[missing-sync-palmos-talk] A hidden 5.1.0b14 feature you can test...

[Maurice Sharp]

Hi folks,

First off, let me introduce myself. My name is Maurice Sharp, and I 
recently joined MarkSpace, Inc. As Director of Operations, I am
responsible for customer support, IT, and whatever else needs doing :-)

I am a veteran of the hand-held space, having spent 5 years at Newton,
and 5 more at Palm/PalmSource (the PalmPilot Professional was just
getting introduced when I joined.) In both of those places I did and/or
managed Developer Technical Support (and a lot more.)

I am really excited to be a part of a company committed to providing the 
best handheld experience for Macintosh users.


Now, onto the hidden feature...

By using the Command Line, you can enable the "Handheld overwrites
desktop" option in the Settings for the Missing Sync conduits: 
Mark/Space Contacts, Mark/Space Events, Mark/Space MemoPad, and 
Mark/Space Tasks.

BEWARE: you will be overwriting the Apple Sync Services Master Database. 
That means the data from the handheld will be written to .Mac and 
anything else that uses Sync Services.

We invite you to try this new feature and provide feedback to us. We are 
debating whether the final version of 5.1 should have this feature on by 
default, or have it hidden so support can activate it as needed.

Please let us know what you think and why.

The feature is controlled by a preference which can be turned on, or 
removed using the "defaults" command in the Terminal application. 
Missing Sync must be closed for the change to take effect.


To turn ON the feature, quit The Missing Sync and copy and paste this 
line into the terminal window and press return:

defaults write com.markspace.missingsync.palmos 
"AllowHandheldOverwritesDesktop" -int 1


To turn OFF the feature, quit The Missing Sync, then copy and paste this 
line into the terminal window and press return:

defaults delete com.markspace.missingsync.palmos 
"AllowHandheldOverwritesDesktop"


We look forward to your feedback,
Maurice Sharp