sync with OSX 10.3.9

[glennmillar]

Hi there

I recently upgraded my phone to a treo 650 and want to sync with my mac, but cant seem to do it, whats the isync conduit? and how do I go about sorting this out, I look forward to some helpful advice.

Glenn

[chris]

I recently upgraded my phone to a treo 650 and want to sync with my mac, but cant seem to do it, whats the isync conduit? and how do I go about sorting this out, I look forward to some helpful advice.

Okay, first things first. Are you looking to sync with your iApps or strictly with Palm Desktop?

If you haven't used a Palm device before, I would install the latest version of Palm Desktop for the Mac -- which can be found here.

I would run the installer and then try to complete a HotSync. You might want to enter a contact into Palm Desktop just to ensure that there's communication.

I believe that Panther installs iSync. You will need to install the iSync conduit. This allows you to sync between the iApps and a Palm device - which in this case is the Treo.

Something to consider BEFORE you do an sync using iSync is the permission fix. Here's a thread on that topic.

So, to recap:

• Install latest and greatest version of Palm Desktop for mac using link above
• Run the installer and perform a HotSync
• If you need to run the iApps, you should consider using the permission fix. I would probably install the iSync conduit -- and try to enable Palm OS Syncing (you do this via a menu in iSync. If you have trouble, then run the permission fix.
• If all goes well, perform another HotSync. You should see iSync come up and sync your iApps.

Hope this helps. Here are some useful references:
Palm Macintosh Support

If you have questions, let me know and I'll do what I can to help.

-Chris

[glennmillar]

Hi Chris

Thanks for the advice there, but I am still having problems, I cannot sync with my iApps which is what I really want, not that there is anything wrong with the palm versions, I just prefer my iapps, I installed the conduit and isync still doesnt recognise the device as being there, even though it has synced through the palm desktop so there is communication there. If i have to I can just use palm desktop, but I would prefer not to.

[glennmillar]

Thanks for the advice and the site, I finally got it sorted and my Treo 650 and my Mac are working together in perfect harmony!!! I love it!

[chris]

Thanks for the advice and the site, I finally got it sorted and my Treo 650 and my Mac are working together in perfect harmony!!! I love it!

Awesome. Great to hear it.

Was there anything in particular that was causing the problems?

-Chris

[glennmillar]

I just went through everything again very slowly making sure I had done everything correctly and it worked, so I obviously left something out in previous attempts, the help from the palm site on syncing was a great help as well so thanks for the redirection there as well