[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Use FTP Client, INREPLY-TO: Conduits for same data; memo app; exporting photos; exporting Clie Memos

[Matthew Johnson]

On Sep 3, 2004, at 10:58 AM, Rob and Satoko at BECS wrote:

> 4. Is there any way to export Clie Memo app doodles from the Clie to 
> the
> Mac? (To the PC?!)

I've found a way to do it using Internet Sharing and FTP. See below.

On Sep 3, 2004, at 11:19 AM, Thomas Streeter wrote:
>
> I've noticed, though, that jpegs can be loaded from the mac to the 
> clie with a sync by dropping them in the bottom "memory stick" pane of 
> Missing-sync. For some reason, .doc files do not sync; don't know why. 
> I haven't tried .mpg's this way. But in any case, the fact that at 
> least some files can be synced onto the memory stick using MissingSync 
> suggests a partial workaround.
>
>
> I certainly wish there were. (Or even better: freenote doodles; I have 
> a TH55.) The only way I know to get a doodle out of a clie is by 
> taking a screenshot. (There's a program called "ritemail" that 
> supposedly works with palm that not only allows you to email 
> handwritten notes but also translate them using cursive handwriting 
> recognition; anybody know anything about that?)

I've found a way to copy _any_ file from the PDA to the Mac.  This 
includes files that don't have their type registered with the OS and 
files that are located in either main PDA memory or the memory stick.  
To do it, I'm using a FTP client on the palm and the built in FTP 
access on Mac OS X.

Here's the short version.

   A) Enable FTP on the MAC (on the Mac System Preferences -> Sharing -> 
Services Tab, check FTP Access).
   B) Download and install VFS-FTP for Palm - 
http://www.ninelocks.com/vfsftp/vfsftp.html .
   C) Configure Internet Sharing on the PDA; make sure "Internet 
Sharing" is turned on for the Mac
   D) On the PDA, connect to the Mac via prefs-> Network -> Connect 
button
   E) Start VFS-FTP for the Palm, and fill in the FTP info. For me the 
server(my mac) is 192.168.1.100, The Login Name is mattj.  Include the 
password as well. Click 'Login' and you will see the PDA connecting and 
then your home directory folders.
   F) Click on the memory icon and pick out what you want to transfer by 
filling the check-marks to the left of the filename.
   G) Click on to FTP to transfer.  (Make sure you've connected first)

Your file(s) should now be in the home directory of your mac.

Have fun with it!

   -Matthew Johnson


Update:  Now that I run VFS-FTP again to verify the correctness of this 
email, I noticed that I can copy files
          TO the main memory, but not FROM the main memory.  Both TO and 
FROM work fine to the memory stick. So
          as long as you copy files to the memory stick first, it should 
work.

P.S:  If you like the FTP program, consider registering it with 
ninelocks.com to support the author and the shareware concept. It is 
$15.