10.4: Use an official Nokia plug-in for iSync support

Apr 09, '07 07:30:03AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

With versions of OS X 10.4 prior to 10.4.9, it was possible to use not-officially-supported phones with iSync. There are several hints here that show how to do this (it usually involves copying an existing iSync plugin for a supported phone and modifying it slightly to match the unsupported phone). I had happily been syncing my Nokia E60 in this way for many months.

So I was very unpleasantly surprised to notice that after the OS X 10.4.9 upgrade I could no longer sync my unsupported phone. After spending hours trying to make this work, I crossed the pain threshold and bought a set of plugins from novamedia.de, but they did not work.

Finally, after hours of searching, it turns out that Nokia now provides iSync plug-ins for a whole slew of phones, including models that Apple doesn't list as supported. From the Nokia site, you can now get plugins for all these phones:

E50, E60, E61, E61i, E62, E65, E70, N70, N71, N72, N73, N76, N80, N90, N91, N93, N93i, N95, N-Gage, N-Gage QD, 3230, 3600, 3620, 3650, 3660, 6021, 6102, 6103, 6111, 6131, 6230, 6230i, 6260, 6270, 6280, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, 6820, 6822, 7370, 7380, 7610, 7650, 8800, 8801, 9300i

They're all available, for free, from Nokia's own iSynce page on the European section of their website. Very straightforward to install, and now my E60 syncs again...bliss!

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