[missing-sync-palmos-talk] MS5 with Treo 600 takes 4-9 minutes?!

[Cooper Marcus]

I'm a new owner of Missing Sync 5 for Palm OS, which I'm using with  
my Treo 600 on a 1.5ghz PowerBook running OSX 10.4.2. I'm snycing  
with iCal and Address Book (all software is latest versions) over USB.

My first few syncs took a very long time, which didn't surprise me,  
but now my test syncs are still taking far longer than the HotSync  
application that MS5 replaced.

If I sync, then sync again without changing anything on the Treo or  
on the Mac, my sync time is at least 4 minutes, and sometimes up to 9  
minutes! This is with only the following conduits turned on:

Backup (backup)
Install (install)
Mark/Space Contacts (synchronize)
Mark/Space Events (synchronize)
Mark/Space Tasks (synchronize)

Is 4-9 minutes a typical time for syncing? Even if nothing on the  
handheld or the Mac has changed? This seems really slow!

I tried turning off Backup, but that saved less than a minute generally.

Here is a log of a typical sync:

Sync starting at 11/2/05 3:35 PM (15:35:50) on USB (5.0.1)
    Missing Sync.prc installed
OK Install
OK Mark/Space Contacts
OK Mark/Space Events
OK Mark/Space Tasks
OK Install
    Backed up AddressDB
    Backed up DatebookDB
    Backed up ToDoDB
    Backed up Missing Sync
    Backed up Email_libr_HsMp_BF5ECF89
    Backed up Email_libr_HsMp_BEA2AA7C
    Backed up Email_libr_HsMp_BE8446F1
    Backed up psysLaunchDB
    Backed up Saved Preferences
OK Backup
Sync completed successfully at 11/2/05 3:39 PM (15:39:47)