Syncing a Treo 700p or 700w to your Mac with the Missing Sync
A couple of people have e-mailed me and asked what I do to sync my Treo 700p/w to my Macintosh. The answer is in the form of Mark/Space’s Missing Sync. Not only will Missing Sync allow Macintosh users to easily sync their Palm devices, but it’s also the best syncing tool available on any platform.
One of the great things that Apple decided to do was to not build bloated apps that try and accomplish everything. Jack of all trades, master of none mentality. Rather than having one program do e-mail, address book, calendaring and note taking they broke it all out into individual apps that talk to each other. I keep my appointments in iCal which talks to Mail and my Address Book. The problem is that syncing this information over to my Palm or Windows Mobile device is a bit iffy. While Apple offers iSync, frankly it’s not up to the challenge of a full syncing solution.
With the Missing Sync I’m able to easily sync all of my Apple apps as well get dial-up-networking running, sync iPhoto and iTunes playlists, use my Treo as a SD card reader, install applications and best of all it makes Bluetooth sync so easy a child could do it.
If you have a Mac and you want to sync your portable device, check out the Missing Sync. It’s simply the best.
June 21st, 2006 at 6:13 am
I’d just like to point out that as good as it is..the missing sync does NOT yet support the Treo 700W. The windows mobile 5.0 version of TMS is still in beta and is not yet fully working.
June 21st, 2006 at 9:19 pm
Its a good program but overpriced upgrades & poor customer service keep me using the older version.
October 15th, 2006 at 10:18 pm
Hi Benjamin,
Do you know if it’s possible to sync the Treo 700p with Mac’s Mail program too?
Thanks,
Susan Finkelpearl
March 1st, 2007 at 4:13 am
how to you activate the synchronisation process with Treo 700wx and mac os x for entourage?
May 9th, 2007 at 3:22 pm
We’ve just started using MissingSync to link up a Treo, but it seems that every time we sync our device, it simply transfers information from the Mac to the Palm, erasing any contact information we’ve entered directly into the Palm, over riding it with information from Mac’s Address Book etc. How can we stop this?
July 20th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
I would love to know about the loss of info on the sync as well. I lost everything on my phone at one point on my 650.. re-entered it, then lost it again but this time on mac. stopped syncing, but would like to try again on my 700p.
any recommends?
August 19th, 2008 at 1:28 am
I would like to be able to get my mac to sync at all. I can get my mac to find the phone, but when I try to sync I get an error. I’ve uninstalled the Missing Sync software and reinstalled it, I’ve reset my phone and now don’t have any numbers on it. I cant get my mac and the Treo 700wx to sync….help!!