[CameronORourke]

On my system, the sync preferences are greyed out. What causes this? Picture attached.
Thanks,
Cameron

[whpalmer4]

My guess is that you don't have anything set up in your .Mac preferences panel. Without the username and password, there is no access to the iDisk.

[Christiaan]

Originally Posted by whpalmer4

My guess is that you don't have anything set up in your .Mac preferences panel. Without the username and password, there is no access to the iDisk.

But shouldn't one be able to choose a different .Mac account than the one in System Preferences? For instance if you at work?

Also, the WebDAV option is also greyed out so there must be more to this.

[wambli]

At least you are lucky I have ver1.3 running Leopard and I don't have the sync icon in prefs. Whats the deal

[whpalmer4]

You need to download 1.1 (sneaky peek edition) from sneaky peek builds

[Ken Case]

That happens when you don't have any database windows open. It would be reasonable to consider that a bug. :)

[dryver8]

this happens t me all the time with a database window open when I'm trying to sync, no progress, just sits and the sync button spins for hours, no error messages nothing, just no sync, NEVER

[CameronORourke]

Ken, I do seem to have .mac (MobileMe - worst name in history) all set up. I check OF prefs again this morning, then upgraded to the latest sneakypeek, and it is working now. Mysterious, but working. Thanks.

[CameronORourke]

Actually, I found the problem. I was using an OmniFocus file that I had saved somewhere other than the default location. When I restored "Revert to Database Backup..." then the sync was enabled again. The iDisk and WebDAV settings grey out if you don't have a database open from the default location.

[omnibob]

On a related note, the grey out also occurs under certain sync attempt(s) that end up failing (IIRC, due to an improper path; I have my notes elsewhere). After about a minute, and then a failure dialog, the grey disappears.

Bob