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

[William Laven]

On Jun 9, 2005, at 8:37 AM, Scott Gruby wrote:

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>>>>
>>>> Make sure the phone numbers are all listed as HOME numbers and  
>>>> that street addresses are listed as HOME addresses. This is a  
>>>> limitation/bug in the iSync Palm Conduit. Apple has not fixed  
>>>> this bug as far as I can tell.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> I WISH THAT WAS EXPLAINED PROMINENTLY IN MISSING SYNC'S INFO.
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>>>
>
> You're complaining to the wrong people, unfortunately, this is NOT  
> a Missing Sync issue, but an iSync Palm Conduit issue. If you check  
> Apple's forums and some other places, you'll see that people using  
> Palm's HotSync Manager (and not Missing Sync) have the same problem.

Even though it is an iSync issue, it would be nice if Mark Space  
mentioned it in their instructions so we knew we'd have to work  
around it.
>
>
>>>> Since there are different notions of repeating events from iCal  
>>>> to the Palm, the iSync Palm Conduit from Apple doesn't sync  
>>>> this. You should get in the habit of changing all multi-day  
>>>> events to events that repeat over multiple days. For instance,  
>>>> your 5 day event should be replaced with 1 event that repeats  
>>>> for 5 days. While this is cumbersome, this is how it works.  
>>>> Again, an Apple issue.
>>>>
>>>>
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>>> A PAIN IN THE ASS, TO BE SURE, BUT AT LEAST THERES A WORKAROUND.
>>>
>>>
>
> I won't dispute this; Apple's iSync Palm Conduit should do the  
> conversion for you.

Yeah, I wish so too. Perhaps they have bigger fish to fry, as it  
were, but I would think they'd realize most of the known Apple user  
universe is syncing to PDA's.

What I found is that if I input the info to the Palm first as a  
repeating event it will sync to iCal as a multiple day event.

But I'm still stuck with what I explained in another email which is  
that the sync erased many of the addresses in Address Book. What can  
I do about that?

Bill


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> Scott Gruby
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> Mark/Space, Inc.
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