sync with OSX 10.3.9 - Treo Forums

glennmillar · 11-21-2005, 06:52 PM

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 · 11-21-2005, 07:16 PM

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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 · 12-01-2005, 11:32 AM

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 · 12-02-2005, 09:33 AM

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 · 12-02-2005, 09:43 AM

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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 · 12-02-2005, 12:37 PM

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