[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: Tungsten C and Missing Sync -- STILL NEED HELP

William Laven wmlaven at platinotype.com
Wed Jun 8 22:53:29 PDT 2005


David,

Did the Hard Rest and it restored everything.  Whew.

Then I followed the rest of the advice and it seemed to work fine.  
I'll be doing this often in the next couple days and checking it out,  
but it looks good.

Thanks again for your help.

Bill

On Jun 8, 2005, at 9:13 PM, David Neil wrote:

> Bill,
>
> What you should do is hard reset the device, that will get rid of  
> the things
> that are there that you can't use. Then go to:
>
> /Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Conduits/
>
> And find any of the Palm Desktop Conduits (which are: Address,  
> Calendars,
> Contacts, Datebook, Memo, Memos, Tasks, and ToDos) and move them to:
>
> /Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Disabled Conduits/
>
> In the conduits folder you should have Apple. That is the iSync  
> conduit.
>
> After your hard reset you should launch the sync again. When you do  
> Missing
> sync should ask you what device it is. I suspect that previously  
> you had
> associated this device with the same name you had used for the  
> previous
> device. What you need to do is make this a NEW device and assign it  
> a new
> unique name.
>
> Then after that is complete you should look at Missing Sync and see  
> the
> iSync conduit. As I had said previously, double click on the iSync  
> conduit
> and check the box to enable iSync for the device.
>
> Now when you sync it will sync with iSync.
>
> You should NOT get anything restored from the previous device. The  
> most
> important thing here is that after your hard reset you give the  
> device a
> UNIQUE name. Until a sync the device will not have a device name.
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Neil
> Mark/Space, Inc.
> Technical Support
>
>
>
> On 6/8/05 10:21 PM, "William Laven" <wmlaven at platinotype.com> wrote:
>
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I did as David suggested, but when I went to iSync it said "To finish
>> setting up your Palm OS device to work with iSync you need to select
>> the iSync Hot Sync Conduit in the Hot Sync Manager." Well, I don't
>> know where the Hot Sync Manager is. I opened Missing Sync and iSync
>> conduit appears and I double clicked it like he said and said "Enable
>> Palm OS," but it still doesn't sync.
>>
>> This is my very first sync with a new Palm Tungsten C. Should the
>> Backup be set to "Restore from Backup" to get iCal and Address Book
>> onto the Palm? Anything else?
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2005, at 11:16 AM, David Neil wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> You do not need to install Palm Desktop. You can simply install
>>> Missing Sync
>>> and then to install the iSync conduit, launch iSync, click on the
>>> 'Devices'
>>> menu, and choose the option to Enable Palm OS Syncing.
>>>
>>> Once you have installed the conduit, when you open Missing Sync
>>> double click
>>> on the iSync conduit and check the box to enable iSync for the  
>>> device.
>>>
>>> Now when you launch the sync, by pressing the Sync button on the
>>> cradle,
>>> Missing Sync will launch and iSync will launch and you will sync
>>> with iCal
>>> and Address Book.
>>>
>>> I hope this helps.
>>>
>>> David Neil
>>> Mark/Space, Inc.
>>> Technical Support
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/8/05 1:41 PM, "William Laven" <wmlaven at platinotype.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> I'm about to go buy a Palm Tungsten C and will then buy the latest
>>>> Missing Sync for Tiger.
>>>>
>>>> What I'm wondering is whether I can not load the Palm software at
>>>> all, but only Missing Sync's conduit in order to sync my handheld
>>>> with iCal and Address Book. If someone wouldn;t mind explaining  
>>>> what
>>>> is the best way to set this up I can do a clean install of whatever
>>>> is necessary for a better chance of success.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks, Bill
>>>>               
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