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Sync personal data using third-party software – Palm Pre P100EWW User Manual

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Chapter 2 : Basics

1

Connect your phone to your computer using the

USB cable

.

2

On your phone, tap

USB Drive

. On your computer, your phone

appears as a removable drive.

3

On a Windows computer, if the Found New Hardware wizard opens,
click

Cancel

to close the wizard.

4

Open

My Computer

(Windows XP),

Computer

(Windows Vista/

Windows 7), or

Finder

(Mac), double-click the drive representing your

phone, and delete the files or folders.

5

On a Windows computer, to end the connection safely, right-click the
drive representing your phone and click

Eject

. On a Mac computer,

from your desktop, drag the drive representing your phone to the

Trash

. Trash changes to

Eject

.

6

Disconnect the

USB cable

from the computer and the phone when

the USB drive screen is no longer displayed on your phone.

Copy music, photos, and videos using third-party software

Besides using USB Drive mode to copy your photos, videos, and DRM-free
music from your computer to your phone, you can also use solutions
available from third-party software developers (sold separately) that
facilitate the transfer of media files to your phone. For more information,
open the browser on your computer and go to

palm.com/sync-solutions

.

Sync personal data using third-party software

You can set up online accounts like Google and Exchange to sync your
contacts (see

How do I add names and other info into Contacts?

) and

calendar events (see

How do I get events into Calendar?

).

If, however, you prefer to leave your personal data on your computer and
sync it directly with the data on your phone, there are third-party solutions
(sold separately) available to enable you to do that. For more information, go
to

palm.com/sync-solutions

.

KEY

TERM

DRM-free:

Describes a file that is not protected by Digital Rights

Management. DRM-free music files can be copied as many times as you like and
can be played on your Pre phone.