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Whats going on at Palm! do they think we still use OS9?

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teckwiz

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Mar 24, 2008
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I have recently acquired a Palm pilot(vx) I know its outdated but it does what I need. I have connected it fine to my friends pc but i no longer have access to it and need to use my own MB running Leopard. I have a cradle with a sireal connector and a serial to usb convertor. so i type Palm Vx in google and i get the palm support site and i download the mac version i fill out my os Mac os x and continue ten i download the .sit file and i cant open it! does anyone know how to sync and add new apps to my Palm Vx from my mac
Thx
 
Your problem is that you can't open the .sit file?

If so, download StuffIt expander (there is a free version that does the expansion but not the compression. for some reason the stuffit company make it hard to find the free, expand-only version).

Here's a link:

http://my.smithmicro.com/mac/stuffitexpander/updates.html

Nobody uses stuffit anymore, but that software was created when .sit files were a defacto standard on the Mac platform. I'm not sure you can really blame Palm for not repackaging installers for ancient versions of their software. (They don't use stuffit anymore, right?!!!?)

Edit: Oops, beaten to it!
 
what next

o i have syuffit and have unzipped it and everything works nicely except i cant sync it i amm presing the button on my cradle and it is looking for something to connect to but nothing works his may be the serial to usbif so is there a way of using my infa red?
thx
 
huh?

teckwiz said:
o i have syuffit and have unzipped it and everything works nicely except i cant sync it i amm presing the button on my cradle and it is looking for something to connect to but nothing works his may be the serial to usbif so is there a way of using my infa red?
thx
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What would you use the infra-red to? Does your mac have some sensor?
 
teckwiz said:
I would use the infa red sync option on my palm Vx. plus the comment up from that its i have opend the SIT but now i cant sync it:(
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Dude, what? I was talking about the lack of infra red sensors on your mac.

have you installed the isync conduit?
 
appleretailguy said:
Dude, what? I was talking about the lack of infra red sensors on your mac.

have you installed the isync conduit?
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Yes i have tryed my isync that dosent work and i have the infa red for front row and the apple remote.
 
Yes, but have you installed the isync conduit for palm? Do we even know if palm software works for Leopard?
 
try the missing sync from markspace. I used it with a tx with no problems. You will need a driver for your USB to serial adapter though.
You could try one of those irda to USB adapters.
 
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