[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: Palm Desktop to Apple-Mark/Space apps?

[Robyn Phillips]

on 12/7/06 03:45, MikeG wrote:

> I've been following the discussion on Missing Sync 5 since its
> release, waiting for the initial flood of problems to subside. It
> seemed that the app has become fairly stable with the release of 5.1.
> 
> I'm ready to upgrade from version 4. But I am stumped as to the best
> way to do this.
> 
> The bulk of my data is in Palm Desktop. Some of it is in Address
> Book. A small amount in iCal. But I understand that proper procedure
> is you have to have all your information in Address Book and iCal and
> overwrite the Palm on the first sync.
> 
> Has anyone got any tips on how best to do this? Is it as simple as
> exporting all your Palm Desktop items as their various .vcf, .vcal
> formats? What about the memos? They go that Mark/Space Memo app,
> right? How?
> 
> Then I suppose it's important to get your iCal data into the
> calendars, and make sure your Address Book categories are as you
> want. But since I've got categories in Palm Desktop, isn't there some
> way to preserve them as I transfer to the iCal/Address Book/Memo app?
> 
> I'd really appreciate some pointers on the best way to do this, so I
> can successfully transition to the Apple-Mark/Space apps and finally
> leave that inadequate Palm Desktop behind.
> 

Hi Mike,

I am using Missing Sync 5 with Palm Desktop. Although Palm Desktop has not
been updated for the Mac in a long while, and unlikely to, it still does an
acceptable job, even though it is a basic program. The one advantage I think
Palm Desktop has over iCal and Address Book is that I can choose handheld
overwrites desktop if necessary.

I understand that you may want to migrate across to iCal and Address Book,
but please be aware that it is not compulsory to do this to use Missing Syn
5.

Robyn