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

[Paul Berkowitz]

I've been using a Sony Clié PEG-SJ33 for several years syncing to Entourage
without any problem. Until recently I synced using a special early version
of Palm HotSync 4 which worked (it had to have a particular version of
Conduit Manager), and then I switched to MissingSync and it also works, with
no problems. First Entourage X, then Entourage 2004.

In your next message you say you sync to two Macs. That's why you have
problems. it's nothing to do with Clié. The same would happen with any Palm.
Nor does it have anything much to do with which PIM you use - Entourage or
Palm Desktop or Address Book/iCal. The files which keep track of which
device - Palm or computer - has the most recently updated version will get
very confused if you sync to more than one computer. If at least one of your
syncs is of the "Handheld Overwrites Computer" or "Computer Overwrites
Handheld" variety, then you can probably get away with it because you're not
depending on the sync engine or sync files to keep track. But if the sync
operations from both computers to the handheld are both "Synchronize" there
will always be problems.

-- 
Paul Berkowitz


> From: Tim Collier <collierof1957 at mac.com>
> Reply-To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Palm OS) Discussion List"
> <missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com>
> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 08:21:03 -0500
> To: "The Missing Sync (Mac/Palm OS) Discussion List"
> <missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com>
> Subject: Re: [missing-sync-palmos-talk]  Syncing doesn't work...frustration
> grows...
> 
> Amen to that.  My last Clie was 'OK' all by itself, it did everything it was
> supposed to do but God forbid you should try to sync it....even just using
> the Palm Desktop.....it worked sometimes and other times it just refused.
> That's why I went to Palm and bought a Tungsten C.  No regrets since them.
> Missing Sync works  PERFECTLY!
> 
> Tim
> 
> 
> On 3/4/05 8:00 PM, "Brad Knowles" <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote:
> 
>> At 3:47 PM -0500 2005-03-04, Henry Seiden wrote:
>> 
>>>  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.
>> 
>> The blame should go to Sony.  Whatever support Palm has had for
>> the Mac, Sony didn't even provide that much.  They exclusively
>> supported the PC, and you were screwed if you had anything else.
>> Blame Palm for poor Mac support in general, yes.  But blame Sony for
>> *no* Mac support at all on the Clié line.
> 
> --
> Exterminate all rational thought.
> 
> 
> 
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