Mac Forum / Applications / Mac Applications / May 2005

Rowbotth:

Have you tried iSync for the Address Book and iCal? I got it working
just fine via USB with my niece's PowerBook/Palm Zire.

I use a Sony Clié (Palm OS) with its own 802.11b wireless and "Missing
Sync for Palm OS" installed on my Mac. Works like a charm.

Davoud

I don't recall that Apple ever provided it, but it was and is still
freely available from PalmOne if you want it:

http://www.palmone.com/us/software/desktop/mac.html

You still need to install the above PalmOne software because it will
also install HotSync Manager, which is what the Palm device will use to
communicate.  You'll still set it up as if you were going to use the
Palm Desktop software as your contact/calendar program, but you won't
need to put any data in.

You'll then go into iSync, go under the Devices menu and choose "Enable
Palm OS Syncing," and off you go.  It will then have the ability to
link the Palm to the iCal and Address Book data instead of the stuff
that Palm Desktop uses.

The integration is better in Tiger, and no longer requires you to
download a separate iSync Palm Conduit, as you had to do in previous
version of Mac OS X.  iSync takes care of it all.

Once it's all set up, and you've configured iSync, you'll just use the
Palm's sync button to start things off.  Works great.