Mac OS 10.4.7 To Feature Upgraded iSync?

[zoozx]

I wish Apple would FIX the FINDER & other important every day issues with the system before working on these types of Frivalous
fringe issues!
It seems apple has lost it's way over the years!

 

[rspress]

I don't care about dotmac unless they make it radically cheaper. Currently it's radically overpriced for what it has to offer; one way to make the pricing more attractive would be to include one year of dotmac subscription into iLife suite.

But $99 for dotmac and $79 for iLife (software that utilizes dotmac for nice additional features) means $178 yearly fee for using the latest Apple features -- and that is not including OSX upgrades.

Are people really buying that?

I to thought dotmac was way to expensive. I was given a membership as a gift from a Mac user I had helped out over the years and since dotmac allows the keychains to be saved really saved my bacon when I erased them all when messing around with the keychain files. That was easily worth 99 bucks for the work it saved. When a hard drive failed it was worth 99 bucks to have my bookmarks, calendars, keychains, mail accounts and other tidbits replaced with a single click.

I used to feel that way about iLife but considering that upgrades for similar windows programs cost more and don’t offer half of the cool features that iLife does that “upgrade” price every year is not too bad. I do wish that Apple would offer a price break for those of us that bought the last version however.

 

[Lollypop]

I hope that they add a whole lot of phones and make it easier for 3rd parties to add support for their phone. Also think iSync should be the centre of apple sync world again, no itunes syncing

 

[spyderracer393]

He means having to use address book and iCal to sync to your phone, instead of using iSync.

think about it...whats easier? opening up one app (iSync) to sync two apps (iCal and Address Book), or opening up two apps and syncing from both of them?

 

[MattG]

Come on BlackBerry... show me BlackBerry support!

(Please no one recommend PocketMac - I've tried it and it's well documented how bad it is, and I've suffered bad results because of it too, including appointments on the wrong date/time - absolutely unacceptable)

That's what I'm talking about...

I want to be able to tether my Blackberry to my Mac so I can use its EVDO Internet connection.

 

[7on]

I to thought dotmac was way to expensive. I was given a membership as a gift from a Mac user I had helped out over the years and since dotmac allows the keychains to be saved really saved my bacon when I erased them all when messing around with the keychain files. That was easily worth 99 bucks for the work it saved. When a hard drive failed it was worth 99 bucks to have my bookmarks, calendars, keychains, mail accounts and other tidbits replaced with a single click.

I used to feel that way about iLife but considering that upgrades for similar windows programs cost more and don’t offer half of the cool features that iLife does that “upgrade” price every year is not too bad. I do wish that Apple would offer a price break for those of us that bought the last version however.

You can get .Mac from Amazon.com for $80

 

[Abstract]

Umm..well MacBytes is for straight up news, and rarely are rumors posted there. Page 1 is for fairly good/substantive rumors (and major news) and Page 2 is for rumors that are from a dubious source or quite likely to be made-up. This is not news as it hasn't happened yet and comes from an anonymous source. It's not really a page 2 rumor because an improvement in iSync in an OS X point update is both likely and has occurred before. Also it's posted by two different reasonably reliable rumors sites. I think that places it squarely in MacRumors Page 1 territory.

What about the 2nd "rumour" about the TV adverts? What about the 3rd "rumour" on the page about the Intel Tri-Gate transistors? What about the rumour that tells us that CBS has put shows on iTunes, or the rumour just below that one that tells us that the MacBook is Time's "Gadget of the week"?? There's a lot more rumours that aren't rumours.

This isn't a rumour. Apple is working on updating iSync, but it always will for as long as iSync exists. They update iSync with pretty much every update, so it's not a rumour, really. Otherwise, every single small update for every single Apple app included with OSX would have it's own rumour. Same with OSX. There's no need to post a rumour about something that's ongoing.

"And today's rumour update: Apple is currently working on improvements to Mac OS X Tiger." Shocker.

 

[JFreak]

You can get .Mac from Amazon.com for $80

It is still a very expensive email account. Yes, there are more features than that, but it's still a rip-off.

I personally think that Apple would benefit from including dotmac into the iLife bundle. Come to think of it, not many of my friends actually pay for the iLife (sadly, many are borrowing discs) but were there dotmac included, there would be nice incentive for people to actually pay for the bundle.

And yes, I do really think that dotmac should cost about $20/year if they really must charge for it, and therefore it would be feasible to tie it into the iLife bundle. But maybe that's just me -- perhaps the rest of the world wants to pay $99 or $80 for it.

I would pay $20.

 

[tkidBOSTON]

I got my phone for free with a three years contract. Am I really expected to pay 30-40$ CAD for a simple USB cable? 🙄

😱 3 YEARS?! wow, I'm sorry to hear that...

But back on topic-- I would love to see more smartphone support, esp the Blackberry support that was mentioned a few times earlier.

 

[irish...john]

Motorola Ming

Hi - i just recently bought the new Motorola Ming ( a1200 ) it's a very cool toy but would be much more fun if it played with my mac's ....

Any ideas ... News ?

Thanks

 

[Kardashian]

PLEASE Support the LG Chocolate. 🙁

 

[devman]

Same here. But can you send SMS from address book with your Z520i like you used to with the T68i? Mine does not send, although the software looks like everything is ok.

Have to test again once the 10.4.7 has been installed. Might be a bug. I haven't checked if the proper bluetooth profile is supported or not 🙄 *lazy*

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050731124746116 Worked perfectly for my S700i.

 

[ejl10]

I loved iSync with my SE T637... it worked beautifully. Salling Clicker was just awesome, too (auto-pause on phone calls blows people away). Now I've "upgraded" to the fancy Samsung T509, and I miss iSync more than I expected. C'mon Apple... I want my iSync back!

 

[scifiman]

Slightly off topic

Does anyone have an estimate of when 10.4.7 will be released? I'm currently working on new images to deploy and would like to wait if possible. Since this is the 2nd or 3rd rumor I've heard about it, I'm guessing it won't be too much longer. Maybe a couple weeks to a month, but it anyone has a more definite time estimate, that would be appreciated.

 

[xUKHCx]

Does anyone have an estimate of when 10.4.7 will be released? I'm currently working on new images to deploy and would like to wait if possible. Since this is the 2nd or 3rd rumor I've heard about it, I'm guessing it won't be too much longer. Maybe a couple weeks to a month, but it anyone has a more definite time estimate, that would be appreciated.

I reckon we will definately see it within that time scale, if not sooner as all reports suggest no bugs in the release and the builds have been coming out pretty quickly suggesting it is getting very close.

Is it just me but 10.4.7 makes it seem like we have 10.4 for ages now, i know panther went all the way to 10.3.9 but that didnt seem like long. Probably just a physcology thing as 10.4.6 seemed fine to me, but 10.4.7 just seems that much further.

 

[Stella]

think about it...whats easier? opening up one app (iSync) to sync two apps (iCal and Address Book), or opening up two apps and syncing from both of them?

You obviously missed my rant on page 1 🙂

 

[Squonk]

You can get .Mac from Amazon.com for $80

😎 I bought mine on eBay for $45 shipped. 😎

 

[Stella]

I wish Apple would FIX the FINDER & other important every day issues with the system before working on these types of Frivalous
fringe issues!
It seems apple has lost it's way over the years!

For some people, iSync is an every day task, and isn't a fringe issue, and apple are absolutely correct in adding support for new phones and fixing issues.

 

[dr_lha]

When will any phones sync fully with Mac OS🙄

My SE T617 does.

 

[Abstract]

It is still a very expensive email account. Yes, there are more features than that, but it's still a rip-off.

I personally think that Apple would benefit from including dotmac into the iLife bundle. Come to think of it, not many of my friends actually pay for the iLife (sadly, many are borrowing discs) but were there dotmac included, there would be nice incentive for people to actually pay for the bundle.

And yes, I do really think that dotmac should cost about $20/year if they really must charge for it, and therefore it would be feasible to tie it into the iLife bundle. But maybe that's just me -- perhaps the rest of the world wants to pay $99 or $80 for it.

I would pay $20.

And you're absolutely right.

Google offers unlimited storage for free, while .Mac gets you less storage for $99? Per year? I'd save $500 over 5 years by going with Google rather than Dot-Mac? Absurd, really. Yes, Google makes money back from advertising, but they don't make $99 from every Google user via Gmail. I don't even get my mail via my browser. I use Mail.app, while other PC users use Outlook or a similar program.

Apple is offering more than Gmail, but these things can be purchased for less than $20 per year. Webspace? Did Apple invent making webpages and providing webspace for users to make their own webpage?

Apple really has to offer something absolutely incredible for .Mac to be worth $99.

 

[Freg3000]

What about the 2nd "rumour" about the TV adverts? What about the 3rd "rumour" on the page about the Intel Tri-Gate transistors? What about the rumour that tells us that CBS has put shows on iTunes, or the rumour just below that one that tells us that the MacBook is Time's "Gadget of the week"?? There's a lot more rumours that aren't rumours.

This isn't a rumour. Apple is working on updating iSync, but it always will for as long as iSync exists. They update iSync with pretty much every update, so it's not a rumour, really. Otherwise, every single small update for every single Apple app included with OSX would have it's own rumour. Same with OSX. There's no need to post a rumour about something that's ongoing.

"And today's rumour update: Apple is currently working on improvements to Mac OS X Tiger." Shocker.

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It doesn't need to be a rumor (CBS shows now added to iTunes, intel develops new technology) for it to appear on the front page. Mac Rumors != only rumors.

 

[slu]

Give Apple Feedback!!!!

How about putting one syncing conduit back into one app - none of this syncing outside of iSync - i.e., .Mac and iPod ( for photos, address etc not music - due to iTunes for windows )

Bad software design... to have the output all over the system - this confuses users and macs syncing more difficult.

iSync should be an app ( and has been ) where isyncing modules can be 'plugged' in. Every user will know what app is used for syncing - all centralised and modularised - that is iSync.

I know this is not going to happen, but the current syncing for devices is nothing but a mess.

I agree and could not have said it better myself.

I would suggest you send this to Apple via the OS X feedback link. I am going to do this as well.

Now I don't think it will happen either, but the more people that give feedback, the better chance we will have.

Oh, and I love Stella as well 😀

 

[FaasNat]

[.....]
I would pay $20.

Yeah, I'd also get it if it was $20.

The thing with iSync for me is that it can't map iCal calendars and Address Book groups to Palm's categories like MissingSync can. That's the main reason I stopped using iSync and picked up Missing Sync. (after getting it, I now kinda like the iPhoto sync capabilities of MissingSync since I've been using my phone's camera to take pictures and video of my daughter....)

 

[morespce54]

How about putting one syncing conduit back into one app - none of this syncing outside of iSync - i.e., .Mac and iPod ( for photos, address etc not music - due to iTunes for windows )

Bad software design... to have the output all over the system - this confuses users and macs syncing more difficult.

iSync should be an app ( and has been ) where isyncing modules can be 'plugged' in. Every user will know what app is used for syncing - all centralised and modularised - that is iSync.

I know this is not going to happen, but the current syncing for devices is nothing but a mess.

I'm 100% behind you on this one...
[RANT]If it's now only a "conduit", then why make it an application (in Applications' folder). Now I need an iPod, a PDA and a cellphone. Currently, I can't sync my address book on my iPod (I don't have a Mac account and my iPod is not set to sync with iTunes) so I need a PDA. My PDA do not sync with iPhoto so I need a cellphone (OK it's not the only reason here). Now, that's convergence!
[/RANT]
🙁 😉

 

[GreenCountry]

But back on topic-- I would love to see more smartphone support, esp the Blackberry support that was mentioned a few times earlier.

On the topic of smartphone support generally, including Blackberry, Treo, etc., I wonder if the PC vs Mac commercial with the Mac saying "You guys should see what this [PC] guy can do with spreadsheets" indicates it's unlikely they would extend support in the direction of business productivity (i.e., if improving smartphone connectivity, then more likely for iTunes phones and whatnot rather than PDAs 2.0).

In other words, I was surprised to see such a candid concession that implies the PC is "better" than the Mac at business "stuff", and wonder if it means Apple doesn't care to change that.