User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Handbook for Palm™ Tungsten™ T m550 Handhelds
- Contents
- About This Book
- Setting Up Your Palm™ Tungsten™ T Handheld
- Exploring Your Handheld
- Entering Data on Your Handheld
- Using the onscreen keyboard
- Using Graffiti writing to enter data
- Beaming data
- Sending data
- Using your computer keyboard
- Importing data
- Using Note Pad
- Using Voice Memo
- Using a portable keyboard
- Working with Applications
- Opening applications
- Switching between applications
- Categorizing applications
- Changing the Applications Launcher display
- Copying applications to or from an expansion card
- Selecting copy settings
- Using menus
- Choosing application preferences
- Performing common tasks
- Creating records
- Editing records
- Deleting records
- Purging records
- Categorizing records
- Finding information
- Sorting lists of records
- Attaching notes
- Choosing fonts
- Receiving and alerts
- Hiding or masking private records
- Installing and removing applications
- Using Address Book
- Using Calculator
- Using Card Info
- Using Date Book
- Using Expense
- Using Memo Pad
- Using Note Pad
- Using Phone Link
- Using To Do List
- Using Voice Memo
- Using World Clock
- Performing HotSync® Operations
- Selecting HotSync setup options
- Customizing HotSync application settings
- Conducting cradle/cable HotSync operations
- Conducting IR HotSync operations
- Conducting modem HotSync operations
- Conducting Bluetooth HotSync operations
- Conducting network HotSync operations
- Using File Link
- Creating a user profile
- Setting Preferences for Your Handheld
- Setting General Preferences
- Setting Communication Preferences
- To open the Communication Preferences screens:
- Bluetooth Preferences
- Connection Preferences
- Network preferences
- Creating and selecting network service profiles
- Entering a user name
- Entering a password
- Selecting a connection
- Adding telephone settings
- Entering a prefix
- Disabling Call Waiting
- Using a calling card
- Connecting to your service
- LAN access points
- Accessing the Internet with a Bluetooth phone or LAN access point
- Adding detailed information to a network service profile
- Idle timeout
- Defining primary and secondary DNS
- IP address
- Login scripts
- Creating a login script on your handheld
- Plug-in applications
- Deleting a network service profile
- Network preferences menu commands
- Service menu
- Options menu
- TCP/IP troubleshooting
- Displaying expanded Service Connection Progress messages
- Viewing the Network Log
- Adding a DNS number
- Phone Preferences
- Setting Personal Preferences
- Maintaining Your Handheld
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Product Regulatory Information
- Index

Conducting cradle/cable HotSync operations
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Performing a direct HotSync operation: Mac computers
When you installed Palm Desktop software, you entered a user name. This user
name is the connection between your handheld and your computer.
The first time you perform a HotSync operation the Palm Desktop software does
the following:
■ Adds a user name to your handheld.
■ Creates a folder for the user name in the Users folder inside the Palm folder. For
example, if you entered Jane Garcia as your user name, a folder named Jane
Garcia is created in the Users folder.
■ Creates a file named User Data in your user name folder.
User names appear in the User pop-up menu on the right side of the toolbar. You
can change users by selecting a new name in the pop-up menu.
Each subsequent time you perform a HotSync operation, HotSync Manager reads
the user name from your handheld and synchronizes the data in the folder of the
same name.
Be sure you select the correct user name from the User pop-up menu before
entering data on Palm Desktop or performing a HotSync operation.
If you are a system administrator preparing several handhelds for a group of users,
you may want to create a user profile. See “Creating a user profile” later in this
chapter before performing the following steps.
IMPORTANT
You must perform your
first
HotSync operation with a local, direct
connection or with infrared communication, rather than with a modem.
The following steps assume that you have already installed Palm Desktop
software. See “Step 4: Install software” in Chapter 1 if you have not installed this
software.
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