syncing - Gizmodo

posts about #syncing more →
How to Sync Your Pre With iTunes When iTunes Sync Goes Down
How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
Missing Sync For Pre Helps Sync Contacts and Calendar
Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
Windows Mobile My Phone Impressions - It's a Fancy Backup Service
Evernote Lets You Sync Your Office Docs to Your iPhone
Quick Tip: Quick Sync Only Calendar and Address Book To Your iPhone
MobileMe OS X Update Download Is Live (MobileMe Coming Tonight Between 8PM-2AM)
3G iPhone Getting Wireless iTunes Sync via Bonjour?
Leopard Loses iPhone Note Syncing

Your version of Internet Explorer is not supported. Please upgrade to the most recent version in order to view comments.

Dsmvwl Admin Promote to frontpage Approve user Ban user ×

OMG! Ponies!
09/24/09

In reply to How to Sync Your Pre With iTunes When iTunes Sync Goes Down
In honor of the "Take Back The Beep" campaign, how about everyone email Steve Jobs (sjobs at apple.com) with the following message: "You're being a massive douchebag. I am mailing you a bag of dicks. Eat hearty!"
Reply

Edited by OMG! Ponies! at 09/24/09 5:32 PM OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

MarcusMaximus
09/24/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Sounds great, but where do we get the dicks?

EDIT: Never mind, found some.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! promoted this comment Edited by MarcusMaximus at 09/24/09 5:33 PM MarcusMaximus was starred MarcusMaximus was unstarred

OMG! Ponies!
09/24/09

@MarcusMaximus: Most fraternity houses are overflowing with dicks.
Reply

OMG! Ponies! was starred OMG! Ponies! was unstarred

Xeno
09/24/09

@OMG! Ponies!: It's tough to fit those dicks in bags since they are so large.
Reply

Xeno was starred Xeno was unstarred

Nick
09/24/09

@OMG! Ponies!: darn jew lawyers and their distrust for WASPs.
Reply

Nick was starred Nick was unstarred

Man 'O Mistry
07/16/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
Songbird seems to work just fine for me :)
Reply

Man 'O Mistry was starred Man 'O Mistry was unstarred

theguywithshoes
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
How about songbird which can sync with itunes and then the pre... i think that would work and songbird is great
Reply

theguywithshoes was starred theguywithshoes was unstarred

theguywithshoes
07/15/09

@
href="#c14251404">theguywithshoes:
Reply

theguywithshoes was starred theguywithshoes was unstarred

theguywithshoes
07/15/09

crap
Reply

theguywithshoes was starred theguywithshoes was unstarred

32ndnote
07/16/09

@theguywithshoes: I'm guessing Engadget doesn't have an edit button in their comment threads?
Reply

32ndnote was starred 32ndnote was unstarred

dan325013
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
Honestly, I would have done this from the start. I run both iTunes and Doubletwist on the mac, and I think that Doubletwist gets the job done even if it isn't as good as iTunes. It sounds stupid to run software to sync with your device that wasn't originally designed to do so. Plus, Doubletwist supports a wider range of devices, other than just the iPod/ iPhone.
Reply

dan325013 was starred dan325013 was unstarred

MrThunderfield
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
"downloading to iTunes 8.2.1"

'Scuse me? Don't you mean "downgrading to 8.2"?
Reply

Edited by MrThunderfield at 07/15/09 10:30 PM MrThunderfield was starred MrThunderfield was unstarred

Jason Chen
07/15/09

@MrThunderfield: Yes I do, thanks!
Reply

Jason Chen was starred Jason Chen was unstarred

reluttr
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
You could also use media monkey, song bird, or even Windows Media Player.
Reply

reluttr was starred reluttr was unstarred

USB_Humping_Dog
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
That's why you should NEVER update without checking the gadget blog world first.

Having said that, good job with for being fast on the draw for the HowTo, Jason.
Reply

Edited by USB_Humping_Dog at 07/15/09 10:26 PM USB_Humping_Dog was starred USB_Humping_Dog was unstarred

Amelia Smith
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
How about Salling Media Sync. You can select to sync with playlists and even podcasts. It gives you a progress update as well.

http://www.salling.com/mediasync/windows/
Reply

Amelia Smith was starred Amelia Smith was unstarred

Eugenia
07/15/09

In reply to How To Get Music Onto Your Palm Pre (Now That iTunes Hates You)
Just use Songbird. It works fine for the most part, and it lets you use your iTunes library as is, without having to re-import it.

Only thing missing really is album art support for AAC files, but that particular feature is scheduled for an August release, and CD ripping/burning a bit later. Everything else is pretty much there though, and it should work fine.
Reply

Eugenia was starred Eugenia was unstarred

32ndnote
07/15/09

@Eugenia: I was really surprised at how painless it was to install Songbird and get it up and running. I still prefer iTunes for playing music on my computer, but Songbird is extremely easy to set up if you want songs on your Pre.
Reply

32ndnote was starred 32ndnote was unstarred

Eugenia
07/15/09

@32ndnote: Yeah, it's cool. It needs some more work, and hopefully Palm will help the team to make it better. They are based in SF, so it's down the street from Palm pretty much. They could do business together for sure.
Reply

Eugenia was starred Eugenia was unstarred

Gilbert Tang Jr.
02/27/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
Now might be the time to take up the cause, methinks. I've been strongly considering a change of pace, a removal, of sorts, from the GMailification of my life toward that of ever-increasing Applinity.

Recent improvements to iCal and Google Contact syncing across the iPhone spectrum have really made the decision more difficult. At the same time, however, those same improvements have also led to frustration in terms of the antiquated means by which Address Book fits into that same equation (read: no sync, and thus no cloud, until physically connecting iPhone to computer).

I am also interested in the tertiary features like iDisk, etc. There are a series of documents on my computer that I am adamant having as much redundancy of as possible. Additionally, I'd like to explore the Gallery functions as they relate to iPhoto, etc. It would be nice to utilize the full convergent brunt of these otherwise good to excellent native apps.

My primary reservation is, of course, the cost -- one which I was most certainly unwilling to bear until news such as this came along. Paying for a pretty much free everywhere else service is bad enough; paying for one that works poorly, or in a manner not up to that of the aforementioned competitors is just a slap in the face.

Anyway, any tips or information anyone would like to share would be fantastic. I use iCal, Address Book, have 11 GMail accounts (several party to Google Apps), 2 Yahoo Accounts, an iPhone, and a MB running Leopard. What is the best course of action, if any?

Thanks in advance.
Reply

Gilbert Tang Jr. was starred Gilbert Tang Jr. was unstarred

kakarotthemonkey
02/27/09

@Gilbert: Do you talk like that in real life?
Reply

kakarotthemonkey was starred kakarotthemonkey was unstarred

Gilbert Tang Jr.
02/27/09

@kakarotthemonkey: When I'm trying to be an ass, yes.

(The post was intended to have an air -- cloud, if you will -- of dry humor.)
Reply

Gilbert Tang Jr. was starred Gilbert Tang Jr. was unstarred

MrYuk
02/26/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
So I guess this means that if I go into iCal and move an appt from one day to another, or if I go to my MobileMe Calendar and do the same, it should "push" and update automatically right?

Well it doesn't update unless I right-click the Sync icon and select "Sync Now".
Reply

MrYuk was starred MrYuk was unstarred

madog
02/27/09

@MrYuk: instant push is kind of relative to your Internet, apples servers, and whether your iPhone has a good edge/3G or wifi signal, and also if you have the most recent version of os x.
Reply

madog was starred madog was unstarred

CoHPhasor
02/26/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
How about they stop being money-grubbing bastidges and they just give it to us for free?

mobile me costs money you know, and BlackBerrys get it built-in.

Didn't we pay for it enough by waiting forever?
Reply

CoHPhasor was starred CoHPhasor was unstarred

madog
02/27/09

@CoHPhasor: Im not familiar with the blackberry service but mobilme isn't just email. As far as I know you can get all the features of mobile from various services and providers for free, but there isn't one that has all the MM features together for free. There's the iDisk, web site, email, contact, calender, and gallery (sort of with the site though) that makes it easy for those freaks who have a couple macs and an iPhone to sync data.

Otherwise you're using geocities (does that still exist?), gmail, some free cloud data storage with a few gigs, just for that particular stuff, but that doesn't count the fact that MM also syncs preferences, saved passwords (keychain), bookmarks, widgets and dock appearance between multiple macs. Can you transfer that sort of data between any major version of Windows (sans the ones that don't exist between them all like vista gadgets) as well as a phone?

Side note: I like how ms sells a windows transfer tool that's essentially a USB cable that can transfer pictures and documents between machines. It's cute.
Reply

madog was starred madog was unstarred

bosskev
02/26/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
What? An iPhone-related story and NOBODY is gonna bloody scream "Copy/Paste!"?

You guys disappoint me...
Reply

bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred

diabolusunknownTheSecond
02/26/09

@bosskev: I think everyone has just accepted it and realised that Apple just cant figure out how to do it.
Reply

bosskev
02/26/09

@diabolusunknownTheSecond: "...accepted it and realised that Apple just cant figure out how to do it."

* sighs *

You may be right. Copy/Paste might be one of those technological challenges that is so extreme that, to accomplish it, they'd have to dedicate their top brain to the project, sequester him somewhere for like six months and then see if

Wait a minute...
Reply

bosskev was starred bosskev was unstarred

BeautifulAgony
02/27/09

@bosskev: They're great at the copy part... they have been trying Copy/Copy for a long time. Recently they've been testing Copy/Cryfoul. The latest insider scoop is that they'll work the problem from a different angle with Paste/Paste. It's simpler, and alleviates any confusion, since they can decide what gets Pasted. It will work great with the revived push functionality.

/sarcasm
Reply

BeautifulAgony was starred BeautifulAgony was unstarred

Monty
02/27/09

@bosskev: We knew you would mention it, so thanks for not disappointing us. If the iPhone could copy and paste, we would just paste your comment for all future iPhone posts, but we just don't have the ability to do that.
Reply

Monty was starred Monty was unstarred

EBone
02/26/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
Not really "push" until emails are sent to the iPhone without the iPhone polling the server to see if there are new messages.
Reply

EBone was starred EBone was unstarred

Reece Michael Wissler
02/26/09

@EBone: Emails are sent to the iPhone without polling the server if you are using a MobileMe account, emails come in real-time using push technologies if you have it set to do so in your settings.
Reply

EBone
02/26/09

@Reece Michael Wissler: Can you tell me where that setting is on my iPhone? I can't seem to find it.
Reply

EBone was starred EBone was unstarred

m0unds
02/26/09

@EBone: "fetch new data" set to "push" under settings
Reply

m0unds was starred m0unds was unstarred

EBone
02/26/09

@m0unds: Duh, thanks . I was looking in the mail settings. Thanks.
Reply

EBone was starred EBone was unstarred

SinisterBark
02/26/09

In reply to Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe's Push, Improves Features
Good and I am a big Apple guy

But MobileMe still blows compared to GMail
Reply

SinisterBark was starred SinisterBark was unstarred

tony4d
02/26/09

@SinisterBark: How do you figure?
Reply

tony4d was starred tony4d was unstarred

tedhogan
02/26/09

@tony4d:

MobileMe mail is much slower than Gmail, even using Safari 4. I use both. Compare the two interfaces sometime. MobileMe looks cool, but it is still a dog when switching between messages, etc.

Heck, I still use it. I just wish it would get snappy like Gmail is.
Reply

tedhogan was starred tedhogan was unstarred

Homerjay is utterly alone.
02/26/09

@tedhogan: I have to agree. I have both and I use MobileMe very rarely for the email now. Its just a dog compared to gmail.
Reply

tony4d
02/27/09

@Closed captioning provided by Homerjay: Why are you guys using the web app anyway? You have imap at your disposal. Use a real mail client like Apple Mail or Mozilla Thunderbird.
Reply

tony4d was starred tony4d was unstarred

Homerjay is utterly alone.
02/27/09

@tony4d: I just got the opposite reaction a couple weeks ago from other people in a gmail discussion! Will you people make up your mind! :)
Reply

color_guru
02/27/09

@tony4d: I wonder why people don't use a email client as well. I would agree though that gmail web app is faster than mac.com (yes i still say mac.com) but I never use it.
Reply

color_guru was starred color_guru was unstarred

Monty
02/27/09

@color_guru: The reason you would use a mail client is because the web based client is not good enough. I think nearly everyone who uses Gmail would tell you that it is outstanding, so why bother with configuring a program? Google, I believe, would argue that the computing world is moving to devices that are nothing but a web browser - and given the trends in the industry, it would be difficult for me to argue the opposite perspective.
Reply

Monty was starred Monty was unstarred

Earlier discussions Other discussions Show all discussions Show featured discussions only Start a new discussion

Gizmodo Team

SUBSCRIBE TO Gizmodo

Login

Reset Password

Register

Submit Your Comment