Migrating form Treo/Missing Sync

I currently sync my Treo 650 using Missing Sync, on OS 10.4.11. I know, or believe, that Missing Sync disables the built in iSync functionality. Anyone have experiences in moving to the iPhone and the native syncing? What to I have to look forward to pain wise?
Thanks.

I don't understand what you mean by the terms 'hack' and 'sync natively.'
The Missing Sync for Palm OS interacts with the Sync Services framework. So do the Address Book, iCal, Entourage in its latest releases, .Mac Sync, iTunes and other synchronization components. That is 'native synchronization' by any reasonable definition, and there is absolutely no 'hack' of any sort involved. For post Palm OS 5.2 devices, it provides supports for calendars and groups, for all Mac OS 10.4.9 or later users, it also interacts with iPhoto and iTunes directly, provides a memo application and matching conduit, an AvantGo conduit, and so on.
The Missing Sync for Palm OS replaces outmoded, non-compliant components of the Palm Desktop—like the HotSync Manager and Transport Monitor—with its own similar processes, and provides contact, event and task conduits to replace the pathetically weak iSync Palm Conduit, overcoming almost every limitation of that component, and allowing full exploitation of the personal information management applications on a Palm device.
There is NO content synchronization of electronic mail, either with a Treo, other IP aware Palm organizer, or the iPhone. Mail content synchronization is all about IMAP, and both the iPhone and IP aware Palm devices can take advantage of this standard.
The iPhone has no support for task or to do synchronization whatsoever, and Apple provides no support for notes synchronization with it through iTunes. Ironically, to synchronize notes, archive SMS messages and manage call records, you must use a Mark/Space product—the Missing Sync for iPhone—to overcome the limitations imposed on such processes by Apple. If you are dependent upon task synchronization, you will have to adapt to working without them at all, or avoid moving to an iPhone.
I love the iPhone as a technology platform, but in a commonly accepted definition of what constitutes a smartphone or personal digital assistant, it's clearly not one. Don't even get me started with the inability to load additional applications, such as those widely available for Palm OS, Symbian OS and Windows Mobile OS devices. If non-standard or custom applications are a critical part of your workflow, then the iPhone is a complete non-starter. Web 2.0 and the near-term release of a software development kit may change this over time, but the iPhone is no replacement for a PDA at the present time.
Then, there is always the deal-breaking lack of Bluetooth dial-up networking…

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Entourage 2008/Leopard/iSync/Palm Treo/Missing Sync

I have been over all the "boards" and everyone is having the same problem syncing Entourage 2008 or even iCal with their Palms.
I have been working at it for three days, and have come to the conclusion that I can get everything to sync to the Palm but cannot sync back. So the only work around is make all changes on the computer, and only use the Palm for the "walk around" reminder, and of course, the contact info.
Not even close to satisfactory, but the only solution at present.
Let me share what I did to clean up the mess.
1. Wiped out all duplicate calendar entries in Entourage (took about five hours) and saved the database on a remote drive
2. Wiped out anything to do with PalmOS in applications and library - do not wipe out anything in the Docs folder
3. Unchecked the sync services in Entourage to the iStuff apps - rebooted, checked them again, and chose the overwrite from Entourage option
4. within a few seconds, quite magically, iCal and Address Book were accurate again. Do NOT delete any of the calendars in iCal, and leave them all checked - I still don't know what they mean, or what the **** "unfiled" is, but leave it alone!
5. Assuming you have "The Missing Sync", (this takes over entirely from PalmOS and HotSync Manager) only use the Mark/Space conduits - do NOT use any other contact, calendar, diary, date book, etc. Start off with contacts - select the "settings" - and choose Desktop overwrites handheld. It will work.
6. then do the same for "Events" - this should work
7. Then do the whole lot, but just the Mark/Space stuff, backup, any special software you have like AA Fligts, Zagat Guide, etc. etc.
8. Test changing an event in iCal and see how quickly it changes in Entourage. Same with Address Book, and vice versa. But any changes on the Palm, (so far) have not appeared on Entourage - an alteration sometimes appears on iCal or Address Book, but does not get Synced to Entourage. Therefore, for safety, make all changes and additions on Entourage until a fix is produced.
Now, there's the rub. A fix. Entourage syncs fine both ways to iCal and Address Book. I don't see why I have to use Sync Services anyway - with Entourage 04 and prior, the Entourage conduit used Palm OS and totally bypassed Sync Services (which is always running, and slows down the computer)
Apple won't produce a fix, because they want us to buy an iPhone. Therefore, it's down to the people at Mark/Space to try and fix this issue. Don't know how they can, because it really looks like an iSync problem, - Missing Sync works back to iCal and Address, but not on to Entourage.
Maybe we need a totally new third party fix that syncs Entourage directly to Palm.

Entourage data has never synchronized directly with the Address Book and iCal.
Traditionally, as with Entourage X and Entourage 2004, Palm user alone could choose to synchronize Entourage data using the Microsoft-supplied Entourage conduit to the Palm Desktop using that conduit, or by using the Missing Sync for Palm OS and that conduit.
Later versions of Entourage 2004 provided for a means for all Entourage users to synchronize their date with the Sync Services framework, and therefore to the Address Book and iCal. Other compatible participants included the Missing Sync for Palm OS. iSync and the iSync Palm Conduit were involved only to the degree that Entourage data moved through the framework was thereupon synchronized to a Palm device using them. Users could bypass this process and continue to synchronize their Entourage data directly to a Palm handheld using the Entourage X or 2004 conduits, with this caveat: Entourage X users could not do so under Mac OS X 10.4.x from an intel processor-powered platform.
With the release of Entourage 2008, Microsoft no longer provides an Entourage conduit for Palm users. This is no fault of Apple, Mark/Space or Palm: it is a decision solely on the part of Microsoft.
The synchronization of Palm data for Mac OS 10.5 and later users is differentiated from this issue. A primary issue involved is an apparent incompatibility with iSync 3, another is a set of issues involving the synchronization engine in iCal, which was completely rewritten for iCal 3. Neither of these issues prevent a Palm user synchronizing with Entourage through the Sync Services framework using the Missing Sync for Palm OS. Those who would prefer to use a conduit to synchronize with Entourage 2008 are out of luck, as Microsoft no longer supplies a compatible one.
The executive summary is this:
• your specific issue has nothing at all to do with Apple
• your option to synchronize a Palm device to Entourage using a conduit was eliminated by Microsoft, so…
1. take your complaint to them (and, good luck with that…)
2. contact Mark/Space to determine if they are willing to independently build an Entourage 2008 Palm conduit
I would be the first to say that Microsoft's implementation of synchronization through the framework was, and remains, rather clumsy. Again, this is an issue for Microsoft, not Apple, Mark/Space or Palm.
The Unfiled calendar in iCal is the single calendar to which, by default, all events created on a Palm device are synchronized. If you are using iSync, you can either use that calendar, or create another and delete the Unfiled calendar. I chose to name mine Palm events when I used iSync. Users of 'advanced' Palm devices with Palm OS 5.4 or later who choose to synchronize using the Missing Sync for Palm OS have their categorized events read from and written to the specific calendar for each category, and can delete the Unfiled calendar from iCal. Those users with an earlier release of the Palm OS—for example, OS 5.2 on a Treo 600—must continue to use the single Unfiled calendar or a substitute calendar into which all Palm device-created events are written. This requirement is the result of an issue with the Palm OS, and does not involve either Apple, Mark/Space or Microsoft.
Synchronization works bidirectionally IF you have properly configured your environment. Any and all additions, changes or deletions of data store components associated with any application, device or server in your pool, will reflect the same information—to the extent that such information is universally supported—after one or more synchronization events.

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.

Syncing Treo 680 with Mac PIMs (using Missing Sync)

Thanks to Michael Lafferty's excellent advice, I was ready to start syncing my Treo 680 with Mac's PIMs using Missing Sync. However, after extensive research and asking questions on five different forums, I'm getting conflicting advice. H
Here's my Treo PIMs situation:
Calendar 802K (6378 events/12 categories)
Contacts 1285K (2306/13)
Memos 184K (52/14)
Tasks 79K (250/10)
Here are the issues that I have received conflicting answers about:
1. I have 9 custom fields on my Treo with a lot of information in them. These are critical fields to me. It took me many days to pull this info out of my Contacts notes and enter in these 9 custom fields for 2306 contacts. Is it true that I cannot sync these 9 customs fields with Mac's Address Book? I've been told many times that this won't happen. If it can be done, will changes that I make in data entries for these fields in the Mac Address Book sync properly and be reflected on my Treo.
2. Can the conduits be set to "handheld overwrites Mac"? I've been told that it cannot. This and #1 are deal killers for me.
3. I have seven phone fields on my Treo. They are in this exact order:
work (1701 entries)
home (209)
Fax (291)
email (201)
mobile (201)
pager (31)
main (145)
Will I be able to successfully sync these with Mac's Address Book? If not, is there any reason that I couldn't take whatever fields won't sync and move them to some of the Treo 9 custom fields? The last question is moot if custom fields are not supported.
4. I average about 12 categories for each of my 4 PIMs. Do these all sync over correctly to the Mac PIMs?
5. I also have Treo notes attached to many, if not most, of my Contacts, Calendar events and Tasks. Will these all sync properly with the Mac PIMs such that I can make changes on either side of the equation and have them reflected after syncing on the other side?
6. Are there any other limitations in my ability to faithfully be able to recreate my 4 Treo 680 PIMs accurately and completely in the Mac PIMs?
I realize that any reference to non-Address Book PIMs is off-target. I hope you'll excuse me dumping the other three PIMs into the mix. My primary concern is Treo Contacts/Mac Address Book.
MacBook Pro Mac OS X (10.4.9) Treo 680 (DateBk6)

Q: I have 9 custom fields on my Treo with a lot of information in them…
A: The Missing Sync does not synchronize custom Address Book fields between a Palm device and your Address Book application, but will not remove those fields from the Palm if the conduits are set to synchronize. If your conduit is set to the nonstandard Overwrite handheld with desktop data, the custom fields will be overwritten. I point this out because it is, at times, necessary to make a choice like this, and as a result: its bye-bye custom field data!
The Missing Sync cannot perform custom field synchronization because the Sync Services framework does not allow The Missing Sync to create new fields in Address Book to match your Palm custom fields.
Q: Can… conduits be set to handheld overwrites [desktop]?
A: No, because again, the framework does not support this specific type of bidirectional data transfer.
Q: I have seven phone fields on my Treo…
A: This is an issue primarily with the manner in which a Palm device handles such information. Though they are displayed in a particular manner on your device, they are not necessarily stored in a specific order by the Palm contact application, and can only be retrieved when labeled with an expected or 'accepted' field label. This issue gets complicated quickly, but in short…
• only the first seven phone numbers sent to your device by the framework are written to the device
• the order is not something that can be controlled by a developer, and it is not necessarily the order displayed in either the Address Book contact record on your Palm device
• the Palm contact application does not distinguish between phone number and electronic mail address, though Mark/Space parses the data to look for the @ character—and, finding it—handles it as an electronic mail address
• only one of the several IM addresses you maintain in an Address Book contact record is transfered, and only one URL is transfered
• Palm categories are mapped to equivalent Address Book groups
As to synchronizing additional data to Palm custom fields, that's not supported. The place to put such data is in the Note: or Notes: field.
Q: I average about 12 categories…
A: As I suggested above, category and group equivalents are recognized and synchronized. Be sure that you name the ones you intend to synchronize identically in both environments.
Q: I also have Treo notes attached…
A: Again, these should synchronize bidirectionally, without issue.
Q: Are there any other limitations in my ability to faithfully be able to recreate…
A: Oh, yeah: because the data field labels and contents do not map 1:1, it is nearly impossible to create identical records in both environments. Look for the common abilities…
• a maximum of seven telephone numbers and electronic mail addresses
• a single IM identifier
• a single URL
…and work within those bounds. You can generally store and synchronize any additional identifiers in a Note: or Notes: record, but this is clearly less flexible and potentially more problematic than storing them in matching fields.
You briefly mentioned the other PIMs on your Palm device, and their OS X rough equivalents. Those controlled by Mark/Space OS X bundled applications will not be an issue: memos, for example. Their are Palm OS quirks which result in inequalities. The most obvious of these is the iCal multiple day event which spans two or more days in iCal, but which is represented on a Palm as only a single day event, displayed on the first day alone.

Daylight Savings Time issue with Palm Treo 755p/Missing Sync 6.0.6

I'm not sure where the fault is, but here's what a user sees here:
User has a Palm Treo 755p with the 1.08 software installed.
Since DST on March 14th, when he syncs the iCal information to the phone using Missing Sync 6.0.6, the information on the phone is pushed ahead one hour.
But the odd thing about it is how it shows on the phone.
User created a repeating event from March 12-20 from 9-10 a.m. called "test 9" for an example of this.
On March 12 and 13, this shows as "test 9" -- at 9:00 on the Treo
From the 14th on, it shows as: "test 9 (9 am EST)" -- but it is entered at *10:00* a.m.
What I don't know is if this is a Missing Sync issue or a Palm OS issue.
User's computer is running 10.6.2 -- and both computer and Palm are in the Eastern time zone.
I'm open for suggestions here -- is this a *Palm* issue? Or something else?
Thanks!

We "fixed" this by noticing that -- for whatever reason -- Detroit (we're in Ann Arbor, actually) shows as "Eastern Standard Time" where it seems that every other major city in the time zone (Columbus, Indianapolis, New York, Miami, Philadelphia, etc...) shows as "Eastern Time".
So we set up iCal on this computer to use New York ("Eastern Time") and all the events added to iCal after that synced properly.
I tried to add "Detroit" to the Palm, but had no luck in syncing with that. I think the "Eastern Time" thing is key. I have a Bug Report into Apple about the fact that the time zone seems wrong for us.
That said, while I could change pre-existing events from "Eastern Standard Time" to "Eastern Time" in iCal, those events did *NOT* sync to the Palm correctly.
The user had to delete/readd the events in the right "time zone" to get them to sync correctly.
I'd be curious to know if this solution (?) works for you as well.

Treo 700P-Missing Sync: missing some contacts

I am trying to sync my mac with my new treo. Everything is good except that when I sync my contacts I get the following message in my Missing Sync history:
NSInvalidArgumentException * -[NSCFDictionary setObject:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil value
OK Mark/Space Contacts with 1 message(s)
I am using Missing Sync because I could not get iSync to work very well at all with the treo.
I am using iSync 2.2

Did you overwrite the contents of your Treo using the Mark/Space Contacts [and other Mark/Space conduits] during the first synchronization as Mark/Space instructs that you must, or are these contacts missing as a result of an event which merged the information contained in the Address Book and in your Palm OS contact application?
How many contacts are missing - that is to say, how do the record sets differ between the Address Book and your Treo 700p?

Mac 1 dotMac Mac 2 Treo 650 (via Missing Sync) Mac 1

Is anybody syncing Address Book & iCal successfully between:
Mac 1 dotMac Mac 2 Treo 650 (via Missing Sync) Mac 1
I need reliable syncing in all directions for a number of users.
Thanks,
b.
PS. Apologies for x-posting

I am going to assume for a moment that you actually mean…
Mac 1 .Mac Mac 2 and
Mac 1 Treo 650 via the Missing Sync for Palm OS
If you meant instead that your Treo serves as a means of synchronizing data on both Macintosh machines, you are headed for a data disaster. A Palm device should not be used as an intermediate 'storage' device to synchronize a pair of Macintosh computers.
The weakest link is .Mac, frankly, for a number of reasons, including availability and reliability. You might want to consider using MySync instead, which was just acquired from MildMannered Industries by Mark/Space. More information about that application is available here:
http://www.mildmanneredindustries.com/mysync
Bonus: future compatibility is virtually guaranteed between The Missing Sync for Palm OS and MySync by this acquisition.
I do precisely what I outlined above—using .Mac Sync, but with a USB-attached Treo 600—with no issues whatsoever.

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

Missing Sync and my Treo 700wx

I have read through these forums many times and found them very helpful. I thought that I would post this in order to try to help others who are struggling to make their phones talk to their computers via bluetooth.
I had, up until recently, been using the USB sync cable that came with my phone along with Missing Sync. This worked flawlessly with the latest version of both MS and OSX. The problem? I...uh...got a little bit of chocolate in the connector at the bottom of my phone. Now my connection is patchy at best.
So I have been using the Bluetooth connection instead.
In order to get my phone to connect to my computer I:
1) Enabled the Bluetooth on both my computer and my phone. On the phone I made my device "discoverable"
2) Initiated a connection from my Macbook and paired the devices. (Be sure to use the "Symbol Lock", or just push the black square button each time you need a number, otherwise the phone will type letters instead of the numbers that your Macbook made up for the pairing code)
3) Went through the connection screens...
Once the phone was connected, the trick was getting the phone to allow Missing Sync to talk to it. I figured out that my ActiveSync, which I also have connecting to my work server to sync my email and contacts, was set to use my phone connection. While this is good in general, it interfered with my Bluetooth connection. I told ActiveSync to use Bluetooth to sync everything. Then I hit the Sync option on my phone.
Missing Sync began to start up and whala! Connected. I was then able to Mount the phone and browse the folders, etc. I can send files, music, anything I want to my phone now.
I hope this helps someone else.
+When you are finished syncing, be sure to turn off your Bluetooth. Otherwise your battery on your phone will not last long.+

What service do you have? I have Sprint. I don't know if that matters at all, but I am still unable to connect. I have gone through everything a few times and it connects for a few seconds to ask me to check which services I want to use. The only option I ever get is to use my phone to connect to the internet through my phone's data connection. Even when I select that, my mac never stays connected. Any thoughts? Is there some service/update I need to download and install from Palm?
The two devices always pair successfully but will never stay connected for me to open and even try to use missing sync.
Thanks for the help!

Sprint 755p sync with iMac Snow Leopard using Missing Sync

I have a different problem. I have been using Palm Desktop on my Mac for several years, syncing with my Sprint Palm Treo 755p. I recently upgraded to a new iMac with Snow Leopard. I noticed the warnings that the Hot Sync was no longer going to work. I also noticed the glowing reports about Missing Sync. Based on those reports I ordered Missing Sync from Mark/Space. The first Sync went very well, except the wrong information was synced to my 755p!!!!!!! I do not use the Apple iCal or iBook as extensively as I do the Palm DeskTop addresses, calendar, notes, & memos. Unfortunately for me, the sync transferred ONLY my iCal & iBook information (approximately 80 contacts) onto my 755p instead of the contacts in my Palm Desktop (almost 5000 contacts). Reviewing the Missing Sync information, this seems to be a result of the "conduits" selected. But, I do not see the conduits to get the Palm Desktop information onto the 755p. Can anyone help?
I can not find the answer on the Mark/Space web site. I have called there support number and was very disappointed from their automated response. There was no way to reach a "live" person to discuss the problem. The automated response promised an email response in 4 days. 4 days!, is that "customer service"???? I have a MacBook Pro laptop as well. I hoped to be able to sync the computers as well, even if I had to go through the 755p to Sync the MacBook with the iMac. I ordered the "2 pack" version of Missing Sync, downloading the first copy on to my desktop computer with no problem. I was assured that the code to download the second copy onto my laptop would be sent by email. That was 7 days ago, and nothing has arrived yet! I also registered with Mark/Space to be able to access technical support and submitted the proper on line forms. No notification came back and it won't let me in! I sure am getting frustrated with Mark/Space and Missing Sync. Anybody have any other suggestions?
Regards,
Elevatorman
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Sprint)
Post relates to: Treo 755p (Sprint)

making an appleID to be able to access app store and itunes is required
for getting apps and using icloud (which is free)
other then that when you connect the ipad to the computer and start itunes on the computer
and click on the ipad under devices
and click on the info tab you can set it to sync calendar, contacts, mails, notes and bookmarks and the likes without having an appleID

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/

Need help with Missing Sync

Hi Guys
I have a Treo 650 and I use missing sync. It was working fine when I was syncing with address book and iCal. I wanted to use Entourage and I followed some instructions and then I moved the Entourage conduit to Conduit folder and now it syncs with Entourage although not perfect. I want to switch back to address book and iCal but the missing sync is not working properly. I would appreciate any help in this regard.
Vijay

In Hot Sync,
Bring down the options menu (the key with the lines and down arrow).
Go to Connection Setup, New, and choose Connect To: "PC". Via: "Bluetooth". You can choose a name for this connection.
Go back to the main Hot Sync screen.
With "Local" highlighted, you should have a menu below the hot sync icon and your connection name should be listed.
Make sure that is your chosen connection when you sync and you shouldn't have to go through the setup each time.

Trouble with Missing Sync

Hello all,
I am currently trying to get data from my treo 680 onto my mac (in mac address book, ical, etc formats) so that I can eventually put them on an iphone. I am using a program called missingsync which supposedly does this, however i am having much difficulty finding where the backed up files are going. The program says they have been successfully backed up however I can't find them anywhere on my mac. Does anybody have any experience with Missingsync that could help me out? (I tried calling tech support, its an answering machine). Thanks in advance.

Welcome to Apple Discussions.
Have you read the User Guide bundled with the Missing Sync for Palm OS? Are you not aware that files stored on your Palm device are written in this manner:
• contacts to the Address Book
• events and tasks to iCal?
Are you talking about 'transfering' or synchronizing your data now stored in your Palm device with your Macintosh desktop or portable computer, or backing it up using the standard Palm backup conduit?
Are you aware that Mark/Space offers a specific application designed to do just what you want to do, and provide ongoing support for iPhone features not supported by iTunes?

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When syncing with Missing Sync 6.0, my events sync fine. However, my tasks from my Tungsten E2 do not show up in the To Dos list on iCal. If I search in iCal, I can find them by name, but they do not show up in a list in the To Do pane. Any suggestions?

Same here. After the update to 10.5 I have succesfully done one sync between my Treo and iCal using MissingSync. Now iCal gives an error, see below. What is the workaround? Downgrading to 10.4.x? Or get an iCal 2 somewhere and run that?
I really want to get my ToDo and Calendar data from my Treo before I go from my Treo 650 to an iPhone. Any workaround is welcome.
iCal says:
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] 2008-02-12 16:07:25.184 iCalExternalSync[749:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]Encountered [ISyncConcreteSession pushChangesFromRecord:withIdentifier:]: you can't change the record's entity name from com.apple.calendars.DisplayAlarm to com.apple.calendars.AudioAlarm in {
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] "com.apple.syncservices.RecordEntityName" = "com.apple.calendars.AudioAlarm";
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] owner = (
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] "Event/p5333"
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] );
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] triggerduration = -300;
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] }
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] 2008-02-12 16:07:25.185 iCalExternalSync[749:10b] [ICalExternalSync ]NSException name:NSInvalidArgumentException reason:[ISyncConcreteSession pushChangesFromRecord:withIdentifier:]: you can't change the record's entity name from com.apple.calendars.DisplayAlarm to com.apple.calendars.AudioAlarm in {
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] "com.apple.syncservices.RecordEntityName" = "com.apple.calendars.AudioAlarm";
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] owner = (
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] "Event/p5333"
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] );
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] triggerduration = -300;
12/02/2008 16:07:25 [0x0-0x1e01e].com.apple.iCal[191] }

Isync Palm treo 650 sync problems

Hey Guy
I work myself though the discusions about tha tproblem and tried more or less everything.
I`ll discribe the problem and hope that some one cna bring some light in the Dark
I have a powerbook with 10.4.4
isync 2.1.1
palmdesktop 4.21d
THe usb Connector
I have about 6850 Contact
and my Calander Dates back to 1985 with daily entries/a **** lot of data
I installed the latest palm desktop
then i synced once -->> opend Palm desktop/Hotsync/ Conduit settings/aktivated the isync conduit.
Then i went into isync and activated the palm os sync
as soon as i start the sync withthe sync button on my dockingstation it start normaly but goes very slow.
After aproximatly 20 min wither the conduit manger crashes or it gives me error message that say that it did sync correctly and hasn`t saved all the data.
Guy i even tryed to only sync the kalender of last week and it still didn`T work
nor is it working if i only sync the contact.
can any of u guys help me please

try "missing Sync" from Mark/Space and forget Palm Desktop.
I am using it for a couple of months and it worked fine!
Even if you like to sync iTunes and iPhoto to your Treo as well!

Migrating form Treo/Missing Sync

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