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Mac OS 10.4.7 To Feature Upgraded iSync?

Do you use iSync?

  • Yes, with my phone.

    Votes: 154 43.6%

  • Yes, with my PDA.

    Votes: 19 5.4%

  • Yes, with both my Phone and PDA.

    Votes: 22 6.2%

  • No, but I would if my device was supported.

    Votes: 105 29.7%

  • No, and I don't anticipate ever needing to.

    Votes: 53 15.0%
  • Total voters
    353
JFreak said:
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.
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Right on !!! 😀

Abstract said:
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.
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So right on !!! 😀 😀
 
GreenCountry said:
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)
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amen to that!
I love my Blackberry and wish it could talk to my Mac (I won't let Pocketmac anywhere near my Macbook, I had an awful experience with pocketmac for pocketpc that required an OS X re-install, i'll never trust pocketxxx software ever again)

Mac and Blackberry are so similar in that they are complex yet simple to use and "Just Work" please why can't they just work with each other!!!

Come on Apple and RIM, bang heads together and get them working!
 
GreenCountry said:
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.
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I really hope this is not the case because they would be losing out on a huge segement of the population. I know a lot of people that are picking up smartphones and PDAs outside of the business world as people try to pack more and more into their days and life moves faster and faster. With the always-on-the-go lifestyle people are adopting, push email is not just for the business users anymore.

But I dont know. I can see your point. However, I 1) hope it doesnt happen and 2) really hope that the awful advertisments apple keeps putting out doesnt imply anything in context to this rumor.
 
On the topic of iPod syncing in iTunes, I personally think that it is better than when it was in iSync. I always forgot to sync my iPod with iSync, so having it in iTunes is fine because it happens when I sync my music onto my iPod.

iSync does work fine with my phone, and I've previously used it with a Palm which worked ok as well. Never tried .Mac , too expensive for me. I used it when it was free and it was really good, but as a student it just isn't worth the money.
 
erlendscott said:
On the topic of iPod syncing in iTunes, I personally think that it is better than when it was in iSync. I always forgot to sync my iPod with iSync, so having it in iTunes is fine because it happens when I sync my music onto my iPod.

iSync does work fine with my phone, and I've previously used it with a Palm which worked ok as well. Never tried .Mac , too expensive for me. I used it when it was free and it was really good, but as a student it just isn't worth the money.
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I think it'd be better if iSync synced your music to your iPod from iTunes (or possibly another program) as it's much more lightweight than iTunes. It would only need to run automatically when your iPod is connected which isn't a big deal.
 
iSync WishList

OK, I've been waiting for this. Here's what i'd like to see in the new version of iSync (plus my estimated probability of it actually happening in brackets like this).

1. Native support for the Nokia N80 without having to hack XML files or paying for plug-ins (quite probable).

2. Better iSync behaviour for the latest Nokia S60 devices. Support for thr Nokia 7610 was perfect, but it's gone downhill since then. See my rant here (post #9). (unlikely - the issues are probably more Nokia's fault than Apple's).

3. Better diagnostics when things go wrong. The other day I did a sync, and a got the message saying something like "If you continue to Sync then you will change more that 50% of the contacts on your computer". How? Why? How hard would it be for Apple to let me review the conflicts one-by-one. Or let me Sync, see what had changed, then let me roll back? (fat chance).

Regds
SL
 
superleccy said:
3. Better diagnostics when things go wrong. The other day I did a sync, and a got the message saying something like "If you continue to Sync then you will change more that 50% of the contacts on your computer". How? Why? How hard would it be for Apple to let me review the conflicts one-by-one. Or let me Sync, see what had changed, then let me roll back? (fat chance).

Regds
SL
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this is the feature i have wanted for ages, sometimes when i sync and have changed nothing it says it will change some items, i want to know which.
 
kevmbpro said:
10.4.7 was supposed to be released days ago...now it is simply lagging....
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Apple seeded developers with a new build on Friday. How is that lagging?

Not to mention that they have released every 10.4.x update on a Monday or Tuesday, so a Friday or Saturday release would be very odd.
 
Mysterious iSync

I hate iSync. It is too black box for me. I never know what it is actually doing. Is it wiping out my address book that was on my computer? Is it overwriting my address book on .mac? What the *?!#% is it doing?

Why can't Apple fix the design on iSync so that it is clear, what exactly is being changed at which location, from which location, etc?

Why is it that Apple can build some interfaces so well and then completely miss the boat on others?

I just don't trust completely automatic, blackbox software like iSync.
 
digitalbiker said:
I hate iSync. It is too black box for me. I never know what it is actually doing. Is it wiping out my address book that was on my computer? Is it overwriting my address book on .mac? What the *?!#% is it doing?
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iSync is great when it works, but when it doesn't, I agree with you.

If Apple would at least include a detailed sync log (like Nokia do on their PC suite), then I'd be happy enough. How difficult can this be for them?

SL
 
Freg3000 said:
Completely run of the mill and generally unimportant daily news goes to Mac Bytes.
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That wasn't the intent upon introduction. I guess intent and focus changed over the years, but that sort of made it the iSync of the MacRumour's world.......less useful than it was before.
 
iSync

Where is Splashpod? I just want to put my iPod and cell phone on my desk and have it synced and charged. if the iPod just uses the juice from the splashpod desk to power its wireless sync that's fine too. same with the cell. use bluetooth, whatever. sync and charge without wires and i'll upgrade (more likely). but ipods really haven't improved much. i have both the nano and photo and between them they're both pretty much the same. where's the 5.1 audio?
 
I have probably the world's smallest/ coolest PDA / phone

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It's lovely, only 3 inches by 2 inches. I love it.

Unfortunately it runs on Windows Media 5. I could tolerate the crashes and slowdowns (which some say are due to O2's own added software - I'll look into disabling O2's software soon) if only it would actually sync with my Mac.

There's so many useful features I'm dying to use but I can't bloody connect it to my PB! It's not reconised when connecting via USB. Connecting via Bluetooth shows it up as a 'external modem' - I can't browse any files.

The only way I can transfer files such as photos or e-books for reading on my mobile is to email them to my mobile's email address. The files have to go half way round the world even tho it's right next to my laptop 🙁

5MB free monthly allowance over the mobile network means its not too much of a pain tho, and connecting with my mobile's wifi to my household or company wifi means unlimited downloads as long as I stay connected to the wifi.

Have been considering getting Pocketmac for it, but people here say it's a load of crap. That makes me worried 🙁

Any good experiences with PocketMac?

Thanks

..RedTomato..
 
Why all the negative ratings? Apple is updating iSync.. that's tough to see as a bad thing, if you ask me.
 
A iSync update is very welcome. I'd like to see Blu-Ray drives supported in Mac OS X 10.4.7 (maybe for the Mac Pro) too.
 
I'm sure Apple will start supporting Blue-Ray as soon as it becomes mainstream/default HD disk format.
 
My Razr v3 works fine

No kidding, it works pretty well with iSync. However, once, I added a new number to the phone. After the sync, that was the *only* number in the phone, and the all items (except the new one) were deleted from the Address Book group. I have not tested that scenario since.
 
digitalbiker said:
I hate iSync. It is too black box for me. I never know what it is actually doing. Is it wiping out my address book that was on my computer? Is it overwriting my address book on .mac? What the *?!#% is it doing?

Why can't Apple fix the design on iSync so that it is clear, what exactly is being changed at which location, from which location, etc?

Why is it that Apple can build some interfaces so well and then completely miss the boat on others?

I just don't trust completely automatic, blackbox software like iSync.
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When I started using iSync, as a just-in-case measure, I always did a full export of my Address book to a file. No matter what was toasted, whether my Address Book, .Mac, or my phone, recovery would be a breeze.
 
I just got a Treo 650 and was wondering: does anyone with a 650 use the iSync versus the included Palm software?
 
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