At about 20/05/07 00:01 (GMT +1000), royofsf ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Have you or anyone else been able to sync any of the following with a > Mac without issues: Adobe Reader (on Missing Sync OK list; henceforth, > I'll abbreviate with MS if it's on their list), Avantgo (MS), > BackupBuddy (MS), Easy Update-United Airlines (MS), eReader (books), > Mobipocket (books and daily newspaper updates, a fabulous source), > Maltin Movie Guide (MS), MobiMate's WorldMatePro (MS), Zagat > (restaurant/hotel reviews worldwide)?
Sorry to say that I don't use any from your list! > Is Missing Sync necessary to sync these apps regardless of whter I use > Palm Desktop for Mac or iCal? No - a misunderstanding of what Missing Sync does. There is NEVER a NEED to use Missing Sync to use any particular handheld application. You may WANT to use Missing Sync, as I have chosen to do, because it gives the flexibilty to selectively enable/disable particular conduits or sets of conduits, etc, etc. My guess is that each of the above handheld applications uses it's own conduit? If that is the case those conduits should work with either Palm's original Hotsync Manager (note that I am not referring to the Palm Desktop application), or with Missing Sync. An indication on the MarkSpace website that a conduit is compatible is just confirmation of the good news that they have tested that particular conduit, NOT an indication that Missing Sync is NEEDED for it. The possible combinations for syncing your data to/from Mac/handheld are: Read in three columns; Desktop application -> conduit manager -> handheld application Palm Desktop -> Palm Hotsync Manager -> handheld application (Palm default) Palm Desktop -> Missing Sync -> handheld application (my setup) Apple iCal -> iSync -> handheld application (Apple's default) Apple iCal -> Missing Sync -> handheld application Note that iSync ONLY handles PIM data. It doesn't understand third party conduits, so you'll be sxxx out of luck with the data for your list of handheld applications. Ajb -- Al Byrne albyrne (at) email (dot) com
