iSync + LG phones

There is no plug in because there is no underlying framework on your LG mobile handset to support synchronization with iSync, which uses common, industry wide protocols such as those bundled with the Symbian operating system.

Unless and until LG decides to abandon its proprietary protocols, build an OS X synchronization application as it does for the Windows operating system, or Apple decides—and its a near sure bet that Apple never will decide—to build a synchronization interface to the proprietary LG protocol, you will not be able to synchronize your mobile handset to OS X.

Instead of advising LG owners to email Apple and ask them to spend +their time+ reverse engineering a proprietary syncing protocol for inclusion in iSync, I think it would be much more beneficial to everyone (not just Mac owners) if everyone emailed LG and pushed them to start supporting industry standard syncing protocols such as SyncML in their mobile phones.

I don't see why it should be Apple's responsibility to support non-standard protocols - they've already built in support for the industry standard ones, and that's why industry standards are a good thing.

If Sony Ericsson, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung etc. can all stick to the standards - why not LG?

It's unfortunate you didn't check for Mac compatibility before purchasing your new phone, if syncing and remote control are important features to you.

It seems that LG may at least be considering Mac compatibility now. I develop iSync Plugins for Sony Ericsson phones, and last week, out-of-the-blue, had an email from someone at LG Electronics enquiring about iSync Plugins and possible new software development for them.

Unfortunately, it's a bit of a non-starter until they implement SyncML in their phones, unless they wanted to go to the trouble of writing a whole proprietary syncing application for Mac.

I'll see what else I can find out and maybe get some contact details I can publish for people to show their support for Mac compatibility in LG phones.

In the meantime, if your new phone has Bluetooth, and accepts the industry standard vCard format, you may be able to transfer your Contacts from the Mac Address Book that way. Drag Contacts to the Desktop then send them to the phone with Bluetooth File Exchange.

You may not have to create individual vCards for each Contact. If you drag multiple Contacts from Address Book you get a single vCard containing multiple contacts. Many phones will accept this, which makes it a much quicker process.

If your phone won't accept multi-contact vCards, try vCard Blaster or vCard Splitter.

You may also have to change the vCard format in Address Book preferences from v3.0 to v2.1.