[P1] palm won't connect

[Jack Rodgers]

On Wednesday, August 20, 2003, at 02:25  PM, Charles Pearce wrote:

>>  But the
>> manual clearly says the USB HotSync cradle works with Mac.
>> Is this thread about something different?

The problem used to be between pc serial ports and mac serial ports, 
the pins and connectors were different. There were adapters that made 
it OK so as long as you had the correct software, you could sync.

USB cradles will work on both Mac and PC if you have the proper drivers 
on your computer. Apple and Microsoft typically supply the drivers when 
you buy a new computer or update or upgrade your OS.

With OS X you need to get Palm Desktop 4.0 or better.

>  The only problem I had was when I updated iSynch not long ago, it 
> lost all my addresses.

This type of problem can be avoided by duplicating the Palm folder 
where you user stuff is stored. I think it is in the Documents folder. 
If you then crash, just copy the contents from the copy to the 
original. Notice I said copy because if you crashed once you may crash 
again.

> Can't speak with experience about phones with Palms in them.

Being a phone makes no difference as long as you can get the right cord.

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