Installation

If you intend to use both the Palm OS mobile edition and the Life Balance desktop edition, you should start by installing the desktop edition onto your computer’s hard disk. The first time you run the desktop edition, it will offer to install the the Palm conduit and the mobile edition. If you click OK, the conduit will be installed immediately and the mobile edition will be installed the next time you HotSync. Alternatively, you can download the mobile edition separately and install it manually using the HotSync Manager.

System Requirements

Macintosh

Life Balance desktop edition for Macintosh requires a Power Macintosh or Intel Macintosh running OS X 10.3.9 or higher, with a 1024 x 768 monitor. Life Balance for Macintosh requires approximately 14 MB of disk space.

Palm

Life Balance mobile edition for Palm OS requires a handheld computer running Palm OS 3.0 or later, with approximately 480 KB or more of available RAM.

Life Balance fully supports Palm OS 5.0 and higher handhelds.

For installation, you also need a Windows or Macintosh computer running Palm Desktop software configured to HotSync with your handheld.

Installing Life Balance

Life Balance for Macintosh is distributed as a disk image named Life Balance 5.3 (8).dmg. Double-clicking on this file will create a virtual disk on your desktop named Life Balance 5.3 (8). From there, you can simply drag the application Life Balance to your hard disk, probably to the Applications folder. The virtual disk also contains a PDF version of this manual, which you may find helpful if you'd like to print the documentation. Once you are done copying the application, you can eject the virtual disk.

If you have Palm Desktop software installed on your computer, the first time you launch Life Balance it will offer to install the Life Balance conduit and the Life Balance mobile edition. The conduit will be installed immediately, and the mobile edition will be installed at the next HotSync. You can repeat this installation at any time by choosing “Install Palm Software...” from the HotSync menu.

Note: If you are using Palm Desktop on a newer Intel Macintosh you need to tell the Finder to open Life Balance using Rosetta.

Life Balance is now an Intel-native application, but Palm has not yet updated Palm Desktop for Macintosh to be Intel-native. In order for the HotSync menu to appear within Life Balance and the conduit to be installed, you need to tell the Finder to open Life Balance using “Rosetta”. To do this, select Life Balance in the Finder, choose “Get Info” from the File menu, and check the “Open using Rosetta” checkbox. The next time you launch Life Balance the HotSync menu should appear.

The Missing Sync for Palm OS from Mark/Space is Intel-native and does not have this problem.

Preparing for your first HotSync

If you plan on synchronizing the desktop edition of Life Balance with the Palm handheld edition, there are some additional steps you should take so that the first HotSync will go smoothly.

1. Install Life Balance onto your handheld and run it once to create the Life Balance databases on your handheld.
2. Run Life Balance on the desktop, and save your file with a distinctive name so that you have a desktop file to sync with.
3. With your desktop file open, choose the HotSync name of your Palm handheld from the HotSync menu in Life Balance. The default option of "Synchronize" will merge the data on the desktop and the handheld, but if you have already set up your outline you may prefer one of the "overwrite" options.

See Synchronizing the Mobile and Desktop Editions for more information about HotSync.

Upgrading Life Balance

Llamagraphics periodically offers updates to Life Balance through its website at www.llamagraphics.com. Before installing an update, please read the release notes on the web site carefully to determine whether the update is free or requires an upgrade fee.

There is a single version of Life Balance regardless of whether you are in the thirty-day trial period or have already purchased a license code. If you are a licensed customer installing a free update, you can simply install the new version and your license code will be preserved.

To update Life Balance desktop edition for Macintosh, just drag your old version of Life Balance to the trash, and drag the new version from the downloaded disk image to the Applications folder. (Dragging a new version of Life Balance to directly overwrite the old version may not work, because the reminders process for the old version may still be running in the background. Drag the old version to the trash instead, and once you've launched the new version you will be able to empty the trash.)

Licensing

The Life Balance software licensing agreement allows you to use each edition (Windows, Macintosh, and Palm) free for thirty days. After thirty days of use, major features of the software will be disabled. Purchasing a license code will allow you to continue using the software after the free trial period has ended.

Each computer and handheld running Life Balance software requires a separate license, but special pricing is available for customers who purchase multiple licenses at the same time. Multiple users may share a single license for the desktop edition on a single computer by creating a separate data file for each user. See the official licensing agreement on our web site for specific details. For current pricing information, visit the Llamagraphics web site at:

https:/​/​www.llamagraphics.com/​store/​bundles.php

Once you have purchased a license code, you need to enter it into the software. Macintosh license codes start with the letters “LBMU” and are entered by choosing “License Code...” from the Life Balance menu. Retail desktop license codes start with the letters “LBDT”. Palm license codes start with the letters “LBPA” and are entered by choosing Register from the Options menu in the mobile edition of Life Balance.