Welcome to the MacNN Forums.

Elvin · Dec 27, 2001, 11:49 AM

http://www.palm.com/macintosh/publicbeta/

iNeusch · Dec 27, 2001, 12:06 PM

Coooooooooooooooooooool

No more OS9 for me!

waffffffle · Dec 27, 2001, 12:18 PM

150 users (the maximum) are already logged in, sorry 

I guess this is a popular item . . .

rlorenc · Dec 27, 2001, 12:20 PM

Can anyone mirror it?

waffffffle · Dec 27, 2001, 12:25 PM

I used fetch to get in. It lets you retry the download automatically. However I'm currently pulling 1.2 kbytes/sec .

mlknowle · Dec 27, 2001, 12:27 PM

AHHH! My new Visor just came today, but i can't download it - I can't even load the page which comes up after typing in my info - the server must be swamped. Would anyone who has already got it mind AIMing it to me? My s/n is Mlk137

Thanks

me · Dec 27, 2001, 12:28 PM

If someone is kind enough to send it via aim to SirNivek, I'll mirror.

jwblase · Dec 27, 2001, 01:05 PM

Can someone post the URL that they send you via email? I have been waiting for quite awhile, and it hasn't shown up yet.

If it is indeed "unique" as they say, can someone mirror the installer?

JB

mlknowle · Dec 27, 2001, 01:37 PM

Mirror, anybody? Please - all it takes is an idisk!

m a d r a · Dec 27, 2001, 01:46 PM

the ftp address to download it is....

ftp.infoyouaskedfor.com/pub/palm/

.... i've finally got a connection after having 4 transmit windows open and all set to continually redial for the past half hour. i'd set two to try and download the spanish verson and 2 for the english version and as chance would have it it's the spanish version that's come through. i'll mirror it on my idisc if it ever finishes downloading if anyone wants the spanish version. let you know when it's done.

it's downloading like molasses but it's downloading. if this is any good then i just need photoshop and flash for X [oh yeah and a nice automatic disc cataloguer] and i think i can pretty much give classic the boot!

davecom · Dec 27, 2001, 02:01 PM

Surely they could come up with a better distribution system. 1.5 KBPS??!!

bseely · Dec 27, 2001, 02:38 PM

screenshots anyone? Icons? What does it look like?

jwblase · Dec 27, 2001, 02:46 PM

thanks to a link on VersionTracker (the reviews):

originally by BWICKENS:
Amazing what a little "whois" detective work can accomplish. Try ftp://ftp.leadertech.com/pub/ and enjoy!��

Downloaded the first time!

Enjoy!

JB

Bophasa · Dec 27, 2001, 02:58 PM

Can you please upload it to iDisk since you now have it. Or anyone....Please.

jtc · Dec 27, 2001, 03:01 PM

Originally posted by mlknowle:
Mirror, anybody? Please - all it takes is an idisk!

I put a copy in my public iDisk folder.
http://homepage.mac.com/jtc1/FileSharing1.html

rlorenc · Dec 27, 2001, 03:09 PM

Thank you!!! Download from iDisk works perfectly!

gorgonzola · Dec 27, 2001, 03:16 PM

Jeez, you guys must LOVE being organized...

atomium · Dec 27, 2001, 03:34 PM

After 2 hours of downloading, I finally got to install. First try at syncing up through IrDA = my very first kernal panic. I feel so...unamused.

-atomium

davecom · Dec 27, 2001, 04:06 PM

Okay, so I got it installed and it works, but how can I get my data from Addressbook.app into Palm Desktop?

waffffffle · Dec 27, 2001, 04:28 PM

OK so I can't get infrared sync to work at all. Any ideas?

davecom · Dec 27, 2001, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by waffffffle:
OK so I can't get infrared sync to work at all. Any ideas?

Are you using 10.1.2?

Dec 27, 2001, 04:35 PM

Originally posted by jtc:

I put a copy in my public iDisk folder.
http://homepage.mac.com/jtc1/FileSharing1.html

Thank you very much jtc, my download from the palm site mysteriously stopped at 7.0 mb and did not resume since 10 am today......thanks to you I was able to download in less than 20 minutes. I owe you one,

Cheers!

waffffffle · Dec 27, 2001, 04:38 PM

Originally posted by davecom:


Are you using 10.1.2?

Yes. I have a Pismo. Is infrared supported on the Pismo? Or just on the new tibooks?

atomium · Dec 27, 2001, 04:39 PM

Originally posted by waffffffle:
OK so I can't get infrared sync to work at all. Any ideas?

I had troubles too. I had set the HotSync manager to IrDA under connection settings. It somehow dropped the preference and I had to go set it again. Then rebooted the machine and it is working now. I wonder if the reboot is the key ingredient, since the IrDA port has to start monitoring for syncs.

Edited to add: This is on a Rev. A Pismo 500.

[ 12-27-2001: Message edited by: atomium ]

Bophasa · Dec 27, 2001, 04:53 PM

I uploaded to our Server. Enjoy
Get it Here!

Dec 27, 2001, 05:08 PM

atomium · Dec 27, 2001, 05:26 PM

If anyone else manages to get the IrDA sync working from a Pismo, I'm curious to hear about your sync speed. Mine is as slow and painful as waiting for the app to download at 1.2 kbps per second.

-atomium

Dec 27, 2001, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by atomium:
If anyone else manages to get the IrDA sync working from a Pismo, I'm curious to hear about your sync speed. Mine is as slow and painful as waiting for the app to download at 1.2 kbps per second.

-atomium

How fast was it under OS 9? I found infrared so slow on my Windows 2000 laptop that it was essentially unusable if I wanted to backup anything or access AvantGo, etc. It's nice and speedy with USB on my iBook though.

greener · Dec 27, 2001, 05:41 PM

I can't get it to work with my Belkin USB/Serial PDA adapter, anybody get it working?

atomium · Dec 27, 2001, 05:48 PM

Originally posted by <Eug>:

It's nice and speedy with USB on my iBook though.

Don't have any times with which to benchmark, but it definitely feels slower than it did in OS 9. And I haven't added anything. In fact, I dropped AvantGo, so it should take less time.

And adding insult to injury, I added some things to my datebook and went to re-sync. Hung up on the Date Book sync for a good 15 minutes. Canceled the sync, started it again, and hello...kernal panic number 2!

Ugh.

-atomium

SirCastor · Dec 27, 2001, 05:50 PM

Originally posted by greener:
I can't get it to work with my Belkin USB/Serial PDA adapter, anybody get it working?

I'm also running into trouble with my Keyspan PDA adapter. The HotSync Manager sees the adapter, and lets me select it, but no go when I press the hotsync button on my cradle..

Anyone have any luck with adapters? (thanks in advance for any help provided)

soledade · Dec 27, 2001, 05:54 PM

Originally posted by atomium:
If anyone else manages to get the IrDA sync working from a Pismo, I'm curious to hear about your sync speed. Mine is as slow and painful as waiting for the app to download at 1.2 kbps per second.

-atomium

I got a kernel panic at first too. This is how I got it to work:

1) Under network preferences for IRda choose null modem 115,000
2) Under hotsync configuration check IRda
3) Under hotsync highlight the IRda option and click on seetings
4) Change the seetings from as fast as possible to 115,000

It appears that changing the speed to be fixed on my TI PB G4 500 got rid of the kernel panic...

Carlos

Beatheavy · Dec 27, 2001, 05:55 PM

Originally posted by SirCastor:


I'm also running into trouble with my Keyspan PDA adapter. The HotSync Manager sees the adapter, and lets me select it, but no go when I press the hotsync button on my cradle..

Anyone have any luck with adapters? (thanks in advance for any help provided)

Just in case anybody is wondering, I'm using the native USB cradle for my Visor Deluxe, not one of these USB to serial doohickies.

Toyin · Dec 27, 2001, 05:59 PM

Originally posted by SirCastor:


I'm also running into trouble with my Keyspan PDA adapter. The HotSync Manager sees the adapter, and lets me select it, but no go when I press the hotsync button on my cradle..

Anyone have any luck with adapters? (thanks in advance for any help provided)

I had to restart to make it work. The login items that were placed in my login items were 1) Palm Desktop Background & 2) Transport Monitor. I guess if you launch those 2
then it should work.

Also, make sure you have the latest drivers for the Keyspan PDA and make sure it's recognized under Apple System Profiler

bseely · Dec 27, 2001, 06:05 PM

Originally posted by Toyin:


I had to restart to make it work. The login items that were placed in my login items were 1) Palm Desktop Background & 2) Transport Monitor. I guess if you launch those 2
then it should work.

Also, make sure you have the latest drivers for the Keyspan PDA and make sure it's recognized under Apple System Profiler

Does installing Palm Desktop 4.0 require a restart or just a logoff/logon? Does it install any kernel extensions (Please say no)?

-blake

Dec 27, 2001, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by bseely:


Does installing Palm Desktop 4.0 require a restart or just a logoff/logon? Does it install any kernel extensions (Please say no)?

-blake

I didn't reboot or logoff. I don't know about the latter.

Dec 27, 2001, 06:25 PM

HotSync Manager keeps quitting, something having to do with a shared library error. Anyone else having this problem?

j aske · Dec 27, 2001, 06:35 PM

Has anyone managed to connect and hot-sync via the Palm Serial to USB adapter? Thanks.
-Jennings

ColonelSawtooth · Dec 27, 2001, 07:02 PM

Very Nice!

After a restart, I performed a HotSync with my SONY Clie 610 - No more "Missing Sync" for me.

Now, does anyone know how I can mount the Memory Stick on the desktop??

barney ntd · Dec 27, 2001, 07:08 PM

Working fine with PalmSync USB, but I first restarted, then unplugged & replugged the USB adapter (without classic running). Since then it has worked beautifully--much better than classic hotsync, which only worked occasionally.

Barney.

Amorya · Dec 27, 2001, 08:04 PM

I got a kernal panic on IR sync too, but USB worked fine. It imported my OS9 contacts fine too.

Amorya

[ 12-27-2001: Message edited by: Amorya ]

Beatheavy · Dec 27, 2001, 08:08 PM

Originally posted by Amorya:
Here's some pics. It's all aqua compatible, I just have a theme installed which gives me different backgrounds etc. It'll have the normal pinstripes if you don't have a theme on.

Ack! Moki please give this guy one extra day of free use.

dawho9 · Dec 27, 2001, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by jtc:

I put a copy in my public iDisk folder.
http://homepage.mac.com/jtc1/FileSharing1.html

If anyone else needs a link, here you go:

Download Palm

Toyin · Dec 27, 2001, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by bseely:


Does installing Palm Desktop 4.0 require a restart or just a logoff/logon? Does it install any kernel extensions (Please say no)?

-blake

Sorry, looking at my extensions with Apple System Profiler
-HotSync Classic Seize.kext

So I guess you may have to restart

Toyin · Dec 27, 2001, 08:24 PM

Question? Is this a carbon or cocoa application (personally I can't wait until we can't tell the difference)? The reason I ask is because everything but the text seems to function like a cocoa app. Smooth resizing and services are a huge plus with this application.

Brazuca · Dec 27, 2001, 09:04 PM

No luck synching via IR with my Lombard. Any ideas?

Sharky K. · Dec 27, 2001, 09:16 PM

Originally posted by Toyin:
Question? Is this a carbon or cocoa application (personally I can't wait until we can't tell the difference)? The reason I ask is because everything but the text seems to function like a cocoa app. Smooth resizing and services are a huge plus with this application.

carbon

mmurray · Dec 27, 2001, 09:24 PM

Originally posted by SirCastor:


I'm also running into trouble with my Keyspan PDA adapter. The HotSync Manager sees the adapter, and lets me select it, but no go when I press the hotsync button on my cradle..

Anyone have any luck with adapters? (thanks in advance for any help provided)

I had the same problem and suddenly after a bit of trying and enabling and disabling HotSync it started to work. I don't know what I did. I have a Palm IIIx, PB G4 400, latest Keyspan software of their
web site. Hot sync cable so I am starting hot sync from the Palm.

On a different tack can someone who has IrDA sync working post the setting details. Did you fiddle with the Network settings? Does the IrDA menu see the Palm ?

Thanks - Michael

sumsugar · Dec 27, 2001, 09:49 PM

Have not flirted with the beta yet, but is it true that you can only hot sync with classic disabled. This seems like a step backwards to me. I can hot sync now through the classic environment (which I keep up and running all the time) with the old software. Now I would have to quit classic, hot sync, then reboot classic.
Can someone confirm that this is the case. If so I'll pass on this version.

mmurray · Dec 27, 2001, 10:08 PM

Originally posted by sumsugar:
Have not flirted with the beta yet, but is it true that you can only hot sync with classic disabled. This seems like a step backwards to me. I can hot sync now through the classic environment (which I keep up and running all the time) with the old software. Now I would have to quit classic, hot sync, then reboot classic.
Can someone confirm that this is the case. If so I'll pass on this version.

You are advised not to have Classic running. I haven't tried it with Classic running. I don't know if there is a serious issue or if they are just concerned that people will get confused and have two hot sync managers watching for a sync which I assume would be a problem.

Michael