[missing-sync-palmos-talk] can't sync despite troubleshooting advice in manual

[Robert Powell]

Sorry to have put you out, but I don't recall that your original post  
(or its subject line), the one to which I replied, said anything  
about you having tried other USB and Bluetooth devices. A subsequent  
post of yours did say that you had confirmed that the ports worked  
(btw, there is often a significant lag on here between emailing the  
group and the emails posting). I also don't believe either the Palm,  
MS or Apple manuals recommend the hardware test on the OSX disk so I  
thought I'd suggest it in case you didn't actually have another USB  
or Bluetooth device to check out your iMac. Was just trying to help  
you out.


On Dec 1, 2005, at 3:59 PM, Jason Davies wrote:

>> Jason, have you tried any other USB or Bluetooth devices with your  
>> new
>> iMac, like a phone (BT) or digital camera (USB) just to see if the  
>> the
>> ports work at all? Also, your Apple OSX System DVD should have a
>> hardware testing program on it (at least it does for the PowerBooks)
>> that you should probably run to be on the safe side.
>
>
> clearly the subject line was not enough...:-)
>
>
> The Ports:
>
> - i have tested all three USB ports with other devices (EyeTV  
> miglia, keyboard, mouse, camera, microphone, USB disks)
> - I have meticulously followed all the advice in the  
> troubleshooting section of the manual
> - I have ruled out hardware problems with the USB ports: the ports  
> all work with all the devices I mentioned.
>
> The Cables:
>
>     - I have a cradle and a separate cable
>     - these work with my PB in MS
>     - they don't work on the iMac, that is, they do not show up  in  
> Apple System Profiler as live USB ports when I am hotsyncing (or  
> rather, trying to)
>
> Bluetooth
>
>     as I postscripted, I have now succeeded in getting BT to work  
> by erasing, reinstalling. But it' not enough to move 2 gigs of data  
> around almost every day. It lost the connection after half an hour  
> earlier on, and has been syncing for well over an hour now, and is  
> still not very far into my iTunes playlist.
>
> Wi-fi
>     I can't get this to work. i followed the instructions in the  
> Setup assistant. i put the IP address of the iMac in but when I try  
> to sync over the network, it fires up bluetooth. When I tell it to  
> use the wi-fi connection, it doesn't sync.
>
> The setup assistant says something about 'usual connection' but i  
> have no usual connection. If there are fuller instructions (such as  
> how to tell Windows RAS to use wi-fi), I'd be grateful for that...
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