Mike. I learned the hard way. Having bought a Zire 71 ( a couple of years back) I was able to use the hotsync feature (that is what palm calls it) employing the palm software and make an addressbook and a datebook typing data into the computer or/and on the Palm (Zire) ,which went fine, but then I had trouble trying to put the names from my already existent addressbook and date book ( ICal) from Apple to cooperate. I could not sync them (Apple calls it isync) into my palm. So I found out that I had to disable the conduits for the hotsync operation , so the palm would not get confused. And since the Mac is already set up to sync with any palm, that was all I had to do. Of course I had to call Apple and/or Palm to tell me where to find them. hd/library/application support/ palm hotsync--- then you take those conduits into the disabled folder. That folder is in there already. ( I left the notes and todos in the enabled folder, because I only use these features in my handheld )- and the pictures ( my palm takes pictures) will be synced into pictures anyway. - I only know this, because wanting to use my palm, I had to figure it out. Marta On Apr 16, 2005, at 13:02, Mike Watkins wrote:
> Marta, > > This E-mail answer of yours is very impressive! I have little or no > idea what you're talking about, since I've never dealt with a Palm > Pilot (or any such creature). You sound like a guru yourself! Using > terms such as cross-sync, hotsynching, and software conduits...Wow! > > Mike > > > On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:38 PM, Marta Edie wrote: > >> But Harry, if you have a .mac account and iDisk and want to sync >> with other computers, or already have an addressbook list of names >> and calendar with data, you need the palm to isync unless you want to >> retype every address into your new palm pilot individually. -- I >> think, if I remember correctly, that was the question asked. We, >> too, have one palm pilot here at home (my husband's) only hotsyncing >> to one computer using only the palm desktop software for that. And >> it works well. And I do like the palm software, too. Palm is even >> nice enough to correspond with you by e-mail and, for that matter, >> get you the right technician if you tell them their answers were of >> no help. But if you want to cross-sync between iCal and Apple >> addressbook with Palm,just having bought a new one, you need to use >> the isync feature of Apple and disable the hotsync feature for >> these two items in the palm software conduits. >> Marta >> On Apr 15, 2005, at 16:06, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >>> A while back someone asked about syncing palm pilots to Mac's address >>> book, etc. >>> >>> I just got a new Palm Tungston E to replace my handspring visor. I >>> already had Palm Desktop OS 4.1 on my computer. I was syncing my >>> handspring to the Palm software. It worked very well. >>> >>> When I connected the Tungsten E to my computer and hit the hotsync >>> button >>> it also worked well. >>> >>> I'm very happy with the palm software and have not desire to sync it >>> to >>> the Address Book or iCal. >>> >>> As they say, if it ain't broke, don't fix it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >>> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >>> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >>> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> >> >> >> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will >> | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. >> | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> >> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> >> > > > > | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will > | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. > | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> > | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup> | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be April 26. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | List posting address: <mailto:macgroup at erdos.math.louisville.edu> | List Web page: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>
