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

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> 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.

I would vote for keeping this as a hidden preference, for the reasons  
outlined in the past. People moving to the Missing Sync from Palm  
Desktop will likely expect it to work similarly - just overwrite the  
*Palm* data, not everything else touched by SyncServices (Mail  
addresses, iChat names, .Mac, etc). I do think having it in there as  
a hidden option that can be enabled - only if you very much know what  
you're doing - is a good thing, and very appropriate.

  - Joshua Ochs