[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Categories & iCal

[Michael Griffith]

Has anyone made a real assessment of e2sync in regard to this question?
Michael

Associate Professor Michael Griffith
School of Arts and Sciences
Australian Catholic University Limited
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On 30/07/2005, at 3:31 AM, Mac Mike wrote:

> George,
>
>
>>> Does it make sense to keep iCal
>>> AppleAddress Book as my main Palm sync sources and use Paul
>>> Berkowtiz's scripts to keep Entourage alive. Of course I would not
>>> use the Entourage conduits because they don't work with a Tungsten
>>> T3... nor do they allow the use of StickyBrain.... any insights into
>>> these issues?
>>>
>
>
>
>> That's what I do. It isn't perfect because the scripts sometimes  
>> miss things
>> and are overall a little awkward but it works okay to keep  
>> Entourage pretty
>> well up to date with iCal and Address Book.
>>
>
> Sorry to be going a little off the "Missing Sync" topic...
>
> So far I have had almost 100% success with Paul's scripts.  It has  
> been the
> most robust and reliable form of syncing that I have ever used on  
> my Mac,
> and I've tried just about everything I can find.
>
> I have found 2 issues that might help when missing some items.   
> First, Paul
> updates his scripts almost monthly to add new features,  
> compatibility, etc.
> Make sure you have downloaded the latest scripts.
>
>     http://www.scriptbuilders.net/
>
> Second, there are a lot of settings that you can make in these  
> scripts.  I
> know setting them up can be confusing, but they are there.  The  
> trade-off
> between speed and complete thoroughness is a decision you'll have  
> to make.
> If you set them up to check for deletions, it will take longer, but  
> most
> likely never miss a thing.  Since I've got these scheduled to run  
> every
> night, I just let them do their thing - it only takes about 1  
> minute for
> each script to run after the initial sync.  That's longer than some
> conduits, but it is really thorough.  The later revs even has the  
> ability to
> create & sync custom fields between Address Book/iCal & Entourage  
> when it
> sees them.  The advantage here is that less info gets appended to the
> "Notes" field.
>
> -Mike
>
>
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