[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Fwd: Re: [Mark/Space Support #544941]:
Missing Sync for PalmOS
Robert Powell
rpowell at powellassociates.com
Mon Aug 15 08:23:41 PDT 2005
Here's the link to the apple support file:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214
ChemBob
On Aug 15, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Robert Powell wrote:
> Brad has discussed this to some extent before I had a chance to
> post this. The crons are Unix maintenance routines from all the way
> back in the mainframe days. Some of them run daily, some weekly and
> some monthly. Indeed OSX runs the crons automatically if your
> computer is on. But many people are on laptops that they close or
> often desktop users turn their computers off at night (or they go
> to sleep), which is when the crons run (I don't remember what time
> of night). So utilities are available to run these crons (via a
> GUI, such as MainMenu menu command "Run Maintenance Scripts" ->
> 'daily' or 'weekly' or 'monthly' or 'all) when you tell them to
> run. There is also thefsck -f command to repair directories (you
> have to hold down command S during startup) that can repair many
> types of file system problems. I believe Apple has instructions for
> this in their support forums. And if all else fails (and
> occasionally for routine rebuilding of the "wrapper") DiskWarrior
> can't be beat. Unfortunately there are no maintenance-free or
> bullet-proof operating/file systems yet. Unix comes closest but
> still requires a little knowledge and work.
>
> ChemBob
>
> On Aug 15, 2005, at 10:24 AM, William Laven wrote:
>
>
>> What are the "cron" routines. people often speak of. I run disk
>> permissions periodically, but is there more. I had OnyX and
>> Cocktail, but they did weird things when I upgraded to Tiger and
>> didn't work correctly (but maybe there are newer versions??).
>>
>>
>> On Aug 15, 2005, at 4:49 AM, Robert Powell wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> I have at least a suggestion(s). You need to upgrade iCal, the
>>> latest version is 2.0.2. You didn't mention your iSync version
>>> but the latest is 2.1 (build 88 I believe) and you should have
>>> this as well. Realistically, you should run all the cron
>>> routines, rebuild your permissions, test for corrupted
>>> preferences, possibly run DiskWarrior, yada yada yada. Then you
>>> should seriously consider upgrading to Tiger (OSX 10.4.2) to make
>>> sure everything is as up to speed as possible. iCal 2.0.2 and
>>> iSync 2.1 may require Tiger, I can't remember. All the
>>> maintenance routines I mentioned (except DiskWarrior, which is
>>> possibly the best MacOSX utility ever developed but not free) are
>>> available in the free utility MainMenu. You can find it at
>>> versiontracker.com.
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>> ChemBob
>>>
>>> On Aug 15, 2005, at 1:06 AM, Burv wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I sent this in to support at markspace dot com, and
>>>> have since realized a couple things. It seems to be
>>>> actually two problems, but I'm quite a bit more
>>>> concerned with ical/isync not working.
>>>>
>>>> In a nutshell, I'm noticing that when I sync, isync
>>>> always gives this error message (see email below), and
>>>> creates multiple duplicate entries in Ical each time.
>>>> This happens even when I follow the instructions at
>>>> http://www.markspace.com/support/index.php?x=&mod_id=2&id=2391
>>>> to erase and re-sync, but still the same thing.
>>>> Also, I checked in ical, and the record was there,
>>>> although it must have been a corrupted one, as it was
>>>> an event that I know I didn't put in ical or the PDA;
>>>> rather, it was a combination of different records.
>>>>
>>>> Anybody notice the same thing, or have any thoughts on
>>>> how to fix it? I'm running ical 1.5.5 (v670), MacOS
>>>> 10.3.9, and missing sync 4.0.5. I have a treo 650
>>>> (verizon).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --- Burv <bowei_99 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 00:31:09 -0700 (PDT)
>>>>> From: Burv <bowei_99 at yahoo.com>
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Mark/Space Support #544941]: Missing
>>>>> Sync for PalmOS
>>>>> To: support at markspace.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> I also forgot to mention that, when I added a bunch
>>>>> of
>>>>> channels in avantgo, which caused me to run out of
>>>>> available space on the PDA. So, I deleted some
>>>>> channels and was able to sync successfully (avantgo)
>>>>> once, but after that, it keeps prompting me for my
>>>>> password each time I open avantgo on the treo. I
>>>>> enter my password, click submit, sync, and that's
>>>>> when
>>>>> I get missing sync not being able to talk to the
>>>>> server.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Tried this multiple times, and each time, I get the
>>>> following error message in Isync. I've tried quitting
>>>> and restarting the applications, restarting the
>>>> system, forcing slow synchronization, setting isync to
>>>> ignore anything older than 1 month (since I figured it
>>>> may have been that isync was getting too much data),
>>>> but I still get the same message - that it fails.
>>>> This is what it says below. I checked in ical, and it
>>>> does refer to an actual ical item.
>>>>
>>>> Saturday, August 13, 2005 10:34 PM
>>>> |iCal| Could not add record '<CFDictionary 0xb1d250
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{type = mutable, count = 9, capacity =
>>>> 17, pairs = (
>>>> 3 : <CFString 0xa45d1870 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncDescription"} = <CFString 0x5126740
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{contents = "From epinions
>>>> . Creative labs video blaster webcam nx pro
>>>> . Logitech quickcam pro 3000 webcam"}
>>>> 4 : <CFString 0xa45d1bc0 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncICalendarUID"} = <CFString 0x15cdb0
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "12C77E2C-7F1F-11D9-BB6D-000A95AF3F7C"}
>>>> 7 : <CFString 0xa45d1a10 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncStartDate"} = 2005-02-18 19:30:00 -0800
>>>> 8 : <CFString 0xa45d1a80 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncSequence"} = <CFNumber 0x511cc90
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{value = +4, type = kCFNumberSInt32Type}
>>>> 9 : <CFString 0xa45d1ae0 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncDuration"} = <CFNumber 0x5123160
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{value = +7200, type =
>>>> kCFNumberSInt32Type}
>>>> 11 : <CFString 0xa45d1880 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncSummary"} = <CFString 0x51265c0
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{contents = "TNT at daniel and dianas"}
>>>> 13 : <CFString 0xa45d1ad0 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncPriority"} = <CFNumber 0x5126810
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{value = +1, type = kCFNumberSInt32Type}
>>>> 15 : <CFString 0xa45d03f0 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncRecordType"} = <CFString 0x5126860
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{contents = "NSSyncICalEventRecordType"}
>>>> 21 : <CFString 0xa45d1a00 [0xa01c00e0]>{contents =
>>>> "NSSyncStatus"} = <CFNumber 0x395d710
>>>> [0xa01c00e0]>{value = +3, type = kCFNumberSInt32Type}
>>>> )}'
>>>> Conduit iCal generated exception
>>>> NSSyncConduitException: Could not add record '{
>>>> NSSyncDescription = "From epinions\n . Creative
>>>> labs video blaster webcam nx pro\n . Logitech
>>>> quickcam pro 3000 webcam";
>>>> NSSyncDuration = 7200;
>>>> NSSyncICalendarUID =
>>>> "12C77E2C-7F1F-11D9-BB6D-000A95AF3F7C";
>>>> NSSyncPriority = 1;
>>>> NSSyncRecordType = NSSyncICalEventRecordType;
>>>> NSSyncSequence = 4;
>>>> NSSyncStartDate = 2005-02-18 19:30:00 -0800;
>>>> NSSyncStatus = 3;
>>>> NSSyncSummary = "TNT at daniel and dianas";
>>>> }'. Can't commit item .
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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