[G4] Palm OS 4.1

[Snoke Jay S NPRI]

I'll second what Mel wrote - you have to delete all the 2.6 compnents, and do not install the new Palm Desktop on the old OS if you intend to run it on the newer OS (as in  OS X.X.X).  If you install it under both OS's at the same time, neither will work.


> Anne,
> I don't have a subscription, either. I just read it each day and save 
> off stuff I might need later, but I didn't save any of the Palm 
> articles.
> I do think that you can go from 2.6 to 4.x without any problem. 2.6 
> runs in Classic if I remember right. You should probably delete all the 
> 2.6 components before you install version 4 (yes, if you save your user 
> data, you'll be ok). Version 4.0 and 4.1 run native in OS X. My wife 
> and I both use 4.0 with our Sony Clie' and Handspring Visor Edge and 
> they sync quite nicely. Try going to 4.x on the G4 and see if it solves 
> your problem.
> Sorry I couldn't be more help.
> Mel
> 
> 
> On Dec 5, 2003, at 6:06 AM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:
> 
> > At 9:15 AM -0500 10/25/03, Mel wrote:
> >> MacFixIt has some coverage on Palm Desktop 4.1 the past few days. You
> >> might check there.
> >> Mel
> >
> > Mel, I don't have a subscription. If you have time, could you check it 
> > for
> > me? This sounds presumptuous, but what I mean is if you want to, it
> > would be helpful, but if you're busy, I understand.
> >
> > For some reason my Palm Hotsync won't work anymore on my G4
> > desktop. I'm trying to reinstall the 2.6.3 software, but it won't
> > complete installation. Maybe I should upgrade to 4.1? Can you upgrade
> > to 4.1 from 2.6.3? I'll install the OSX version on the G4 and the OS9
> > version on the laptop, and update the PDA from the laptop. If I save
> > my user file, I shouldn't lose data, right?
> >
> > Palm won't give me any more free info, so I'm stuck.
> >
> > Anne Keller Smith
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> 
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