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PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes

PocketMac has released PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes, an iSync add-on which allows users to synchronize contacts between the Address Book and Lotus Notes, and events and tasks between iCal and Lotus notes.

While bidirectional synchronization is standard, selectable options allow users to overwrite data in one environment or the other, ignore completed tasks or tasks older than a user selectable value, and to determine which data types will be synchronized. If you are familiar with e2Sync as an extension of iSync for Entourage users, you will find the interface of PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes familiar.

Pricing is set at $ 24.95 and a copy can be ordered at the PocketMac page linked above.

PowerBook G4 12 1.5 GHz 1280 meg 80 gig SuperDrive, Mac OS X (10.4.11), coupled with a UMA-capable Nokia 6086 and T-Mobile HotSpot™ @Home

Posted on Feb 19, 2008 9:23 AM

69 replies

Ultravox

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Aug 6, 2008 8:22 AM in response to Baeda

I must not be bugging them enough, they haven't offered a refund yet

udenn

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0 points

Sep 23, 2008 4:13 AM in response to Michael Lafferty

PocketMac has released a new software product!!! No, not a utilisable version of GoBetween for Lotus Notes (as far as I know). I'm waiting (as many others in this forum) since month of a bugfix/upgrade.
PocketMac now offers "PocketMac for iPhone"! My question: New product - same problems? Is there anyone who will spend money ($29.95) for a licence to test it? Here's the web site: http://www.pocketmac.com/product.php?id=27#()

smithi1

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Sep 24, 2008 12:01 AM in response to udenn

This is pretty outrageous. Either:

1) They are using the same interface between their sync engine and Lotus Notes that is being used by Gobetween for Lotus Notes, in which case this new product is just as broken as the old one.

2) They have fixed the interface between their sync engine and Lotus Notes, in which case why on earth haven't they released a new version of Gobetween?

It's hard to see how they can justify taking more money off people when they still haven't fixed things up for those of us who already paid. A long long time ago, in many cases.

Baeda

Level 1

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Sep 25, 2008 5:03 AM in response to Michael Lafferty

I did it again and it is again NOT working.

Do not spend money on this new product.

xeen3d

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Oct 27, 2008 4:01 AM in response to Michael Lafferty

Hi
**** i see this tread too late, i purchased yesterday and it dont works.

WARNING !!!

do not purchase this Product

PocketMac® GoBetween™ for Lotus Notes

WARNING !!!!

if you do this you are a very welcome Alpha Tester

5pir

Level 1

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Dec 6, 2008 5:11 AM in response to Michael Lafferty

This does sound like a pre-release-alpha-not-for-public-consumption software. I managed to get it sync after trying a few things and reading this post.

I have Lotus Notes 8.5 Beta 2 and PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes 4.0.2.

Here are my findings:

- If your OS is not set to English, forget it, it won't work. Go to System Preferences > International and change your language and date format settings to English.
- You need the Lotus Notes application running when doing a sync.
- In Lotus Notes, make sure you have File > Security > User Security > Don't prompt for a password... checkbox checked
- If you have foreign characters in your contacts, beware: synchronization will change them to weird 2-character strings like "√©"...
- If you are having difficulties configuring the Lotus Notes SyncManager component like I had (i.e., it hangs when trying to find categories for contacts), open ActivityMonitor and try to kill hung apps (usually, a second instance of Lotus Notes)

Good luck (you will need it...)

5pir

Level 1

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Dec 6, 2008 12:16 PM in response to 5pir

I spoke too fast... Now after a few sync, it messed up my calendars in iCal and sync'd everything under today.

Nice.

Time for a refund.

Message was edited by: 5pir

mackraut

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Jan 12, 2009 1:53 AM in response to 5pir

hi out there,

did any of you succeed in getting the money refunded from pocketcr*p?

Matt

ralfie8

Level 1

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Jan 30, 2009 10:31 AM in response to Michael Lafferty

I have the same problems everyone else has. Very frustrating but I can now get the addresses to sync. A post for Calendar from Frank - mac, June 19th 2008 has a way to easily put your calendar items into Ical. Until PocketMac gets their act together this is the best I have seen to get the Calendar from Lotus Notes into Ical. I use Missing sync to put the information on my blackberry. Very good and slick. Too bad they can't make something to sync with Lotus Notes.

PocketMac GoBetween for Lotus Notes