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Create Palm Desktop memo entry from selection
Authored by: mspalacios on Dec 11, '03 09:26:53PM

This is probably OT, but what I'm looking for is to continue using memos but to consult them from an app that is *NOT* PalmDesktop. I find it slow, kludgy and just plain ugly. I've already converted to iCal and Address Book and sync via iSync, but I've got the memos going to PalmDesktop. I would be happy with an cocoa or even carbon app that would allow me to read the PalmDesktop memo file and display it. No need to update. Does anyone know of an app that would do this?

Thanks.



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Create Palm Desktop memo entry from selection
Authored by: DeltaTee on Dec 12, '03 08:30:43AM

Yes, inquiring minds would like to know. I haven't found one that will work yet.



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Create Palm Desktop memo entry from selection
Authored by: punkish on Dec 12, '03 08:47:32AM

Interesting that you find PD slow and kludgy. While I too find it ugly (well, "ugly" is a harsh word, lets say, its not Aqua pretty), I find it to be blindingly fast. That is the one main reason (and flawless syncing with Clie being the other) that I continue to prefer it over iCal and AB -- on my iBook G3/600 both Apple apps are slower than Heinz ketchup. I will put up with ugly anytime for the sake of speed.
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Anyway, that was just a bit of editorializing, but now to your question. Why do you continue to use PD at all. If you are only using for its memo capabilities, move to Sbook. Sbook is all Cocoa, all free, and syncs with AB, supports all the services, and can happily store all your memos. You can also use MacJournal, another fine app that will do the same. Yet another choice is Voodoo Lite. All these apps are free, and are all Cocoa.<p>
Hth.



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Apple ABook/iCal vs. Palm Desktop
Authored by: sjk on Dec 13, '03 09:10:53PM

I also find Palm Desktop performance much better than Address Book and iCal on my iBook 600. Then there's iSync... besides being slow as molasses it does such a poor job synchronizing with the corresponding PIMs on my Tungsten E that I just can't make it useful even tho' I'd like to. And my hunch is Apple won't make any significant Palm-related iSync updates before Palm OS 6 is released. 'Tis a shame.

For now I'm reluctantly sticking with Palm Desktop and found the Plain Gray decor is more tolerable than the others. So far I've just been using the Contacts and Memos conduits until I better understand how best to sync with DateBk5 so I won't unexpectedly "misplace" information entered with it or Palm Desktop.



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Palm Desktop Memo replacement
Authored by: Fofer on Dec 12, '03 09:52:51AM

I know of two:

http://www.queuesoft.jp/ipalmmemo-e.html

http://mac-huwis.lut.ac.uk/~wis/programs/NoteTaker/NoteTaker.html

The first one is probably what you want. It came out recently and is a slick and simple replacement for Palm's Memo component. It comes with it's own conduit so it doesn't even have to "read" the data from your original Palm User Data file.

Personally I use Now Contact for addresses and Now Up to Date for events and To-Do's on my Treo 600. And I just leave Palm Desktop set up with only the "Memos" window open (this window positing is persistent when I quit and relaunch.) Doesn't seem slow to me.



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