[reemas]

i just switched and i'm getting used to everything in os x.

one thing i noticed after installing palm desktop for os x is how ugly and old looking it is, especially compared to the windows xp version i've been using. most software is nicer on the macs, but not this one. are there any other options for using a palm with os x besides the ugly palm desktop?

its not so much that its ugly, but it look so jumbled that its hard to use it effectively.

any help would be nice, thanks!

[cpac]

Yep.

You have to have Palm Desktop installed, but instead of using its outdated interface (Palm bought Claris Organizer from Apple back in the System 8 days, and hasn't really done much to update it since then), you can use:

iCal for calendaring/to-do's
AddressBook for addressing things
iSync for syncing everything (though this depends on the presence of the palm conduits from palm desktop)

There's no current Apple app that will sync with your notes on the palm so if you use those a lot you probably need to stick with the ugly/oudated palm desktop.

There *is* a conduit that will sync you Mail.app email to your palm - check version tracker

As a complete alternative, you can check out DayLite - a nice CRM app that may be overkill for a single user, but they've developed their own Palm syncing mechanism that covers notes and everything.

Hope that helps...