[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Syncing doesn't work...frustration grows...

[Henry Seiden]

Linda,

Sadly, I must agree with you, although I don't know how much blame you can
put on the Clié. I have one too- the PEG-NX80U. Is that older or newer than
yours? Rather blame should fall more to Palm which seemingly goes the way of
toilet flushing- down the tubes.

1. They have never supported the MAC OS well, even in OS9 it was less than
perfect. They chose to use an antiquated Desktop program, perhaps you heard
of Claris' Addressbook and Mail- long out of circulation and poorly updated
by Palm. 

2. OS X was even worse, hence Missing Sync.

3. Missing Sync only does the "handshaking" to other conduits and desktop
software, it knows not at all about Desktop, or database issues, just the
database sync part.

4. It's been true in my case also that sync to more than one desktop from
the handheld causes all sorts of problems between the desktops and their
data. Why? I came to find out that there are several reasons- probably more
that I don't know yet. Biggest of these (to make a long story shorter) is
that the database fields are more in number on the desktop than on the
handheld (for reasons only Palm can know- poor design comes to mind). See
the items above for some history on this.

5. I am trying (gulp!) Microsoft Entourage2004 and sharing the desktop data
independently of the handheld, ie., not using Hotsync (the Palm program)
between the desktops. I intend to sync only to my work computer from Palm
and Share the home computer via a network connection. Hoping that a "shared"
list of data will appear as if by magic on the Handheld. So far, no joy
though. 

6. There are tools to do the above by Paul Berkowitz. They are Applescripts.
If it works for me, I'll let the list know. Otherwise feel free to contact
me off list.  

Good luck,

Henry
On 3/4/05 2:34 AM, "Linda Zimring" <lzimring at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I have had nothing but trouble trying to hotsync my Sony Clie TJ35 to
> any of my 3 Mac G4's. I have reinstalled the palm software several
> times as well as the Missing Sync.
> Today, someone told me that if you try to sync it to more than one
> computer, it won't work because it knows which computer you set it to.
> If I had one reliable connection, I wouldn't need to try all three. Can
> anyone suggest what I can do to make this work?
> It has worked on and off, here and there, but with no consistency. I
> would appreciate any help anyone can provide! Thanks in advance...
> Linda
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