Mac OS X 10.4.1: iSync 2.0: Problems synchronizing; potential solution

CNET staff

Sept. 2, 2009 11:35 a.m. PT

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Readers note several problems with iSync 2.0 under Mac OS X 10.4.x, including persistent crashes when attempting to synchronize.

MacFixIt reader Graeme writes:

"Every time I try to sync my Sony Ericsson P900 the same problem occurs in Mac OS X 10.4.1 as occurred in Mac OS X 10.4 - the new iSync agent installed in the phone crashes and only some of the changes are made. I even wiped everything off the phone and tried to replace all data, but same problem occurs. No problem with Contacts, just iCal sync."

Julian Wright adds:

"There's a bug in Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.4.1 regarding the iSync menu: My SonyEricsson K700 is all set-up to use iSync and syncs perfectly. However, if I try to initiate a sync by using the menubar iSync menu 'Sync Now' option, the icon spins for a few seconds and does nothing. If I initiate a sync by clicking the Sync button in the iSync application it works. Strangely, if the iSync application is open, then the "Sync now" menu option does work, but not when it the iSync app is closed."

Potential solution MacFixIt reader Nicolai Amter reports that deleting the file: ~/Library/Preferences/ByHost/com.apple.HIToolbox.xxxxxxx.plist (the characters represented by xxxxxxx will be different on each machine) resolves a number of the aforementioned synchronization issues.

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