Markspace Missing Sync 2.5

Having read these forums extensively before buying my Mac i know that a lot of people had issues with Marksspace Missing Sync before... i've recently bought v2.5 for Windows based Smartphones, it supports Intel Macs and runs brilliantly, i've thus far had no issues with it, it Sync's first time every time, no crashing, no hanging..
So just in case anyone was after a program to use their smartphone/windows PDA with the Mac OS, i can heartily recommend this!

Hi Scott
I have been on the fence regarding this - I want to buy the HTC TyTn or Excalibur of for that matter the Moto Q - in short an MS phone but the reviews I have been reading on MarkSpace's MSync 2.5 have been horrific. People saying its all rubbish. Entries dont match, phone books are wiped out etc etc.
Your experience has been different - I am curious, could you let me know more details on which MS phone you are using and whether you are syncing with Native Mac Aps like Mail etc or are you using Entourage for mac ?
Thanks

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Syncing ical using "missing sync" to handheld PPC 6700

All of a sudden I can not sync. Maybe software update conflicted? I use markspace missing sync to sync my PPC 6700 and ical. I have reset my handheld and rebooted my mac book - no change. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
mac book Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Just to clarify the issue, it's not really Mountain Standard Time that is observed in the winter in Arizona and Pacific Daylight Time in the summer: it's actually Mountain Standard Time which is observed year around.
With the exception of the Navajo tribal lands which do make the switch to Mountain Daylight time—and the wholly contained Hopi tribal lands which do not make the switch but, in typical, historic anti-Navajo fashion stay with the remainder of the state—Arizona simply does not make a switch to Mountain Daylight Time, remaining instead on Mountain Standard Time the year around.
That's an important distinction in configuring time zone information on both your Macintosh and your Palm smartphone. Your Palm 700p should reflect a -7 hour offset from GMT and both a manual DST setting, and no check to enable DST. If you want to create an accurate setting for Scottsdale, by the way—instead of using the default Phoenix designation—you can enter the Location: value as 33°62'N 111°92'W in a newly created Scottsdale location, instead of the 33°26'N 112°4'W values given for Phoenix.
On your Macintosh, you should also select MST Phoenix as the value in the Time Zone tab of the Date & Time System Preference pane, and be sure that in iCal, the Turn on time zone support option in the Advanced pane of the Preferences… dialog is checked or enabled, and that the America/Phoenix value appears in the upper right corner of your iCal main page.
You may have to manually correct some records after making any changes to these values, but once you have done that and synchronized, your entries will appear correctly on both platforms.

Help please, Tungsten E won't talk to iMac with OS X 10.5. Is MarkSpace's Missing Sync any good??

Comrades, I have a Tungsten E with lots of contacts, calendar dates etc on it. All I want to do is sync it up to my new iMac, so that I can then transfer that data to my new iPhone. Surely there is a download out there that does this?? The link on the Palm site that seemed appropriate throws up a message saying "page has been removed". Apple website seems to recommend the Missing Sync. Can anyone comment please?
cheers,
Leo
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Hello!
Yes the software MissingSync would be an ideal choice sync it can sync PalmOS PIM data to the iCal, Address, Notes applications on the Mac. These Mac applications is what the iPhone syncs too.
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Treo 755p, Leopard, missing sync, no event syncing

i initially had entourage but decided it *****, so i'd simply use ical and apple mail. when i had entourage i installed the palm software, but used isync to sync and everything worked fine. once i stopped uing entourage, and deleted the conduits, isync wouldn't sync anything.
after lots of reading i decided to try and get things moving with The Missing Sync. it now looks like my tasks and address book are syncing, but my calendar does not. kind of important, i think. my photos don't sync anymore, either, but im way more concerned with the events
i'd be very gratefu for any assistance anyone can give. i've searched this forum, but i keep getting hits from 2005-06!
anyway, here is the log from missing sync:
Sync starting at 8/23/08 5:22 PM (17:22:35) on USB (6.0.0)
OK Install
TimeCopy: host 2008/08/23 17:22:38, palm 2008/08/23 17:22:39, diff: -1s
OK TimeCopy
NSInvalidArgumentException [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
[ISDSchemaParser _ensureDescriptionComponent:hasNoUnknownKeysForCom ponentType:parentEntity:]: The dataclass named com.markspace.calllog.calls has unknown keys. Unknown keys: {(
Image
OK Mark/Space Call Log with 1 message(s)
No servers are configured to sync. Select the conduit and edit the settings.
OK Mark/Space Conduit for AvantGo with 1 message(s)
No playlists selected to synchronize
OK Mark/Space Conduit for iTunes
OK Mark/Space Contacts
There was an error starting a synchronization session. This conduit has been unregistered, and the next time you synchronize you will be prompted to synchronize. If that does not happen, try restarting and synchronize again.
SyncClient error. Can't initialize sync session.
OK Mark/Space Events with 2 message(s)
Client com.markspace.missingsync.palmos.notebooknotes_329 is already participating in a sync
OK Mark/Space Notes with 1 message(s)
Photos conduit does not support this handheld.
Failed Mark/Space Photos (0xffffffff)
NSInvalidArgumentException [NOTE: this exception originated in the server.]
[ISDSchemaParser _ensureDescriptionComponent:hasNoUnknownKeysForCom ponentType:parentEntity:]: The dataclass named com.markspace.sms.messages has unknown keys. Unknown keys: {(
Image
OK Mark/Space SMS Log with 1 message(s)
OK Mark/Space Tasks
OK Mark/Space Video
No folders have been selected to synchronize.
OK Mark/Space Folder Sync
OK Install
Backed up ContactsDB-PAdd
Backed up CalendarDB-PDat
Backed up TasksDB-PTod
Backed up AddressDB
Backed up DatebookDB
Backed up ToDoDB
Backed up MMIDCache0
Backed up MMIDCache1
Backed up midataidcache
Backed up PhoneCallDB
Backed up Saved Preferences
OK Backup
Sync completed successfully at 8/23/08 5:30 PM (17:30:06)
thanks to anyone who has even taken the time to read this far!
-t

Well, not to split hairs, but the actual issue is with the fact that apple does not sync properly with Treo's using the native iSync application. Due to the known issue, Apple itself pimps The Missing Sync as a "Productivity Tool." http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/productivity_tools/
Due to this fact I was hoping for a response from someone here who could help me with this.
I will certainly look around in the Mark Space forum; however, if anyone here could help me i would really appreciate it.

Where Does Missing Sync Store Call List on OS X?

Where does Missing Sync store the call list? Or, for that matter,
the contacts list and other stuff on OS X? What format is it in?
Thanks!
GMS
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Hello!
Missing sync will sync the contacts into Address Book on your Mac but will not sync calllogs/calllist are not backed up. To check out the full things missingsync does do on your device go to this link http://www.markspace.com/products/pre/mac-features.html
To check you what our backup systems does backup on your phone, due check out this KB article we have:
http://kb.palm.com/wps/portal/kb/common/article/19388_en.html#145

1127 Sync Conflcts (Missing Sync)

I've followed some folks' suggestions and installed Missing Sync. I'm using a PDA (Tungsten E2), along with my MacBook (Intel) with Tiger 10.4.6, along with a PowerBook (also on Tiger 10.4.6).
I'm pretty good at following instructions, and I thought I had done everything that Missing Sync suggested. It took me a while to get to the "clean iSync" as there were some corrupted files. But I finally got there. And then I did the "Missing Sync" sync.
At first, I had a hundred or so sync conflicts. I thought I resolved them (some of them were 3-way: iCal, MarkSpace/Events, and "deleted"). So I synced again. And then then there were more. Rinse, repeat. And now I have 1127 sync conflicts.
As far as I can tell, my iCal (on my MacBook) is just fine. And it looks as thought my PDA is fine. So, how do I clear up this problem?
Thanks (and, btw, I'm cross-posting this to a Missing Sync discussion list, as it's unclear whose problem this is—other than mine, of course).
Gary
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6)
MacBook Mac OS X (10.4.6) Missing Sync 5.1.0

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ISync Failure working with Missing Sync and Palm Lifedrive

Since the begining of March I have failed to peform a sync between my Palm and G4 Powerbook via Missing Sync v5.2.1
What happens is that a Sync is launched from my Palm cradle which is picked up by my G4, the dialogie suggests that things are being synchronised, but at the end on viewing my Sync History, I get errors reporting that databases on my palm can't be opened. Missing Syncs own conduits for iCal and AB report that they have been 'unregistered'.
Last night I attempted a sync with just 1 conduit active at a time and all failed.
I bought BackUpBuddy, but this two has failed to sync.
Markspace have suggested that I 'reset sync histories' which I have attempted to do. For this I need to open iSync first, however iSync quits during launch.
Anybody got any ideas on how to resolve this? TIA

Now that the response is reposted above, this thread makes more sense…
The (0x400a) errors generally, coupled with an inability to open files on your handheld, suggests that you have insufficient memory on board to perform these tasks. There are several other issues involved, however, so you should address each one by simplifying your configuration to avoid the most obvious ones.
For the time being, turn off the following conduits which do not report errors:
• Install
• Life Balance
• Mark/Space Conduit for iTunes
• Mark/Space Conduit for iTunes
• ChronosNotes
• BackupBuddy
Do that simply by un-checking them in the main window of the Missing Sync for Palm OS. You might want to attempt once again to synchronize, just to determine if anything has changed as a result of turning off these working conduits.
Also, turn off the following failing conduits:
• Mark/Space Folder Sync
• Voice Memo
• Documents To Go*
• Media
• Trip
Some may be incompatible with your your LifeDrive, or not properly configured for use with it. See the article below, for example, with regard to the Mark/Space Folder Sync conduit with it:
http://www.markspace.com/support/kb.php?x=&mod_id=2&id=2553
To avoid some obvious problems with your LifeDrive and the conduits presently installed, you should install the LifeDrive Update 2.0 is you have not already done so. *Among other things, it contains a Documents to Go update:
http://www.palm.com/us/support/downloads/lifedrive/lifedrive_update.html
You must follow the instructions provided by Palm carefully, as the procedure removes all of the data from your device. Insure that your data is backed up elsewhere before performing this update.
Before attempting to update your LifeDrive, follow these instructions to determine if you need to:
Find out if your LifeDrive device includes the latest LifeDrive Update software
• on your LifeDrive, press <Home> twice, until the Applications Launcher—not Favorites—appears
• tap <Menu>
• from the <App> menu, select <Info>
• at the bottom of the screen, select <Version>
Look for the application named WiFiLib [HINT: scroll down below the <Wi-Fi> items to <WiFi> with no hyphen.]
If the version number is…
• 1.0.6, 1.0.5 or below: you don't have the latest LifeDrive update. Install it
• 1.0.7: you already have the latest LifeDrive Update. Do not install it again.
Had you not needed to install this update and perform the resulting reset, I would have recommended that you perform a soft reset to see if that procedure resolves any of your issues.

PocketMAC or Missing Sync--Which one do I Choose?

I'm looking for software to synchronize contacts, events, appointments, notes, tasks, etc., between my Blackberry Curve (8330 Series) and my iMac (MAC OS X 10.5.5). In response to a previous posting where I asked for recommendations on "PocketMAC" and "Missing Sync," it was suggested that I pose my question in the Blackberry for MAC forum. So, that's what I'm doing with this posting. In addition, I did review the discussion on PocketMAC and it does give me some concern. I would appreciate both good and bad comments you might have on either software package.
Regards - rockberry

Try using missing sync, is faster, and you dont have any problem, but........., its not free.
http://www.markspace.com/products/blackberry/blackberry-sync-mac-software.html
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Ical, Missing Sync and Palm Treo 680

Most of 2007 was spent trying to get my Palm Lifedrive to Sync with iCal using Missing Sync version 5 thru 6. One day it was fine six days it was not. Nothing I have found to be more infuriating and frustrating as trying to sync my Palm with my Computer.
So, with the arrival of Leopard and the much promised improvements to Sync Services I decided to perform a Clean Install of Leopard on my Powerbook, and run just a few apps on my Powerbook leaving the rest on my new Mini Mac. At the same time I decided to upgrade my Palm Lifedrive to a Palm Treo 680. So, New OS, New Palm, Leopard ready Missing Sync.
1st Sync was spot on. All my data downloaded from .Mac for iCal and AB, sync'ed wonderfully with my Palm Treo. That was on January 7th. Since then iCal absolutely refuses to refresh. And already I am beginning to feel that 2008 and Syncing will be as frustrating as 2007.
Why cannot MarkSpace sit down with Apple and iron out all the crap. For the last couple of days I though I would see if iCal was not communicating with SyncServices by using Entourage. But this only synced with AB and did not touch iCal. To do this I had to use iSync and during the first sync only 144 of 1456 addresses were left on my Palm! iCal - no change!!
So I dumped iSync/Entourage and went back to Missing Sync own Conduits. I got my AB entries back but absolutely nothing from iCal
When I wiped my Powerbook, I cloned the hardrive. Whilst routing around, I found a folder called FileServices in ~libray. This folder was over 12gig in size. What is this folder for and why was it so big? This could explain why my Backup Sets were getting increasing larger than my actual Hardrive even though I was peforming just a daily incremental backup!
Back to iCal. Is there any reason why iCal will not refresh after a so called successful sync with my Treo 680 via Missing Sync v6.0.2?

You might have better luck getting support at Mark/Space the makers of the program. http://support.markspace.com
I did briefly look around there and found this article, not sure if its related to your issue or not.
https://support.markspace.com/index.php?_m=knowledgebase&_a=viewarticle&kbarticleid=395&nav=0,113

The Missing Sync by Mark Space

Does anyone have any experience using the Missing Sync with the iPhone? Does it work with with syncing notes?

jbarrows, I have just helped a friend with Missing Sync for iPhone, and it was a dissapointing experience. Their website does not make it explicitly clear ([see here|http://www.markspace.com/missingsynciphonenotes.php]), but two-way note synchronization is NOT supported. Here's the deal with note synchronization:
(Information valid as of Feb 15, 2008, pre-iPhone SDK release, but presumably valid until further notice from Mark/Space and likely until summer '08 when developers can vend their wares.)
[Missing Sync for iPhone by Mark/Space|http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_iphone.php] does NOT sync notes From Mac TO iPhone, but rather only syncs notes created on the iPhone to your mac, readable on Missing Sync's Notes app or a few other apps.
This was so disappointing to my friend that I negotiated with Missing Sync to refund her the purchase price, which they did do. They are a great company, but the MSiPhone product does not, in my opinion, provide the needed functionality. This is not their fault, however. I believe with the SDK kit out, by summer we'll see full note syncing along with the other basic functionality that should be enabled in a smartphone device of it's caliber--search, to-dos, etc.
If you feel moved, you can make a suggestion to Apple developers about the iPhone note syncing capability [here|http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html]. Employees do monitor these boards, but it's best to use the Feedback mechanism.
There are Web-based applications which can serve as good (temporary?) work-arounds for your problem, however. These WebApps can be found [here|http://www.apple.com/webapps>, most are in the Productivity section [here|http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity>. All are web-based, meaning you can access them from a WebApp on your iPhone through Safari, and on your desktop via a web browser. You can put this WebApp on your iPhone-homepage to make it convenient to access on the iPhone (it will give you an option to do so when you decide to download the app, and you can move things around on your home page by pressing and holding a homepage item for 3 seconds, at which time all the items will start to jiggle, and you can move things around).
My friend was deciding between three WebApps for her noting needs:
[PogoNotes|http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity/pogonotes.html]: a clean and simple interface, but does not offer many options. She chose this option.
[Listingly|http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity/listingly.html]: a more powerful but less intuitive and clean interface--many different kinds of lists and notes.
[Noter|http://www.apple.com/webapps/productivity/noter.html]: a simple but less clean interface in my opinion, doesn't offer many options.
Do post back other questions. ~jeremy
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Installing Palm Desktop & Missing Sync to Mac-Questions

Here are the steps from the Mark/Space webpage for install Palm Desktop (PD) and Missing Sync (MS) to my new Mac (I just converted from PC 4 days ago):
"Note: In order for the Missing Sync to work properly with Palm Desktop, Palm Desktop must be installed PRIOR to installing Missing Sync for Palm OS.
1) Install Palm Desktop 4.2.X
To download Palm Desktop 4.2.X, please go to: http://www.palm.com/us/support/macintosh/mac_desktop.html
2) Install Missing Sync for Palm OS Version 5.1.X or higher
3) If you have previously synchronized with Palm Desktop, your user name will be automatically added to the list of handhelds.
4) Configure the Palm Desktop conduits and make certain that other PIM conduits, such as Mark/Space Conduits for Contacts, Events and Tasks are not enabled."
I have about 40 3rd party apps on my Treo, few of which have a desktop component (conduit): Adobe, Avantgo, DocsToGo, Easy Schedule (United Airlines), eReader, MobiPocket, WorldMate, Vindigo and Zagat. I believe that all except for MobiPocket will work with Mac.
However, what do I do during the first sync, when I want to get my PIMs syncing and PIM data migrating from my Treo 680 the the PD on the Mac? I assume that this might work:
1. When do I delete all Treo 680 3rd party apps, before I sync the PIMs or does it matter as long as I turn off the 3rd party conduits?
2. Only sync the PIMs first until I see that they are working. Do this with conduit set to handheld overwrites desktop.
3. Get Mac-compatible apps from the makers, install them on the Mac and, using MS, sync and install them on my Treo. This entails correctly setting the conduits and following MS's instructions when the process is a little tricky (ie, Vindigo, Avantgo). I don't want to update any of these apps via wireless so I'm hoping that Missing Sync can do the syncing job for all of them.
Zagat isn't on their supported apps list but Zagat does indicate that it works with Mac. I don't know what that means.
Does anyone have any comments. Thanks.

Since Palm Desktop and Missing Sync are not Apple products you'd probably be better off posting your question on the Missing Sync forums:
http://forums.markspace.com/

PocketMac vs Missing Sync

hi,
i have a windows mobile pda which i'd like to sync with my mac... i see only two players in this field... pocketmac and missing sync (from www.markspace.com)which one would you guys/gals recommend?
i'd really appreciate your feedbacks...
thanks,
zurc

I've only used Missing Sync and it works very well. Their new verion is a universal app. I haven't personally used PocketMac, but they have a very spotty reputation and their quality doesn't appear to be great.

Iogear GBU211 and internet sharing with missing sync

I have an iogear GBU211 bluetooth to usb adapter and it has been behaving strangely. I use the connection between my TT3 and the computer keeps dropping and it cannot complete a full sync over bluetooth. I would also like to take advantage of internet sharing over the palm. I decided to give missing sync a try. I was finally able to perform a hotsync (as long as I didn't try to install anything to the palm), but the real problem hits when I try to use internet sharing. I get a kernel panic everytime. Here is the snippet from the panic.log file.
Unresolved kernel trap(cpu 0): 0x700 - Program DAR=0x00000000028F0000 PC=0x0000000001820700
Latest crash info for cpu 0:
Exception state (sv=0x3A3D1500)
PC=0x01820700; MSR=0x00089030; DAR=0x028F0000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x00252648; R1=0x120139B0; XCP=0x0000001C (0x700 - Program)
Backtrace:
0x00267010 0x007AA3E4 0x007AA1D8 0x007A8F08 0x00268684 0x007AA7F4 0x007AFDD4 0x007AFCC0
0x00268684 0x007AFC3C 0x00281008 0x0007B320 0x00021668 0x0001BCE8 0x0001C0F0 0x00094318
0x00000000
Kernel loadable modules in backtrace (with dependencies):
com.apple.iokit.IOBluetoothFamily(1.5.4f6)@0x785000
Proceeding back via exception chain:
Exception state (sv=0x3A3D1500)
previously dumped as "Latest" state. skipping...
Exception state (sv=0x252FEC80)
PC=0x90007878; MSR=0x0200F030; DAR=0xE02AD000; DSISR=0x42000000; LR=0x900073F8; R1=0xF008EBB0; XCP=0x00000030 (0xC00 - System call)
I would (i think) rather use the iogear as it has a better range and I don't want to go and buy the d-link. I dislike that apple is trying to force me to use the d-link adapter. Does anyone know of a fix for the iogear problem?

I do understand what you're saying Michael, it isn't exactly profitable to offer broad range support, but at the same time, a little broader would be a nice thing. In the case of the IOGear module, it's packaging did have the os X logo on it (if memory serves me correctly) and it did state it will work in Mac os as well. With that in mind, one would think that either or both IOGear and Apple would know about this and make sure that it does work, or, barring that, Apple should have IOGear pull their compatibility statement off of their packaging. As a consumer, if a product I purchase states that it will work with my machine, I would expect it to do so with minimal headaches.
In any case, as for my main problem (no wise cracks please), I caved and picked up the D-Link. I had a friend with a pee cee who needed a bluetooth adapter, so, for a "fair" price, I was able to go grab the D-Link.
With the exception of it's shorter range than the IOGear BT adapter, it has worked flawlessly (so far).

Are you having problems syncing with Pocketmac, Missing Sync or Media Sync? Here's what I did...

Just throwing this out there as a solution that worked for my situation. It may not work for everyone's needs.
After NUMEROUS emails back and forth with Pocketmac support I was finally told that Pocketmac will not work if Media Sync is also installed. It causes the "Error 1 Skipping" problem due to a USB driver conflict. So I tried Missing Sync's free trial. No good. It would not sync either, so paying money for the non trial version wasn't going to happen.
So, I ended up keeping Media Sync to keep my iTunes library synced and I started to use a wonderful little free app called "Google Sync". It works beautifully for my needs. It runs in the background (with no negative effect to the BB's performance or battery life) and automatically syncs your gmail contacts and google calendar to your BB device. If you change something on either the BB itself or online, google sync catches it and updates the other accordingly.
So if your sick and tired of messing around with Pocketmac and Missing Sync, give Google Sync a try. I love it!

it was only burning at 4x even though 47x was requested.
That's a issue discussed in the past.
It turns out that 8X DVD burning means about 47X CD burning - you were requesting 8X DVD but only got 4X DVD burning.
I haven't seen it discussed anymore so maybe Apple got around to eliminating that 'quirk' in terminology.
I suspect some of the early 8x DVD burners didn't perform as advertised. I'm glad your new 16X burner is working for you.

WOES: iSync, Palm Pilot, iCal, Missing Sync, Palm Desktop, Ericsson Phone

Here's my situation, I've been a long time Palm user, and fairly recently (within a year) a new Mac user. I've always used the Palm Desktop on my PC in the past. I've had a Palm Vx for years, and fairly recently (within a year) I bought a Palm Zire 72 and a Sony Ericsson S170a cell phone. I also have an iPod Photo.
I really would like to sync up my address book, calendars, memos, maybe even photos, with all my devices. I tried using iSync, but nothing seam to work right, so I tried a million things, now everything is messed up.
For right now, I'm just trying to get my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the correect times, alarms, colors, and groups).
I'm really frustrated with trying to get the mac's iCal, the palm pilot, the phone to all have the same calendar info. I really like iCal, and the mac address book, and how well it works with the mail app. As well as subscribing to shared iCals. Especially the holiday ones! I use to have to enter all that info by hand, and have them "other" repeater. The Palm Desktop software's calendar and address book is pretty clunky compared to the Mac apps, or even the Palm Desktop for the PC. But everything is messed up now. I even tried the "missing sync" software and it messed it up even worse.
Several of my cal events are now GONE from iCal, my Palm Pilot, and my Phone! Many of them have duplicates, some have wrong times. Some have right groups, some don't. The ones that do have right groups, don't have any colors applied to them. If I create certain calendars on the mac and sync with the palm, the groups do not come over. If I create them on the Palm, the groups don't come over on the mac. Getting the colors/groups to match, and all 3 items to sync all at once is a nightmare as well. There were a million conflicts, and chose the correct ones, but some of them would NOT let me pick the one I wanted, it would just keep on saying "conflict".
What would AT LEAST get me back to the original info on the Palm and the Mac would be to restore from my Palm Desktop software, but I can't get to that because it looks like the missing sync software has messed the conduit/hot sync manager up. I can no longer get to my Palm Desktop condiut settings. I'd re-install the palm software to get it back, but I will probably loose all the data stored in Palm Desktop. This is the ONLY place that has the correct info right now. I'm varry warry about loosing that information. I use to have the PC copy, and the Palm Copy, and it was all right. The Palm Desktop has an import/export feature, but it doesn't seam to carry all the info (like notes attatched to cal events).
Also, has anyone tried to RESTORE a Palm Pilot not using the Palm Desktop software? When I had to reset my Palm, I tried using iSync or even missing sync to get all my apps, settings, calendars, address books, everything, but it never put the info back on the Palm. This info was always restored with Palm Desktop.
And let's just say I DO get back all my calendar items back into the Palm, and the Palm Desktop software up and running correctly. What is the proper way to do what I was trying to do in the begining? Which was "just have my Palm Pilot, the Mac, and the Phone to have all the same calendar events (w the right times, alarms, colors, and groups)." I don't seam to have too many problems with contacts. Except work/home fields seam to swap all the time.
What I'm running:
G4 PowerMac w/ Mac OS X Tiger (10.4.3)
Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8)
Missing Sync (v5.0.3)
Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1)
Sony Ericsson S170a Cell Phone
iPod Photo 60GB
G4 PowerMac Mac OS X (10.4.3) Palm Pilot Zire 72s (Palm Software v5.2.8), Missing Sync (v5.0.3), Palm Desktop Mac (v4.2.1), Sony

Where to start? Maybe with some background about the synchronization process.
What Apple hasn't explained outside of the developer community is that you are not actually synchronizing applications [like iCal or the Address Book] or servers [like .Mac] or devices [like your mobile handset or a Palm organizer] when you initiate a synchronization. What you are really doing is triggering an interaction with one or more of these and the SyncServices engine, which maintains what is termed the 'truth database'—or simply, the 'truth'—to which is pushed, or from which is pulled, the current state of data maintained in fields and records for one or more specific data types. Because of the way this process works, it is not necessary to have all synchronized devices available or attached when a synchronization event occurs.
You can synchronize your SONY Ericsson S710a, a process which exchanges the most current data maintained in the truth with it, and hours later, plug in your iPod, an action which will trigger iTunes to pull the latest data from the truth and write it to the iPod, updating your contact and calendaring records. The same is true for other applications, servers and devices.
While it all seems clumsy and confusing, it is actually a huge step forward in making synchronization nearly automatic, almost transparent, and virtually mistake proof. It's clear that there is some distance to go before those objectives are achieved, but SyncServices is actually a huge improvement over the prior synchronization technology in iSync 1.5 and earlier.
That said, there are bugs in SyncServices, and in the applications written by several developers to take advantage of it, along with issues in at least iCal, and probably the Address Book, that complicate what you are trying to achieve. It's possible to do, and once working, should work nearly flawlessly. But, it takes some planning to get there.
First, a word about backing up your data. It's a good idea to periodically back up contact and calendaring records using the facilities built into iCal and the Address Book which appear in the File menu of each application. These options make easily restorable local snapshots of your data. Should something go terribly wrong with a synchronization event, you can immediately restore your iCal or Address Book data from these files. In addition, it's a good idea to have a more comprehensive backup plan in place, using Backup and .Mac, Backup and rewritable media, and so on.
To synchronize photos, music and other media files, you'll need to use the Missing Sync for Palm OS. iSync just does not support anything beyond contact, calendaring and task data. To begin the process, you should simplify your device pool, initially concentrating only on getting a complete, accurate set of contact, event and task records pushed to the truth from the Address Book and iCal, and onto your Palm.
You will have to take an inventory of where the best records reside, and insure that you get them into iCal and the Address Book before attempting to synchronize your Palm, because to do it properly, initially, you will have to overwrite the data on your Palm, replacing it with records from iCal and the Address Book. If you're going to edit them by making additions, changes and deletions, perform all of those in iCal and the Address Book until you have synchronized your Palm device or devices with them. Backup before performing the initial synchronization, and be sure to overwrite each Palm device the first time.
If you want a historic snapshot of the data on either Palm device before doing this, first follow the instructions provided by Mark/Space to use the standard Palm conduits instead of Mark/Space Contacts, Events and Tasks, and be sure to set each Palm conduit to Palm overwrites handheld in order to transfer the data from your Palm Vx and Zire 72 to the Palm Desktop. Once there, those records can be exported as vCard and vCal files, and easily imported into the Address Book and iCal if you wish to do that. Edit them as you see fit, once they have been transfered. If you elect to do that, you must thereafter turn off these Palm conduits and reconfigure the Missing Sync to use the Mark/Space conduits, again choosing to have your computer replace the contents on each Palm device on the first synchronization.
Once you've achieved a 'balance' with the records in iCal, the Address Book and your handheld organizers, you can reset the records on your mobile handset. iSync alone performs this function, and later synchronization events with your SONY Ericsson S710a will always be manually triggered, and performed using iSync, not the Missing Sync. Reset once, and subsequently synchronize.
Anything else you want to add to the mix—.Mac Sync, for example—you can then add, initially performing a reset of your .Mac data, then subsequently synchronizing.
Synchronization of your iPod is handled by iTunes and only pulls data from the truth, so it need not be reset, as it cannot write changes to the truth which would adversely affect your other devices.

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