SYNCMATE FOR WINDOWS PASSWORD

Enter your Google user name and password in the spaces provided, and place a check in the box labeled Save password (unless you want to enter your password each time you sync your Google calendar).

If you’d like to sync your Google calendar, place a check in the box labeled Sync with Google calendar.

Select the calendar you want to sync with your mobile device, and click OK.

If you have more than one calendar, click the … button. Again decide how you want to resolve conflicts ( Ask me is probably ideal).

SYNCMATE FOR WINDOWS UPDATE

Similar to how the contacts sync works, select how you want your Synchronization direction to work (two-way, update from Mac only or update from mobile device only). Now that you’ve setup your contacts syncing preferences, select iCal from the Plugins menu on the left side of the the SyncMate window.Enter your Google user name and password in the spaces provided, and place a check in the box labeled Save password (unless you want to enter your password each time you sync your Google contacts). If you’d like to sync your Google contacts, place a check in the box labeled Sync with Google contacts.Choose the group you want to sync, and then click OK.Select that group by clicking the … button.

To do so, place a check in the box labeled Synchronize only this group of contacts. If you have multiple groups of contacts, you can opt to only sync one group. If a conflict occurs, you’ll probably want to leave the default ( Ask Me) – but you can also set SyncMate to always use your Mac as the “source of truth”, or always use your mobile device as the source. The choices are Mac Mobile device (two-way syncing), Mac -> Mobile device (contacts will be updated on your mobile device from your Mac, but contacts on your mobile device will not update on your Mac) and Mobile device -> Mac (contacts will be updated on your Mac from your mobile device, but contacts on your Mac will not update on your mobile device). From here you’ll set how you want to synchronize your contacts.

Once your mobile device is connected to SyncMate, select Contacts from the Plugins menu on the left side of the window.

For me, it didn’t work until after the 3rd time I clicked Connect.

SYNCMATE FOR WINDOWS INSTALL

If the Connect button doesn’t trigger the software to install on your mobile device, click it again.

SYNCMATE FOR WINDOWS DRIVERS

A message will appear on your mobile device saying that USB drivers are being installed, and once the installation is complete, click Done (on your device).

In SyncMate, click the Connect button.

A semi-transparent CONNECTING… window will appear.

Plug your Windows Mobile device into the USB cable, and plug the cable into your Mac.

Place a check in the Don’t show this warning again box, and then click OK.

Once your Mac starts again, navigate to the Applications folder and double-click SyncMate to launch it.

Save any open work, exit out of any open programs, and click the Restart button.

Once the installation has completed, you’ll need to restart.

When prompted to enter your password, do so, and click OK.

Unless you want to change the installation location (probably not a great idea), click the Install button.

Since it wasn’t enough to get you to click Continue on the previous screen, now click Agree.

SYNCMATE FOR WINDOWS SOFTWARE LICENSE

Review the info in the Software License Agreement (yawn) and yet again, click Continue.

Review the info in the Important Information screen, and click Continue.

There isn’t much to see on the Introduction screen, so click Continue.

You’ll be prompted to confirm that it’s OK to include software that determines if it’s possible to install software.

dmg file and double-click Eltima SyncMate.pkg to begin the installation.

Head over to the SyncMate download page NOTE: site no longer appears to include ability to download SyncMate 4, which is the last version that worked with Windows Mobile.

It’s also worth mentioning that you can also use SyncMate to mount your Windows Mobile device as a drive in OS X – and browse/transfer files to and from your Mac/device. The free version of SyncMate is limited to only syncing your Contacts and iCal calendar (and Google Contacts and/or Google Calendar) – but that’s more than enough for me. Though SyncMate isn’t new, they’ve just released a version with a long awaited feature – the ability to sync using a locked Windows Mobile/Pocket PC device. SyncMate 4 was the last version that supported Windows Mobile, and is no longer available for download from the Eltima site (I couldn’t find it…) 2021 Update: the software utilized in this guide no longer supports Windows Mobile.

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