The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    As there is no Outlook in mac, would I still be able to use my pocket PC?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Inflictionmitch, Aug 30, 2006.

  1. Inflictionmitch

    Inflictionmitch Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    8
    Messages:
    26
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Since all of my contacts etc are in Outlook, which I normally synch my PPC with, what would the situation be once I moved to Mac? Would I be forced to use Boot Camp and waste HD space on a Windows OS or is there some kind of software that makes it all work somehow?
     
    Inflictionmitch, Aug 30, 2006
    #1
  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    421
    Messages:
    3,770
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    106
    MarkSpace's "The Missing Sync" for OS X might be your best bet:

    http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php

    Generally this is focused more on synching your PocketPC with OS X's apps (like the Address Book for Contacts). It does work with Entourage 2004 (part of Office 2004 for OS X), which is sort of their Mac equivalent of Outlook.

    If you wanted to specifically keep using Outlook though, you probably would need to at least use Boot Camp.
     
    zadillo, Aug 30, 2006
    #2
  3. xbandaidx

    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    174
    Messages:
    1,402
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    I would imagine iSync would work right off the bat, and just use all of OS X's versions to associate with the stuff on the PDA
     
    xbandaidx, Aug 30, 2006
    #3
  4. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    421
    Messages:
    3,770
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Are you sure that iSync supports Windows Mobile? I had always thought one of the main sellings points of MarkSpace's The Missing Sync was that it did allow you to actually sync with a Windows Mobile device (and even act as a conduit between iSync and the PocketPC).

    -Zadillo
     
    zadillo, Aug 30, 2006
    #4
  5. xbandaidx

    xbandaidx Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    174
    Messages:
    1,402
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    55
    Well I was thinking of Palm for some reason, totally went over my head there, obvisually palm doesn't support Windows.

    UPDATE: Jeez I must be having brainfarts all day. Palm does support windows, what I meant was OS X doesn't support Pocket PCs without that software.

    Anyways heres a link to the sync information.

    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/isync/devices.html

    It contains a link to the Mark space stuff at that link as well.
     
    xbandaidx, Aug 30, 2006
    #5
  6. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

    Reputations:
    421
    Messages:
    3,770
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    106
    Ahh, gotcha.

    Yeah, honestly, if I was a PocketPC user with a Mac I'd probably invest in the Missing Sync (outside of the contacts syncing, I figure it is nice to be able to mount your device, use it to install software, etc.).
     
    zadillo, Aug 30, 2006
    #6