All information in Palm doesn't sync to computer's address book

I have been trying to sync my palms info to my computer. Most information syncs except for the contacts addresses. Help please.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
This is a long-term shortcoming of the iSync Palm Conduit. No contact address information is passed to and from a Palm device unless the address data label is set to <home>. Using the label <work> or, using any other value, results in the field being ignored.
For a better synchronization experience, one that does not burden you with this and many other iSync Palm Conduit issues, consider using the Missing Sync for Palm OS instead.
PowerBook G4 12 867 MHz 640 meg 40 gig SuperDrive   Mac OS X (10.4.10)   temporarily coupled with a Handspring Treo 300 on the T-Mobile network

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