What does all this jargon mean ?

Tethering a device is where you use one device to connect to the internet and link it to another one so they both use the same connection.

This is done by going into settings on device one and enabling your personal hotspot.

Then on the second device you go into wifi settings and you will 'see' the first device and you connect to it.

I'm not sure that will resolve your syncing problem..... but maybe you dont mean syncing

For instance I do this is I am not in a wifi hotspot and I want to use my iPad that has no sim card. So I enable my personal hotspot on my phone which does have a sim and tether to it so both devices can access the internet.

Does that help at all?

NanaandGrampy Thank you It sounds as if I am confusing these. I did get them all set up once.

If you want to see your emails on all your devices (don't forget you will have to delete them several times) you have to store them on the server. I only know how to do this in Outlook but you will have to look in your 'connections'. If you tell me which system you use I will try and help - unless there is a 'techie' on here.

Lol happens to the best of us Nellie let us know , if I didn't fix it then there's sure to be someone here who can !

Good luck

Have you managed to sort this out yet Nelliemoser? Synchronising/syncing applications between various devices is not as easy as people like Apple and Microsoft would have you believe. I'm not sure I can help either but if you are still struggling, let me know which devices you are trying to sync and which apps you are trying to sync on them. I know you want to sync your email but have you also been syncing your calendar and web browser as well (for example) before it all stopped working? Hopefully you have got this restored by now though.