Installing

Setting up your handheld for AOL

AOL for your Palm handheld requires:

• a Palm handheld running Palm OS 3.0 or higher.
• 400K of free RAM (plus the amount of any messages saved in the File Cabinet).
• a wireline or wireless connection.

Prior to the installation of AOL for your Palm handheld, connect the handheld cradle to your desktop computer and install the Palm Desktop software on your computer, as described in the Palm documentation. You use the computer and the Palm Desktop software to install AOL on your Palm handheld.

If you are using a Macintosh, the Palm MacPac, version 2, contains Palm Desktop software for the Macintosh, and an adapter to connect the cradle.

Installing from a Windows system

1. Copy aol20.prc to your PC.
2. Double-click aol20.prc to add it to the list of files to be installed during your next HotSync. The Palm Install Tool appears when you do this. Click Done and then click OK to the message.
3. Place your Palm handheld in its cradle and press the HotSync button.
4. The install process takes a few minutes. You will see a series of messages on your monitor and your handheld. When the synchronization is complete, the message window on your desktop computer disappears and your handheld displays a message that the HotSync was successful.
5. Remove the handheld from its cradle. Tap the Applications icon and verify that the AOL icon is there.

Installing from a Macintosh

1. If you are not using Palm MacPac Version 2.0 or higher, please upgrade before installing AOL for your Palm handheld. The latest Palm MacPac can be downloaded free of charge from Palm, Inc.'s Web site (http://www.palm.com/custsupp/downloads/).
2. Copy aol20.prc to your Macintosh.
3. Launch the HotSync Manager application. In the HotSync Controls tab, ensure that HotSync is enabled.
4. Select Install from the HotSync menu. The Install Handheld Files window opens.
5. Click the Add to List button.
6. Locate the aol20.prc file, then click Add File. The file is added to the window.
7. Close the Install Handheld Files window.
8. Place the handheld in its cradle and press the HotSync button on the cradle. The process takes a few minutes. You will see a series of messages on your monitor and your handheld. When the synchronization is complete, the message window on your desktop computer disappears and your handheld displays a message that the HotSync was successful.
9. Remove the handheld from its cradle. Tap the Applications icon and verify that the AOL icon is there.

Deleting AOL from Your Palm handheld

If you delete AOL from your Palm handheld, you not only delete the application, but all associated data. If you need to delete AOL from your Palm handheld, use the following procedure.

1. Tap the Applications icon ().
2. Tap the Menu icon ().
3. Tap Delete from the App menu.
4. Tap AOL to highlight it, then tap Delete.
5. Tap Yes to the Delete Application message that appears.
6. Tap Done.

Backing up AOL on Your Palm Handheld

Each time you perform a HotSync, the AOL data in your handheld is backed up to your desktop computer. If you do a hard reset and then do a HotSync, the data will be restored to your handheld.