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I have a palm Tungsten E2, second one. I had originally set up hotsync and iSync to perfectly synchronize using iCal, etc. instead of the palm desktop functions. My original E2 was stolen. After a month, I got a replacement, plugged it in and tried to sync. No go.
I have reinstalled the latest palm desktop today from the palm website. I deleted the device from the device list in iSync and started over with adding a new device. It finds my device and I enable Palm OS syncing. I go thru all the steps including the step where the conduits will be placed in the palm hotsync disabled conduits folder.
No matter how many times I restart and redo this process, I get the following problems: 1- my device comes up the the yellow warning sign in iSync indicating that I need to Enable Palm OS syncing again; 2- I get a message in the Hotsync Log "User * configured for Palm Address Book conduit and corresponding iSync data class, skipping iSync to avoid conflicting modifications 3/21/06 7:23:43 PM
iSync Conduit: Sending Error Response 6: User * configured for Palm Address Book conduit and corresponding iSync data class 3/21/06 7:23:46 PM
iSync Conduit: received NULL message, disconnecting... 3/21/06 7:23:46 PM"
I cannot figure out what to try next. Any suggestions?
Sherry

This could be a permissions issue - I had to change the permssions on the 3 folders even though I run Tiger
try this-
[From the palm site]
Palm Desktop Installer Access Denied error after iSync 1.2 Palm Conduit has been installed.
You may receive the following error during installation or re-installation of Palm Desktop if you have installed the iSync 1.2 Palm Conduit for Mac OS X:
"Sorry, the operation could not be completed due to a System error. (Access Denied.)"
Explanation: the iSync 1.2 Palm Conduit installer changes the ownership and permission settings of some Palm folders to Read Only. The Palm Desktop Installer requires these folders have Read & Write access.
Workaround: A user with Administrator privileges (usually the primary user under Mac OS X) must change these privileges prior to running the Palm Desktop installer.
Perform one of the following procedures to change the affected folder privileges:
Mac OS X 10.2.x and 10.3.x
1. Download and install the latest version of Palm Desktop for Macintosh from the Palm support website, here: http://www.palm.com/us/support/macintosh/mac_desktop.html
Alternatively, if you need to reinstall your software from the original CD you must perform the following procedure.
In the Finder, select the "/Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync" folder. Note that this is the Library folder at the ‘root' level of your hard drive, not the Library folder in your user Home folder.
Select "Get Info" from the File menu.
Select the lock icon next to the "Owner" name to unlock it.
Select the Owner menu and select your username (or a user with Admin privileges). You may be asked to enter your password at this time.
Change the Owner's Access to "Read & Write"
Select the "Group" name and change it to "Admin"
Change the Group's Access to "Read & Write"
Repeat steps 2 through 8 for the following two folders:
"/Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Conduits"
"/Library/Application Support/Palm HotSync/Disabled Conduits"

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