00:04:13,260 And it tells us here USB connection not supported. 85 00:04:13,260 --> 00:04:15,510 And it says, try changing the connection mode 86 00:04:15,510 --> 00:04:19,470 to media device MTP and try connecting again. 87 00:04:19,470 --> 00:04:23,940 So let's take a look at our Samsung device. 88 00:04:23,940 --> 00:04:25,263 And if we go to this, 89 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,940 what we wanna do is we wanna scroll down from the top 90 00:04:29,940 --> 00:04:32,430 and bring down our notification area. 91 00:04:32,430 --> 00:04:34,830 And you'll see here that right now 92 00:04:34,830 --> 00:04:37,593 it's connected as a camera. 93 00:04:38,970 --> 00:04:43,970 And the problem here for me is that in order to show this, 94 00:04:44,250 --> 00:04:47,670 in order for me to use VNC to connect to this guy 95 00:04:47,670 --> 00:04:49,560 I have to have it connected as a camera. 96 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:51,840 I can't do an MTP connection, 97 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,450 but if we wanted to use the Smart Switch program 98 00:04:54,450 --> 00:04:57,420 or just about any other data synchronization program 99 00:04:57,420 --> 00:04:59,550 that comes with an Android device, 100 00:04:59,550 --> 00:05:00,990 you'd have to change this setting. 101 00:05:00,990 --> 00:05:03,010 So I'm gonna tap on that right there 102 00:05:05,040 --> 00:05:06,870 and you'll see you have the two options here. 103 00:05:06,870 --> 00:05:10,383 Right now it's set check marked to camera PTP, 104 00:05:11,220 --> 00:05:15,690 but we're gonna need that MTP connection. 105 00:05:15,690 --> 00:05:17,970 So I would have to check mark this 106 00:05:17,970 --> 00:05:21,900 to be able to synchronize all the data to the PC. 107 00:05:21,900 --> 00:05:23,280 I'm not gonna do that right now 108 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:26,010 'cause we'll lose our connection to this device. 109 00:05:26,010 --> 00:05:28,890 But that's just one example of software that you could use 110 00:05:28,890 --> 00:05:31,770 to synchronize to the desktop or laptop. 111 00:05:31,770 --> 00:05:36,770 And that Smart Switch software will synchronize everything. 112 00:05:36,840 --> 00:05:41,840 Pictures, videos, music, contact information, email, 113 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:43,770 all the stuff that we talked about 114 00:05:43,770 --> 00:05:45,690 in the previous sub lesson. 115 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:49,080 And there's lots of other programs like that out there. 116 00:05:49,080 --> 00:05:51,690 Every manufacturer has their own. 117 00:05:51,690 --> 00:05:54,960 Or if you're using iOS, you'd use iTunes. 118 00:05:54,960 --> 00:05:56,340 And of course there are third party programs 119 00:05:56,340 --> 00:05:57,750 for that as well. 120 00:05:57,750 --> 00:06:00,933 So let's go back to the home screen. 121 00:06:02,220 --> 00:06:04,260 And I actually have the Smart Switch running 122 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:05,610 on this guy as well. 123 00:06:05,610 --> 00:06:08,940 Let's take a look at the apps running here. 124 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:12,750 And here we go, Smart Switch. 125 00:06:12,750 --> 00:06:14,100 And I've installed this. 126 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:19,100 This guy allows you to move data between mobile devices. 127 00:06:21,330 --> 00:06:23,043 So this is a really cool thing. 128 00:06:23,970 --> 00:06:27,630 This is synchronization between mobile devices. 129 00:06:27,630 --> 00:06:29,730 Let's say you have an older smartphone 130 00:06:29,730 --> 00:06:32,550 and you want to update to a newer smartphone. 131 00:06:32,550 --> 00:06:36,000 Well, it would be a pain to manually move all your data, 132 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:38,850 but it would be a lot easier to synchronize the data. 133 00:06:38,850 --> 00:06:41,190 And a Smart Switch program like this 134 00:06:41,190 --> 00:06:43,800 allows you to go from one Samsung device to another; 135 00:06:43,800 --> 00:06:45,120 and there's similar programs 136 00:06:45,120 --> 00:06:47,400 for other manufacturers out there. 137 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,650 Now this type of synchronization can be done 138 00:06:49,650 --> 00:06:54,650 with the USB on the go cable, an OTG cable. 139 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:57,810 And that's basically micro USB on both ends. 140 00:06:57,810 --> 00:07:01,920 And it's a special cable that allows either computer, 141 00:07:01,920 --> 00:07:06,920 either mobile device, to act as the host or a slave 142 00:07:07,050 --> 00:07:09,060 depending on which direction you're gonna go. 143 00:07:09,060 --> 00:07:11,010 But quite often with these types of programs, 144 00:07:11,010 --> 00:07:15,210 you can also do it via WiFi or near-field communication 145 00:07:15,210 --> 00:07:17,520 where the two devices just have to be really close 146 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,110 to each other. 147 00:07:19,110 --> 00:07:20,340 So if we go back to this guy, 148 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:24,240 you can see this program actually allows you to transfer 149 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,800 from iOS devices to Android, Android to iOS, 150 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:30,510 to older Blackberry devices. 151 00:07:30,510 --> 00:07:32,340 Whatever direction you want to go, 152 00:07:32,340 --> 00:07:35,160 just put them next to each other and start synchronizing. 153 00:07:35,160 --> 00:07:37,320 Or use a USB on the go cable 154 00:07:37,320 --> 00:07:39,990 depending on the program that you use. 155 00:07:39,990 --> 00:07:42,843 And so this is pretty easy to do this stuff. 156 00:07:43,740 --> 00:07:44,970 You should check this. 157 00:07:44,970 --> 00:07:46,320 When you're done synchronizing, 158 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,330 you should always check the new device. 159 00:07:48,330 --> 00:07:50,340 At least spot check your data 160 00:07:50,340 --> 00:07:54,720 and verify that you have the pictures, the music and so on. 161 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,300 And possibly do a full backup of the old data 162 00:07:57,300 --> 00:07:59,672 to a old USB flash drive, or to your computer, 163 00:07:59,672 --> 00:08:02,190 or something like that. 164 00:08:02,190 --> 00:08:07,190 But this is an example of a synchronization program 165 00:08:07,290 --> 00:08:09,930 that not only can be used between mobile devices 166 00:08:09,930 --> 00:08:13,233 but also could be used between a mobile device and a PC. 167 00:08:14,460 --> 00:08:16,440 And lastly, software requirements 168 00:08:16,440 --> 00:08:20,160 to install synchronization apps to a PC. 169 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:21,210 You're gonna need to make sure 170 00:08:21,210 --> 00:08:23,430 that you're running the right version of Windows. 171 00:08:23,430 --> 00:08:27,180 Most of these programs nowadays will say, 172 00:08:27,180 --> 00:08:29,520 Windows Vista or higher. 173 00:08:29,520 --> 00:08:32,970 As of the recording of this video that is what they'll say, 174 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:34,200 Windows Vista or higher, 175 00:08:34,200 --> 00:08:38,160 because Windows XP support has ended with Microsoft. 176 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,530 So generally, you'll see Vista or higher. 177 00:08:40,530 --> 00:08:44,400 It's recommended really that you have 7 or 8 or 10. 178 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:48,690 And that way you can easily install the program. 179 00:08:48,690 --> 00:08:50,100 Now the program may also say 180 00:08:50,100 --> 00:08:52,920 that you need a certain CPU and RAM. 181 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,100 Most PCs and laptops will meet those requirements, 182 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:57,930 but you always want to check that 183 00:08:57,930 --> 00:09:00,660 with whatever program you're going to use. 184 00:09:00,660 --> 00:09:03,270 So think about your synchronization methods; 185 00:09:03,270 --> 00:09:05,040 whether you're gonna use the cloud, 186 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:08,970 whether it's iCloud, or OneDrive, or Google Cloud. 187 00:09:08,970 --> 00:09:12,150 And remember, mutual authentication. 188 00:09:12,150 --> 00:09:15,660 Multiple services that you have, such as calendar, email, 189 00:09:15,660 --> 00:09:19,170 contacts will share the same mutual authentication 190 00:09:19,170 --> 00:09:22,500 if you are synchronizing to something like the Google Cloud 191 00:09:22,500 --> 00:09:24,393 using, say, a Gmail account. 192 00:09:25,650 --> 00:09:27,720 Remember that synchronization is usually done 193 00:09:27,720 --> 00:09:30,210 by USB to a desktop, 194 00:09:30,210 --> 00:09:33,390 and that'll often require an MTP connection 195 00:09:33,390 --> 00:09:36,660 with the newer type of synchronization software 196 00:09:36,660 --> 00:09:38,760 if you're doing it by USB, 197 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,820 but you can also synchronize between mobile devices 198 00:09:41,820 --> 00:09:46,500 via a USB on the go cable, or via WiFi, 199 00:09:46,500 --> 00:09:48,990 or NFC, near-field communication. 200 00:09:48,990 --> 00:09:52,380 That'll depend on the program, okay? 201 00:09:52,380 --> 00:09:54,120 And always check the software requirements 202 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,010 when you're installing these synchronization apps 203 00:09:56,010 --> 00:09:57,150 to your computer. 204 00:09:57,150 --> 00:09:59,790 So there's a little bit about synchronization methods. 205 00:09:59,790 --> 00:10:01,170 That wraps up the lesson 206 00:10:01,170 --> 00:10:04,260 and that wraps up the mobile section of this course. 207 00:10:04,260 --> 00:10:07,050 And in the next section, we're gonna get into security. 208 00:10:07,050 --> 00:10:09,000 So that's about it for this sub lesson.