10.4: Recover Drive Mode functionality on Palm devices
Jun 28, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: ether
Jun 28, '07 07:30:00AM • Contributed by: ether
The 10.4.9 update broke "drive mode" functionality for Palm T5 and LifeDrive models, and Palm seems unwilling to do anything about it. Symptoms of the problem include the Palm device hanging (soft reset required) and even Mac USB ports becoming unavailable until a restart is done.
Today I discovered CardExport II, which is supposed to provide drive-mode-like capabilities to Palm OS devices with expansion card slots. I installed a trial version to see if it would work, and now I can see either of the devices I could once see with Drive Mode (albeit one at a time). Better than nothing, though it's $14.95 I shouldn't have to spend if Palm was doing its job -- and it seems to indicate that the problem is on Palm's side, not on Apple's.

