In article <090720081403551543%martyb@sonic.net>,
Martin Bose wrote:

> In article , Harold Fuchs
> wrote:
>
> > "Martin Bose" wrote in message
> > news:040720081731490109%martyb@sonic.net...
> > > I've got a Handspring Visor Platinum that has all of my info on it. I
> > > just purchased an iMac with OSX. From what Palmsource says, I need
> > > Desktop version 4 for the Mac, but when I downloaded 4.0 it has an
> > > error which the knowledgebase article says is missing files, and the
> > > solution is to reinstall from the CD, which I don't have. There are
> > > plenty of software CD's on eBay, but they are specified by the Palm
> > > model, and don't indicate which Desktop software they contain. What
> > > version of a Palm would have the 4.0 software I need? I've seen M500,
> > > Treo 650, Zire, Centro and Tungsten?
> > >
> > > TIA, Marty
> >
> > Desktop 4.0.1 and Hotsync Manager 4.0 came together on the CD that I got
> > with my m515 which I bought in March 2003. As far as I remember all the 5xx
> > machines used the same PC (and therefore Mac ??) software. So I think that
> > if you get something for one of those machines you *should* be OK.
> >
> > HTH.
> > Harold Fuchs
> > London, England
>
> Harold, thanks for the response! I obtained an M500 installation disk,
> but found out that I had asked the wrong question. That's because when
> I clicked on the software installer on the disk, it came back and said
> that it couldn't be opened because the Classic interface is no longer
> supported.
>
> So now I guess my question is this: What version of a Palm would have
> the 4.0 software I need WITH AN INSTALLER THAT CAN BE RUN ON A SYSTEM
> WITH OS-X 10.5.4? I've seen M500, Treo 650, Zire, Centro and Tungsten?
>
> Marty

Have your look at this information?

http://www.palm.com/us/support/palmdesktop.html
http://www.palm.com/us/support/macintosh/

Personally, I have not tried using iSync, as I still have an eMac G4
running Tiger and the downloaded Palm Desktop works perfectly on that
computer. I think the Palm Desktop version I am using is 4.2.1, with a
Palm Tungsten C.

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