[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Fwd: Re: [Mark/Space Support #544941]: Missing Sync for PalmOS

Sat Aug 20 22:45:34 PDT 2005

Well, I figured this one out.  I reinstalled isync,
and it works.  Just really slow (isync, that is).  I
posted the results at 
http://discussions.info.apple.com/webx13@585.v4PBa9Yg6O9.10@.68b38f73/3

--- Robert Powell <rpowell at powellassociates.com>
wrote:

> 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
> 
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