Three Little Mac Annoyances

  • persists in sending huge TIFF attachments when I forward or redirect messages containing a single file: i.e., it sends the and a TIFF version of the image. Yes, I have "Windows-Friendly Attachments" turned on. (by the way, It's interesting to note that a lot of my are due to be fixed in - I hope they deal with this one too).
  • There still isn't support for the - and, unlike support for Series 60 devices (which is configured via an editable plist file), SonyEricsson device support is compiled into (more precisely in SyncServer.app/Contents/Resources/SupportedBluetoothDevices/DiscoverDevice, according to David), which is pretty dumb considering all the new SonyEricsson phones have pretty much the same OBEX/SyncML code (I should know, they all have the same little quirks). If it weren't for that, it would be just a matter of dumping a icon in BTConduit.bundle/Contents/Resources, tweaking a plist file, and we'd be in business.
  • Sending SMSs with the via Address Book doesn't work, either. Still, after months of the phone being added to . It worked fine with my . The does it if I bother to use the GSM AT Commands by hand. So why doesn't Address Book get along with the ? And no, I don't want to use some dinky little third-party utility - I want the built-in tools to work consistently.

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