PocketMac Pro is promising, but only if you have a strong tolerance for learning to "eat around the bugs." After an even dozen Finder hangs and having to repeatedly hard-power my Mac, I've decided to drop PocketMac.

Some things that consistently hang PocketMac for me:
- Wiggling my PocketPC in the cradle - causes PocketMac to launch repeatedly and hang
- Transferring a large file (2-3 megs)
- Trying to install applications
- Syncing lots of iPhoto pictures
- Uploading themes
- Anything iTunes related
- Any sync operation if the PocketPC has already been cradled 1/2 hour or so
- Clicking through folders too quickly in the PocketPC browser

Each time, PocketMac locks up, it locks up Finder as well because it runs in Finder's context instead of launching a new process. To escape the lockup you have to command-tab to another program to enable the Apple menu again and force quit, then open a shell and kill the PocketMac daemons before it can run again. If you don't have anything but Finder running when PocketMac hangs, you can't get to the Apple menu or use the Dock, so you have to hard power your Mac.

Some additional PocketMac annoyances:
- Forces iCal, iPhoto and iTunes to quit without warning when it syncs
- Included Menu program makes your start menu powder blue with white text on PocketPC 2003 1st Edition - unreadable
- If iCal items have non-7bit ascii, often creates appointments that crash your PocketPC if you edit them
- PocketPC uninstaller fails on always-open files
- When it works, it's SLOW!!! if you enable any sync but iCal and address book
- Requires you to manually configure a bizarre pseudo-pop server to enable Mail sync and update it any time your Mac's IP changes
- If your PocketPC is cradled when you try to Sleep your Mac, it sleeps then returns instantly.

I previously wondered why Apple didn't point to PocketMac on its iSync page. Now I think I know. :( There's a lot of great technology here - the feature list is amazing. But the author really needs to stop adding features and focus on stability for a while.