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Palm) made discoverable. To start the synchronization, press the physical HotSync

button on the palmtop’s cradle, cable, or HotSync screen.

Note: All of this leaves your Palm memos unsynched, because neither Address Book nor iCal has a place

for memos. The workaround: Use Palm Desktop to view and edit them.

• An iPod. iTunes 4.8 and later versions handle the task of keeping your iPod updated

with your iCal and Address Book info directly. (To get started, connect the iPod

to the Mac and then choose iTunesÆPreferences and click the iPod button.) In

other words, this iSync feature is an orphan, exclusively for people who don’t, for

some reason, have iTunes 4.8 or later.

When you open iSync, its toolbar shows the icons of any synchable devices connected

to your Mac at the moment. Click the appropriate gadget on the toolbar—your iPod,

for example—to see the synching options available. Turn on the checkboxes you want,

and then click the Sync Devices button. iSync does the deed.

iSync is plenty smart when it comes to resolving conflicts among your gadgets. For

example, if you edit somebody’s home phone number on your Palm, and your spouse

simultaneously edits the same person’s office number on the Mac, iSync will smoothly

incorporate both changes into all copies of your address book. Unless you and your

spouse both change the home number in different ...