05-16-2005, 08:00 PM
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PocketMac Updated With Tiger Support
Have a Mac with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger)? You may have noticed existing sync solutions have stopped working. The good news is that PocketMac has and is in the process of upgrading their entire line of products to support Tiger; the Pocket PC and Smartphone editions are now available.
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05-16-2005, 08:17 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Re: PocketMac Updated With Tiger Support
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Have a Mac with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger)? You may have noticed existing sync solutions have stopped working. The good news is that PocketMac has and is in the process of upgrading their entire line of products to support Tiger; the Pocket PC and Smartphone editions are now available.
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Just downloaded and sync'ed my PPC. Seems to work fine, although the whole iSync thing is a bit strange in Tiger.
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05-16-2005, 08:19 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2003
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v3.44 was actually working on my g4 ibook with Tiger, but so is the new version. 
You should see the Markspace mailing list, it's full of people talking about Pocketmac. 
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05-16-2005, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
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Re: PocketMac Updated With Tiger Support
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Originally Posted by elehcdn
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Have a Mac with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger)? You may have noticed existing sync solutions have stopped working. The good news is that PocketMac has and is in the process of upgrading their entire line of products to support Tiger; the Pocket PC and Smartphone editions are now available.
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Just downloaded and sync'ed my PPC. Seems to work fine, although the whole iSync thing is a bit strange in Tiger. |
It seems to have been rewritten to take advantage of the sync engine in Tiger. It's very smooth now with my SX66. I haven't gotten any kernel panics when I pull the SX66 off the cradle like I did under Panther. The fields seem to work better with iCal syncing than they used to. I had switched to Entourage for this reason, but it seems I can now go back and use all the extra integration that iCal & Address Book offers using Tiger.
It's taken a long time, but the PocketMac folks seem to have finally gotten it together.
Why would the MissingSync mailing liist be full of PocketMac stuff? Maybe they're all bumming because PocketMac's upgrade works for free whereas you have to pay for Mark/Space's whenever it comes out.
paul
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05-16-2005, 10:00 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Re: PocketMac Updated With Tiger Support
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Originally Posted by FuzzyClam
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Originally Posted by elehcdn
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Have a Mac with the new OS X 10.4 (Tiger)? You may have noticed existing sync solutions have stopped working. The good news is that PocketMac has and is in the process of upgrading their entire line of products to support Tiger; the Pocket PC and Smartphone editions are now available.
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Just downloaded and sync'ed my PPC. Seems to work fine, although the whole iSync thing is a bit strange in Tiger. |
It seems to have been rewritten to take advantage of the sync engine in Tiger. It's very smooth now with my SX66. I haven't gotten any kernel panics when I pull the SX66 off the cradle like I did under Panther. The fields seem to work better with iCal syncing than they used to. I had switched to Entourage for this reason, but it seems I can now go back and use all the extra integration that iCal & Address Book offers using Tiger.
It's taken a long time, but the PocketMac folks seem to have finally gotten it together.
Why would the MissingSync mailing liist be full of PocketMac stuff? Maybe they're all bumming because PocketMac's upgrade works for free whereas you have to pay for Mark/Space's whenever it comes out.
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That would be it. Mark Space had a good product and it worked very well (for me anyway). I personally don't need/want the Entourage syncing. Just give me a improved version of what I had and I would have been very happy. THEN work on the upgrade/update.
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05-16-2005, 10:11 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: May 2002
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What they haven't fixed is the sync function for Entourage Notes. In the old version, it was a plug-in. In the new version, it seems to be a separate applicaton. It crashes on startup, even now with Mac OS 10.4. I notified the developer months ago about the problem, and they replied they were aware of the issue. Months went by with no fix. I'm certainly disappointed to see the new version still has the same problem.
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05-16-2005, 10:22 PM
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Neophyte
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Hmmm...I don't use this, and since it's not part of the new SyncEngine, it probably wasn't updated. I'd guess they're really focused on the Calendar/Task/Contacts.
Bummer it's not working.
I had pretty good luck with their tech support. Awhile back, they outsourced it, so you'd get a tracking #, and reply from their support group. You might want to try them again, as I'm quite sure they've had some growing pains which might or might not be solved.
Good luck,
paul
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05-17-2005, 12:42 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Oct 2004
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Yeah baby, yeah. PocketMAC 3.44 worked fine and I can't wait to install 3.45 now.
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05-17-2005, 01:25 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
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That's comforting. This is almost blaspheme for a 9 year Wintel geek, but I'm getting tired of wrestling with Windows to the point that I'm seriously starting to look at Mac. So it's good to know that I can still do what I need Windows to do.
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05-17-2005, 06:49 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Apr 2004
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Originally Posted by emuelle1
That's comforting. This is almost blaspheme for a 9 year Wintel geek, but I'm getting tired of wrestling with Windows to the point that I'm seriously starting to look at Mac. So it's good to know that I can still do what I need Windows to do.
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Do it ! You will not regret it for a minute. I manage a total windows network, and do it all from the comfort of my Powerbook. I do use virtual PC, and VNC, and terminal services, but I still have the stability of the greatest OS ever written...OS X. I use PocketMac to sync, and it does what I need just fine. I always liked my windows machines, but I LOVE my Mac !!!!  pclove:
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