Racquel took advantage of our new AskTheAdmin a question link and writes to us:
I have a MAC OS X, VER 10.4.9 and previously used Missing Sync for Windows
Mobile 3.0.0 to sync up my MDA, now that I have upgraded to the WING I can not
sync up using Missing Sync for Windows. Is there a script that I need to down
load? I am attempting to sync via Blue tooth.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Now the major change between the wing and your MDA is that the Wing is an
official WM6 device and needs active sync 4.5 to function. They have not made
this available to Mac Osx users just yet (big surprise). So we have snagged
Racquel a work around compliments of kirankonathala.wordpress.comHere’s the email: (Edit They Updated The Missing Sync for $40 to support wm6)
Missing Sync has done a great job with WM5 synchronisation
services but they refuse to port the same app to WM6 devices – they say that no
‘Real’ WM6 device has ever been released but thousands of devices at XDA Devs
are powered by mighty WM6!! Well,so what about us,Mac users? How can we sync our devices for appointments and contacts (mail and files follows!).Well,I have been
using a practical solution – A free MS Exchange Server with which you can
Active Sync your Windows Mobile on the go with WiFi/3G/GPRS/EDGE!!
This guy,Austin provides this free service (MS Exchange Server).Check it out at http://port88.org/SignupSignup for this great service.Shoot out
any questions just in case
Let us know if this works out for you or do you need another solution? Don’t worry I’m sure Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about you and an update for Active Sync for Mac should be on its way! (don’t hold your breath)
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Karl,
Thank you for the prompt reply (much sooner then I expected). Your guidance while helpful I am afraid cuts my MACBOOOK PRO out of the picture (I think), I am currently using ENTOURAGE as my organizational tool. 1. How can I transfer (sync) what I currently have in ENTOURAGE with the virtual Exchange Server. 2. Once my contacts from ENTOURAGE are synched with the virtural exchange server (free service), how secure will my information be?
Entourage syncs, with Exchange 5.5 or better, to keep your virtual exchange server up to date with your Entourage data.
Then you can sync over edge, gprs or wifi with your new virtual exchange server. Mind you these are hoops to jump through to get MS to play nicely with your mac but we are still looking for another solution for you.
Anyone?
Update the site is not taking any new members! Doh!
Back to the drawing board…
Found another free exchange service (http://live.mail2web.com/)and a description of how one user got it to work with their wm6 device check it out below. It also looks ike they offer a pay service with ssl and more features.
Right had a right plaver to sort this out and finally got a solution where I can sync my contacts and calender from my mac with my SPV E650 (WM6) mobile phone but there does not seem to be a solution as of yet for file transfers.
It works like this:- Address book and calender sync with Entourage, which in turn syncs with a free exchange server to which I can sync my mobile device with via Activesync.
So down to the nitty gritty….
Get yourself a free basic subscription to a exchange server such as Mail2Web Live.
You can then set up your mobile device via the instructions provided on the mail2web site.
Now you need to set up Entourage to sync with your preferred calender and address book either the OS X own or iCal or Address book (this is done by going to entourage preferences, make sure you use the correct option at stage 3).
To set up Entourage for a exchange server just follow these steps:-
Open Entourage
Go to the “Tools” menu and select “Accounts”
From the “New” menu, select “Exchange”
Click “Configure Account Manually”
Enter the following settings into the dialog box
Account Name – Anything you like such as mail2web etc
Account ID – Your exchange server account name. I had to use x…x_mail2web_ although apparently x…x@mail2web.com is supposed to work
Password – Your Exchange password
Domain – Enter your Exchange domain. For Mail2Web, enter the domain you used to configure your device
Exchange Server – Enter the address of your Exchange Server. For Mail2Web use exchange.mail2web.com
Select the secure server option
E-mail address – Enter your preferred email address.
and that should be your lot any probs then post a comment and I will try to answer any of your queries
From here: http://www.knightlore.com/general/sync-between-a-wm6-device-and-mac-solvedsort-of/
i use web2mail just for this with their free account. So far so good!
hmmm look at this:
http://james.manners.net.au/2006/11/13/free-windows-mobile-activesync/
or maybe this:
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/_archives/jul01/macs.asp
nothings easy yet without an exchange server or PC Virualization. Hopefully they will support us Mac users soon enough – i think the pc ppl using iphones are having similar issues.
they just updated the missing sync over @ http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_windowsmobile.php its $40 though