Editing CLIÉ (section)

==Macintosh support==
Officially, the CLIÉ line did not support the [[Macintosh]], and Sony never provided any software with the handhelds for [[Macintosh operating systems]]. However, as a Palm OS device, every CLIÉ handheld was inherently capable of [[Palm OS#HotSync|HotSync]] operations with a Mac OS computer. This allowed for synchronizing the basic [[personal information manager]] (PIM) functions, and for installing new software, though this ability was unusable because the Mac HotSync software would not recognize the handheld. [[PalmSource]], however, silently added the ability to recognize older CLIÉ devices when providing new versions of its Palm Desktop software for Mac. This was necessary for those who could synchronize only via [[USB]].

The CLIÉ user community soon discovered that these "updates" were simply a matter of adding a few lines to the USB-detection property-list file.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?p=659925&mode=linear |title=1src Forums - Does Mac OS X really require MissingSync for Clie |access-date=2006-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927201940/http://www.1src.com/forums/showthread.php?p=659925&mode=linear |archive-date=2007-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since then, detailed [http://www.lensovet.net/~sysadmin/w/Sony_Cli%C3%A9_on_Mac_OS_X instructions] have been posted online for those who want to synchronize their CLIÉ handhelds. No modifications are required for [[Bluetooth]] synchronizing, but [[Wi-Fi]] synchronizing is impossible because the Mac OS HotSync software does not support network synchronizing. Some workarounds for the multimedia features also exist. For those who desire stronger Mac OS/CLIÉ integration, the product Missing Sync<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php# |title=Missing Sync |access-date=2006-04-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060417154126/http://www.markspace.com/missingsync_palmos.php# |archive-date=2006-04-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref> made by the company Mark/Space<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.markspace.com/| title = Mark/Space}}</ref> is also available. This does make unencrypted [[Wi-Fi]] synchronizing possible but a bug in the CLIÉ network stack reverses IP addresses which means that the Macintosh involved needs a palindromic IP address such as 10.0.0.10.