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drplokta ([personal profile] drplokta) wrote2003-11-23 03:11 pm

OS X and AvantGo

One of the frustrations of switching to the Mac was that there is no AvantGo client for OS X. Plucker is pretty good, but is nothing like as user-friendly.

But now there are two solutions, although neither of them will sync with AvantGo during a regular HotSync -- they disable HotSync while they're running.

This is a freeware program that theoretically lets you sync AvantGo by just pressing the button as if you were doing a normal HotSync. I found it to work only intermittently, and very slowly.

If you have $19.95 to spare, this commercial program works much better for me. It provides an Internet gateway for your Palm so that AvantGo can do a "modem" sync, and other Internet-enabled programs should also work.

[identity profile] major-clanger.livejournal.com 2003-11-23 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. This is a little annoying, as I have been using AvantGo for some time to top up my PDA (Journada and then Tungsten T3) with news prior to train journeys. However, my new job involves a lot fewer rail trips into town so this will probably become less important anyway.

MC