Mac OS X Palm Treo 700P iSync tip

[yesthattom]

The instructions for getting your Treo to sync with your Mac over Bluetooth are replicated in a million difference places when you count the paper and electronic copies you are given.

However.

The instructions you get when you start iSync, go to Help ->> iSync Help, and search for 'bluetooth isync palm' are slightly different.

There difference with these instructions is that they actually work.

I believe the basic steps are:

• Get Hotsync working from "HostSync Manager"
  
• Go to iSync and use the "Enable Palm" function
  
• Go to HotSync, go to "Hot Sync -> Conduit Setting". Click on "iSync Conduit".
  
• Click on the huge square button that says "Conduit Settings".
  
• A box will pop up. Check "Enable iSync for this Palm Device". Exit.
  
• still in iSync, click on "Sync Devices".
  
• Now you HAVE TO initiate the sync from the Palm Treo. The other way doesn't work.
  
• However, when you do this sync, once it is done iSync will pop up and sync things to the various Mac Apps
  

I'm recording this LJ entry so I can find these instructions the next time I need them. I've had to "re-discover" this twice so far.

Oh, and the syncing is fairly limited. I want to try The Missing Sync because they claim to have gotten it right.

Comments

[xeger.livejournal.com]

I'm of two minds about missing sync. When it works, it's nice - but it's also given me no end of grief, and at least a half-dozen bug reports in the "thank heavens I back up my data -before- trying new things" realm. I quite like their memopad though.