[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Downloading FROM Treo to iCal/Address Book

[Stan Warford]

Hello all,

My Mac was stolen from my office complete with iCal and Address Book  
data and backup data. I had done a synch with my Treo 600, so all the  
data is on my handheld. Now I want to download the data on my Treo  
600 to a newly authorized computer and make sure that the data will  
not be wiped out the first time I synch it up. I am running Mac OS X  
10.4.6 (Tiger) and Missing Synch 5.1.0.

I am concerned because the installation instructions say that Missing  
Synch will get its initial data from the computer, and cannot get it  
from the handheld. From this paragraph from the manual:

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The Mark/Space Contacts conduit allows you to either synchronize your  
Mac and your Palm device or to overwrite the data on your Palm with  
that from your Mac. Sync Services conduits do not presently have the  
option to have device data overwrite the Mac’s. You can choose to  
sync all or selected Address Book groups.
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I cannot tell what will happen. Does "... conduits do not presently  
have the option to have device data overwrite the Mac’s." mean that I  
cannot transfer my handheld data to my Mac? Or, does "... allows you  
to either synchronize your Mac and your Palm device or to overwrite  
the data on your Palm with that from your Mac." mean that if I choose  
to synchronize, my data will be transferred from my handheld to my Mac?

So, my question is, Can I simply install Missing Synch, then synch my  
handheld without losing my data?

Or, must I find some way to download my handheld data and get it into  
iCal and Address Book before I set up Missing Synch?

I THINK if I install Missing Synch then synchronize I will be safe,  
but obviously I want to be 100% sure of this before I do anything,  
because I do NOT want to reconstruct my calendar and address book  
manually.

Thanks for any help.

Stan