[missing-sync-palmos-talk] 5.1.0 b10 corrupts sync system

[Jens Miltner]

Am 07.03.2006 um 06:32 schrieb Steven Chan:

> From: Steven Chan <sc at stevenchan.us>
> Date: March 6, 2006 21.30.27 PST
> To: missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com
> Subject: 5.1.0 b10 corrupts sync system
>
>
> I installed Missing Sync 5.1.0 b10, hoping that it would take care  
> of the endless duplication of Contacts' records and the five-minute  
> sync times.
>
> Instead, the Mark/Space Contacts and Events conduits do not show up  
> in the Conduits list anymore, even though they are still located  
> in /Library/Application Support/Palm Hotsync/Conduits/. No amount  
> of dragging or re-re-installing would restore these contacts.
>
> Attempts to delete this beta and downgrade to a 5.0 version was met  
> with a "Nothing to install" error message at the old installers'  
> screen, which sticks me in a quandary. It's been almost five days  
> now and my device cannot use Missing Sync to synchronize my  
> contacts and events.
>
>
> Does anyone have any advice? The best solution I can come up with,  
> at this point, is to simply use Palm Desktop, but that means that  
> Missing Sync no longer has a purpose on my system. :(

To force install an older version of Missing Sync, remove the missing  
sync installer receipt from /Library/Receipts. (It's called "Missing  
Sync Installer.pkg")
Then the older installer should be able to install properly...

</jum>