Okay, that's a lot of messages when looking at it, but reading the article, he sent the same message over and over again.
On my Sony-Ericsson T68i, I can save a message as some kind of draft so I don't have to retype it, and I can send it to several people in one go (kinda like sending a carbon copy e-mail)
Just go to: messages > SMS > Templates.
Not to rain on his parade, because the number in itself is still impressive, but it's not like he typed 80k-odd different messages.
And I sure hope he didn't type the same message over and over again... poor sod!
I'm not going to debate you on the merits of a cheap headless machine from Apple, because I'd love one myself. Furthermore, I'm also not going to attack your criticism with regards to the 'crippling' of the low-end hardware by Apple, because you are in fact correct, and I share your disdain for Apple's actions on that front. I'm just going to correct you on factual misinformation in the following quote:
Especially since they criple the lower end hardware, making it less attrictive to switcher. Example: The ibook you buy can't drive an external monitor at more the 1024x768 when my pc 200 mhz laptop easily can? This has turned off many people I know.
Technically, all the current iBooks can drive an external display at a resolution above 1024 x 768. Apple just turns it off in software (the open firmware). For information on how to easily (without risk of losing warranty) turning this back on, look here:
And yes, I fully agree that we shouldn't have to resort to this kind of solution, but it is a solution nonetheless, and one that has worked very well for me for the past two years on my 600 Mhz iBook. In fact, I wouldn't have bought my iBook had I not known about this.
Sorry, no solutions from me, but I wondered if anyone had a solution to a related problem. I keep a master diary and contacts list on my work PC (Win2K, Exchange) and sync either a Palm Tungsten. I want to over-write the diary and contacts on the Mac with the data from the handheld. Problem is that iSync doesn't allow you to do that - you can only over-write the handheld with the Mac data.
If I recall correctly, the first time I performed a sync between my computer and my T68i, I got a dialog box asking me what to do:
1. merge the data on both computer and phone (with an option not to copy addressess without a telephone number to my phone)
2. Overwrite the phone with the computer data
3. overwrite the computer with the phone's data
On subsequent synchs, I get asked for each item whether or not to add it to either the computer or the phone, modify the data or, if applicable, delete the data. It works pretty well.
However, I think your problem stems from the fact that you're using a Palm device with iSync. I don't own a Palm myself (thus I lack any hands-on experience), but I thought using isync with your Palm involved using a Palm desktop conduit to get the thing to work (correct me if I'm wrong)? Maybe the whole Palm desktop to isync routine is still incomplete?
Either way, to try and solve your problem: in isync: can you click on the Palm icon, and do you get a dialog box/window with options? I get that with my T68i, and there i get the option to choose whether the computer or the phone takes precedence when synching (thus effectively telling the phone data to overwrite the computer's data, if i choose so). Maybe that functionality just isn't there yet for Palm devices (which would be a shame)?
I'm reluctant to simply delete all the data on the Mac as this will probably delete all or some of the contacts on the handheld - also I'm not sure where iCal and iAddress keep their data to back it up.
I'm not sure either, but it'll most likely be in your user folder somewhere (duh;) ). Either way, you can manually save and or export both your calendars and your contacts (as separate vcards) to use for backup, and even to use bluetooth file exchange to get them on the Palm. Maybe worth a try?
I'm also waiting for the P800 to be supported!
The abovementioned method (exporting to vcards) works on a P800. To be fair, on ease of use wrt to this whole isync stuff, my T68i blows the P800 out of the water... for now. Support for it indeed can't come soon enough.
Cheers
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I think it's kinda funny how all these comments center around the fact that.mac 'is only 8 dollars a month'.
I'm not interested in saving money (I'd just get an el cheapo x86 machine instead of a Mac to really save money...:p as if), I'm interested in really sharing my information between my different machines.
Just look at my setup: at home I've got a G3 powerMac and an Ibook, at work it's a powermac G4 and the aforementioned iBook. I'm just looking at an easy (or maybe better 'straightforward') way to share Jaguar's address book and calendar between the three.
I could do this via.Mac, but only if I have an internet connection. Now, having an internet connection isn't a problem in itself (i've got cable at home and dsl at work), the stupid thing about this imho is that, since the machines are networked anyway (through ethernet, in a powermac to ibook type of deal both at work and at home), why do I even need to go via.Mac? I just want to be able to sync locally.
The current workaround I've got is using my T68i bluetooth phone. It works pretty well, but I think it's a shame I have to use this workaround...
IMHO, apple should support local sync without.Mac.
As far as I know, this option is NOT available in MacOS X running on G3 portables. It is available on the Powerbook G4, but not on the iBook. At least not on mine.
The machine in question is a 12" 800 MHz iBook
I'm pretty sure that the newer/ newest iBooks have the ability to lower the processor speed.
I'm talking about the 600, 700 and 800 MHz models that have a radeon 16 MB or better GPU.
IIRC, they use the G3 750FX (as opposed to the older G3 750gx) which has 512K full-speed backside cache, and the ability to reduce the processor clockspeed through software, which should enable processor cycling to slow the cpu when not on battery.
If I'm not mistaken, IBM even touted this as a feature in their docs (I'll have to search for them another time), and the fact that the processor speed could be controlled through software was also the way one could overclock an iBook's processor through software by using the older versions (now since pulled by apple because of exactly this possibility) of Apple's CHUD tools. Various reports on this excist on the internet (for instance on Accelerate your mac).
So my guess is something is broken in your install. The option to reduce processor speed when on battery should be in the appropriate system preferences tab, if your machine is an 800 MHz iBook. It's present on my 600 MH iBook.
The timing issues between the mac, isync and a T68i are a matter of not having set the computer and the phone to the same timezone. This is changed easily on both the mac and the phone.
Cheers, and sorry for not replying sooner, but hey, I became a first-time uncle yesterday, so visiting the new mom and her son took precedence over replying;) . I'm sure you all will understand;)
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yeah that was what I was thinking too...
Okay, that's a lot of messages when looking at it, but reading the article, he sent the same message over and over again.
On my Sony-Ericsson T68i, I can save a message as some kind of draft so I don't have to retype it, and I can send it to several people in one go (kinda like sending a carbon copy e-mail)
Just go to: messages > SMS > Templates.
Not to rain on his parade, because the number in itself is still impressive, but it's not like he typed 80k-odd different messages.
And I sure hope he didn't type the same message over and over again... poor sod!
Technically, all the current iBooks can drive an external display at a resolution above 1024 x 768. Apple just turns it off in software (the open firmware). For information on how to easily (without risk of losing warranty) turning this back on, look here:
Rute Moeller's spanning hack for the iBook
And yes, I fully agree that we shouldn't have to resort to this kind of solution, but it is a solution nonetheless, and one that has worked very well for me for the past two years on my 600 Mhz iBook. In fact, I wouldn't have bought my iBook had I not known about this.
Cheers.
If I recall correctly, the first time I performed a sync between my computer and my T68i, I got a dialog box asking me what to do:
1. merge the data on both computer and phone (with an option not to copy addressess without a telephone number to my phone)
2. Overwrite the phone with the computer data
3. overwrite the computer with the phone's data
On subsequent synchs, I get asked for each item whether or not to add it to either the computer or the phone, modify the data or, if applicable, delete the data. It works pretty well.
However, I think your problem stems from the fact that you're using a Palm device with iSync. I don't own a Palm myself (thus I lack any hands-on experience), but I thought using isync with your Palm involved using a Palm desktop conduit to get the thing to work (correct me if I'm wrong)? Maybe the whole Palm desktop to isync routine is still incomplete?
Either way, to try and solve your problem: in isync: can you click on the Palm icon, and do you get a dialog box/window with options? I get that with my T68i, and there i get the option to choose whether the computer or the phone takes precedence when synching (thus effectively telling the phone data to overwrite the computer's data, if i choose so). Maybe that functionality just isn't there yet for Palm devices (which would be a shame)?
I'm not sure either, but it'll most likely be in your user folder somewhere (duh ;) ). Either way, you can manually save and or export both your calendars and your contacts (as separate vcards) to use for backup, and even to use bluetooth file exchange to get them on the Palm. Maybe worth a try?
The abovementioned method (exporting to vcards) works on a P800. To be fair, on ease of use wrt to this whole isync stuff, my T68i blows the P800 out of the water... for now. Support for it indeed can't come soon enough.
Cheers
I think it's kinda funny how all these comments center around the fact that .mac 'is only 8 dollars a month'.
I'm not interested in saving money (I'd just get an el cheapo x86 machine instead of a Mac to really save money... :p as if), I'm interested in really sharing my information between my different machines.
Just look at my setup: at home I've got a G3 powerMac and an Ibook, at work it's a powermac G4 and the aforementioned iBook. I'm just looking at an easy (or maybe better 'straightforward') way to share Jaguar's address book and calendar between the three.
I could do this via .Mac, but only if I have an internet connection. Now, having an internet connection isn't a problem in itself (i've got cable at home and dsl at work), the stupid thing about this imho is that, since the machines are networked anyway (through ethernet, in a powermac to ibook type of deal both at work and at home), why do I even need to go via .Mac? I just want to be able to sync locally.
The current workaround I've got is using my T68i bluetooth phone. It works pretty well, but I think it's a shame I have to use this workaround...
IMHO, apple should support local sync without .Mac.
So for some, it might not be about money.
Cheers.