[G4] Palm Again

[Mel Krewall]

Q1:
Do a Get Info on the Palm Desktop application. In the Palm Desktop Info 
window, there will be a check box that says open in Classic 
Environment. This will tell OS X to open the application in OS 9.

Q2:
OS X uses a set of rules called Launch Services that has not been well 
documented by Apple and there is no direct equivalent command in OS X 
to "rebuild the desktop".

You need to make sure the HotSync shared library is in your OS 9 
Extensions folder for it to work. Will all the installations 
difficulties you had, it may have gone astray.

These are my best input, hope it helps.
Mel

"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are 
still rolling."
  ~ Mark Twain


On Mar 22, 2004, at 9:31 PM, Anne Keller-Smith wrote:

> Hi all -
>
> Still trying to get my Palm to work with my G4. I was a little less
> angry with Palm as a nice Tech guy from the Phillipines spent an
> hour with me tonight and at least we got the Desktop software
> installed into OS9.2 and it could finally HotSync with the Handheld
> for the first time in six months. However, there's still some
> problem because it only syncs from the handheld's button -
> the Desktop pops up errors that it can't find the HotSync
> software.
>
> The Tech had me rebuild Desktop in 9.2 but it didn't seem
> to want to - in other words, it never gave the query
> "do you want to rebuild the desktop?" while booting
> with Cmd +Opt +Restart. So I don't know if it really
> did rebuild.
>
> Anyway, when I rebooted into OSX.2 and opened the
> Desktop software, lo and behold it opened up an X version
>  that will not sync with the handheld.
>
> Question 1: Is there any way to force OSX to open up
> the OS9 version in Classic, not the Aqua version? I don't
> care if it's the OS9 version in Classic, that would be
> just fine and dandy. But I can't seem to get it to open
> the 9 version.
>
> I really need my calendar in my face in the morning
> and I know I won't bother booting back and forth from
> OS9 to X. I am usually in X.
>
> Question 2: What's the equivalent of "rebuild the
> Desktop" in OSX?
>
> What I need to do is get the Desktop Software to
> "see" the HotSync Manager doohicky. It's right
> there in the folder, it's just not communicating with
> the main app.
>
> Question 3: Does the following error message ring
> a bell with anybody?
>
> "Unexpected error #-50
>
> "Application Launch Failure
>
> "The application "HotSync Manager" could not be
> launched because of a shared library error:
> "4<HotSync Manager><HotSync
> Manager><HotSyncLib.PPC><>"
>
> Many thanks for any ideas.
>
> Maybe I'll call Palm again in the morning - or rather,
> the afternoon as they only open 8am Pacific time.
>
> Anne Keller Smith
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