Complex Digital Sync question.......

Ok here it goes.....
My rig consists of 4 G5 computers.....
The Main G5 runs L7.2 and has a FW Metric Halo ULN-2 connected to it...AND the RME HDSP 9652..........(its a card with 3 sets of ADAT Tos-Link connectors)
Now the other 3 slave G5s are all outfiitted with 1 PCMCIA ADAT card each.......
Now each Slave G5 feeds in/out to the RME 9652,
And I want my MH ULN-2 to be the clock feeding the RME.......
I then go and make an Aggregate device on which the MH ULN-2 is the first and the RME is the 2nd device.
How do I synch the RME to the clock of the Metric Halo?
SvK

One more question,
What are my cheapest (but working) options for ADAT PCI cards for my slaves?
(all i need is a PCI card with ADAT litepipe for the slaves........don't need SPDIF/MIDI/ etc etc.
SvK

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FCP Sound Syncing Question

Hey Everyone,
I have an audio syncing question for you. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am cutting in FCP. I logged and captured my footage and with timecode breaks, etc. the tape was cut up, and I was left with eight files, let's call them Footage1-Footage8. I have completed my cut of the piece using the in-camera audio that was linked to the video on the DV tape that I imported. Our sound guy in the field used a DAT recorder to record the production audio and apparently captured the timecode to the audio files, so that it matches the video (i.e. the DAT recorder and our cameras - DVX-100s had synced timecode during the shoot). The DVD he gave me has 20 audio files as .wav, let's call them Audio1-Audio20. My question is, now that I have finished my cut, I would like to replace the current audio tracks with the production audio. How can I sync the audio with the video and replace it in what I've cut. Or perhaps I can't, in which case - how can I sync them up and THEN cut, but I'd really rather have to not do that, lol!
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Sorry about the long winded post, though.
I guess my real question, summarized is - is there a way to sync separately recorded production audio (that has timecode) with the footage that I shot (that has the same timecode as the audio, but also has in camera audio that accompanies the video track - I would imagine I can just "cut" the extra audio tracks, however).
I'm at my bay trying to figure this out, and I've got nothing, and the people I work for don't want to spring for that bwf2xml program you were talking about What's the emote for pulling one's hair out?

Complex syncing question

I want to do the following, without having to change the settings on my iPod every time I plug it in . . .
1 - have it automatically sync on my home iMac
2 - have it act only as a hard drive on all other Macs, so I can use it as a handy portable drive
It doesn't seem as though this would be hard to do, but as far as I can tell, I can only have it one way or the other. If I have the iPod set to sync, it will immediately sync on any computer I plug it into, wiping out the extensive music collection from my home iMac. If I set it to manual, then I have to change it to sync, and then back again, every time I plug into my home iMac.
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The iPod will only want to automatically sync with it's home library (which happens to be your home iMac). If you connect it to another computer (inc. Windows PC's if the drive is still in Windows format) what happens depends on whether iTunes is installed. If iTunes is not present the iPod should just appear as a regular external drive. If iTunes is there then, depending on the options set, the iPod will just connect as a drive, iTunes will launch but not try to sync the device. or iTunes will launch and offer to sync the device. Say no and you can quit itunes & use the iPod as an external drive. FWIW I set my iTunes to not launch on connection and disable all automatic syncing. You can also switch from auto sync, to manual and back to auto sync without iTunes wiping existing content that appears in your auto sync list.
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Aperture 3 library syncing question

I want to move to Aperture, but I need some advice first. (I have considered Aperture in the past, but my expectations and demands were unrealistic. Now I am trying to be as realistic as possible about what I want from Aperture.)
I have learned that Aperture 3 in fact supports syncing libraries between computers. Before I attempt this however I want to find out from you people whether what I want to do will work.
First let me describe my situation.
I have Mac Pro which contains the following types of files dating from 1997:
RAW + JPEG pairs from my DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
JPEG solo images from DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs from film scans
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs that are saved, edited versions of the above (edited files have the same filename as the original, plus a few letters added to indicate which changes have been made; s = sharpened, a = converted with ACR, c = cropped, w = web resolution, etc.)
AVI, MOV, MP4, and MTS (AVCHD) movies shot with various digital cameras
There are 160,383 files in total, although the number of photographs is probably less than 100,000 due to RAW + JPEG pairs counting as two files. The total space used is ~1.2TB. The files are on an internal 2TB RAID volume, which is constantly backed up to an external Time Machine RAID.
The files are all organized into folders by year up to 2009, and inside each year's folder are sub-folders that organize the pictures by event. All photos taken after 2009 are organized either by event or by subject matter, depending on which seemed more relevant to the particular shoot. I have been using Adobe Bridge to sort them. After they are sorted, I use a wonderful gem called ChronoSync to sync the JPEGs only (but not the RAWs, TIFFs, PSDs, or movies) to my MacBook Pro. That way I have my photos with me in the field in case I want to make some prints, upload to Flickr/Facebook, etc.
However, I am feeling many limitations of this workflow -- hence why I am considering Aperture.
Here are the main things I want to do with Aperture. Please tell me if this will work, and what any gotcha's might be.
I want to have a "master" Aperture library on the Mac Pro. I will add all my existing files into the master library in a 'referenced' fashion -- they will remain where they are in the current directory structure on the 2TB RAID.
I want to also maintain a "satellite" Aperture library on the MacBook Pro that contains only the JPEG versions of these files. I would use ChronoSync to copy over all the referenced JPEGs such that they exist in the same places in the directory structure of the laptop as they do on the desktop (i.e. /Users/me/Pictures/etc.), so that hopefully when Aperture looks for them it can find them. (I am guessing that I would create the "satellite" library by simply copying the "master" library to the laptop, rather than creating a fresh library there.)
I want to use the "satellite" library on the MacBook Pro to perform tagging, adding location data, rating, further organizing, etc. and then sync those changes back to the "master" library on the Mac Pro.
I know that Aperture 3 has the ability to sync/merge libraries, but my questions are:
If the "satellite" library has only the JPEGs available on the local drive, then will any metadata changes made in the "satellite" library properly sync back to the JPEG+RAW pairs in the "master" library? I.e. will Aperture still apply changes in metadata to both the RAWs and JPEGs, even though the RAWs were not present on the "satellite"?
Will Aperture allow me to group other versions of the file besides the RAW and JPEG on the master library? Will metadata to just the JPEG also be applied to these other versions upon syncing, as described above?
Is it a "two-way sync" -- i.e. will changes made to the master library also sync back to the satellite library? (If not, that's OK with me, because presumably after merging the satellite into the master, I can delete the satellite library, then re-copy the master back to the laptop to make a new satellite library -- I am also going to have copy over any new JPEG files to the laptop as well, so I don't mind copying one extra file [the new satellite library].)
I'm sure I've forgotton something important here but, my time is limited so I'll leave it at this for now and post any other questions later. Thanks for any tips, I know this is a complicated issue.
-=DM=-

I still need to do some experimenting to see if the file references are volume-specific or if they are volume-blind -- i.e. if they just use paths starting with "/[path]" instead of paths starting with "/Volumes/SpecificDriveName/[path]".
I am not sure I understand you fully - what kind of file referencing are you speaking of?
If you use managed master image files, the master images are stored inside the Aperture library, and if you move the complete library to a new drive, then thereferences to files inside the package still work. So obviously Aperture uses relative pathes here.
If you use referenced master image files - let's for example assume the Aperture library is on Volume A, the referenced master image files are on Volume B, and you move your Aperture library now from A to Volume C: If you open the Library on Volume C, it will still find the master image files on Volume B, so the library stores the absolute path for referenced masters. This even works with referenced masters on network volumes, but I really cannot recommend to store the masters on remote volumes; you will have to make sure the volume is mounted, when you launch Aperture.
Is that what you were asking about? if not, please rephrase your question.
Regards
Léonie

Library Syncing Question

OK I have two Macs and an iPad and an iPhone.
Here's what I currently do, using non-Aperture products:
1) I transfer RAW+JPEG from my camera to my iPad.
2) I use Image Capture to transfer the images from iPad into an "Unsorted" folder.
3) I sort the pictures using Adobe Bridge, then organize them into folders, which are also organized into other folders, and so-on. They are done by main category such as "Events/Shows", "Work", "Trips", "Cats", "Friends", "House", "Landscape", "Macro", etc. ((The categories aren't perfect though and I started to realize I have a lot of pictures that fit multiple categories, hence why I want to start using an image management software like Aperture.))
4) When I edit a file, I open the RAW into Photoshop CS5 or Olympus Studio and use that software to make a new .PSD or .TIF file, appending the file name with single letter codes that indicate what I have done to the file (+o for olympus studio, +a for adobe CS5, +s for sharpened, +h for hdr, +p for pano, +w for web resolution version,+f for flattened version of a multi-layer file, etc.). I also add a 1.1 or 1.2 to the filename if I make successive versions. Then I save it to the same folder that the original was saved in so that I don't have to go looking for it should I want to burn it to CD to take into the lab to get printed.
5) I sync all my JPEGs only to the MacBook Pro, and keep the RAW+JPEG on the Mac Pro since it has 7 TB of storage and redundant backed up arrays. But I do most of my photo editing on the MacBook Pro, then sync the new edited versions back to the Mac Pro. I use ChronoSync to do the syncing.
Problem with my current method: I cannot sync to the iPad in an organized way nor add location information to my photos.
Here's what I'd like to do:
1) On the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro, maintain a *referenced* Aperture library by adding referenced links into Aperture to all my existing files, which would stay where they currently are. ((I don't feel like giving up my folder organization scheme that I've been building up for 15 years, and which contains over 50,000 images.)) Then I would sync Aperture between the MacBook Pro and Mac Pro whenever I also sync the folders (any changes to one would become reflected in the other).
2) When I would add JPEGs to the MacBook Pro's Aperture library via referenced links, then on the Mac Pro the referenced links would point at the copies of the files that are on *its* local hard drive. So in other words, the referenced links in the Aperture library *must* be something like: ~/Pictures/MyFolder/myimage001.jpg INSTEAD of something like: /MyHardDriveName/Users/MyUserName/Pictures/MyFolder/myimage001.jpg. If Aperture is able to use links that reference to the User directory, then syncing between the computers will go smoothly. Otherwise it won't work at all. So this step is critical. I'd like to know before I attempt this whether or not this will work.
3) I will also want Aperture to automatically use a Spotlight search scope that I define to find files that have been moved. I organize my files by moving them around in folders; if something gets moved then I need Aperture to go look for it. It should keep a checksum for the key metadata of each file and the filename in its database so that it can intelligently search and automatically repair broken links using Spotlight. Or, failing that, it needs to allow me to manually tell it where I have moved files in the (somewhat rare) cases when I move them after adding them to Aperture.
4) I want Aperture to let me use Adobe Photoshop CS5 or Olympus Studio to convert RAW to JPG, whenever I want, and automatically add any edited versions of the files that I manipulate back into its database. So in other words it would watch the folders that I have added images from, and if any new files appear there, then it would automatically add links to them to the Aperture database (like how Picasa does with its watch folders).
5) I want to be able to download images from my camera's memory card to my iPad, then organize them into new Projects/Albums and rate them, etc., then sync those Projects/Albums into Aperture but have the files be placed in a folder I specify (not into the Aperture library!! arghh!!!).
6) I also want to sync my Aperture library to my iPad using iTunes from my MacBook Pro. (I already started doing this on an experimental basis, but I noticed there is still no way to rate pictures on the iPad and I haven't tried making new albums from the iPad yet and syncing them back.)
I'm sure I'll think of some other requirements but those are the must-haves. Does anyone know if Aperture is capable of doing this, or is it not a professional application quite yet?
On point 3), perhaps it's possible to use AppleScripts to add files that are added to certain folders into Aperture instead of having Aperture do it upon launch? Anyone know? If so does anyone know of such scripts?
Are there any pros out there who actually let Aperture store your photos in its library? If so then how did you transition your existing large image library into Aperture? I don't think I have enough spare hard drive space to import my 1.5TB photo library into a new copy of it, plus all the frakking previews and everything else that Aperture generates. I guess I just fail to see why Aperture insists on using a Library instead of doing things in a Mac-like way (folders). It seems very strange and odd to me that Apple would have written a program that does not even obey the Macintosh user interface principles like having a standard open/save dialog box, file/folder interface, using the trash can to delete things, etc. Am I the only one who feels like they are starting to smoke something weird in Cupertino?
- Mac Daddie

1. There is no need to use Aperture in Managed Mode - where it stores the files in its own Library. Aperture is perfectly happy running in Referenced Mode - the files are stored where you prefer - and its an option in the import dialogue.
2. It's not a photo editor or file browser. You seem to be confusing it with Bridge or somesuch. It's a Photo Manager - database forcussed on processing the output of a shoot in a losslessly. That's why it doesn't use Open and Save dialogues and so on. The point of Aperture is that you import your Photos and store the files whereever, and get on with working on the Photos.
If you're very attached to your current workflow I would skip Aperture. An alternative workflow using Aperture would be much simpler. Import to Aperture (storing the files where you will) sort them in Aperture, process them in Aperture etc. No need to save as tiffs or psds - in fact, the only time you need to decide what to do with the product of your effort is when you export for some reason. You can create multiple versions (and append whatever codes you prefer to these versions and so on.) Photos you want to further edit, send to Photoshop or whatever you prefer. Though the very common experience is that you will use these editors a lot less than you do now.
You can have multiple Libraries, export projects as Libraries to keep Libraries on two machines in sync and so on.
So, working with Aperture in your current workflow would only be adding unnecessary complexity to an already complex workflow. If you're prepared to negotiate on the workflow, you may find an easier way to get the same results with Aperture.
Regards
TD

Log file sync question

Metalink note 34592.1 has been mentioned several times in this forum as well as elsewhere, notably here
http://christianbilien.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/the-%E2%80%9Clog-file-sync%E2%80%9D-wait-event-is-not-always-spent-waiting-for-an-io/
The question I have relates to the stated breakdown of 'log file sync' wait event:
1. Wakeup LGWR if idle
2. LGWR gathers the redo to be written and issue the I/O
3. Time for the log write I/O to complete
4. LGWR I/O post processing
5. LGWR posting the foreground/user session that the write has completed
6. Foreground/user session wakeup
Since the note says that the system 'read write' statistic includes steps 2 and 3, the suggestion is that the difference between it and 'log file sync' is due to CPU related work on steps 1, 4, 5 and 6 (or on waiting on the CPU run queue).
Christian's article, quoted above, theorises about 'CPU storms' and the Metalink note also suggests that steps 5 and 6 could be costly.
However, my understanding of how LGWR works is that if it is already in the process of writing out one set of blocks (let us say associated with a commit of transaction 'X' amongst others) at the time a another transaction (call it transaction 'Y') commits, then LGWR will not commence the write of the commit for transaction 'Y' until the I/Os associated with the commit of transaction 'X' complete.
So, if I have an average 'redo write' time of, say, 12ms and a 'log file sync' time of, say 34ms (yes, of course these are real numbers :-)) then I would have thought that this 22ms delay was due at least partly to LGWR 'falling behind' in it's work.
Nonetheless, it seems to me that this extra delay could only be a maximum of 12ms so this still leaves 10ms (34 - 12 -12) that can only be accounted for by CPU usage.
Clearly, my analsys contains a lot of conjecture, hence this note.
Can anybody point me in the direction of some facts?

Tony Hasler wrote:
Metalink note 34592.1 has been mentioned several times in this forum as well as elsewhere, notably here
http://christianbilien.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/the-%E2%80%9Clog-file-sync%E2%80%9D-wait-event-is-not-always-spent-waiting-for-an-io/
The question I have relates to the stated breakdown of 'log file sync' wait event:
1. Wakeup LGWR if idle
2. LGWR gathers the redo to be written and issue the I/O
3. Time for the log write I/O to complete
4. LGWR I/O post processing
5. LGWR posting the foreground/user session that the write has completed
6. Foreground/user session wakeup
Since the note says that the system 'read write' statistic includes steps 2 and 3, the suggestion is that the difference between it and 'log file sync' is due to CPU related work on steps 1, 4, 5 and 6 (or on waiting on the CPU run queue).
Christian's article, quoted above, theorises about 'CPU storms' and the Metalink note also suggests that steps 5 and 6 could be costly.
However, my understanding of how LGWR works is that if it is already in the process of writing out one set of blocks (let us say associated with a commit of transaction 'X' amongst others) at the time a another transaction (call it transaction 'Y') commits, then LGWR will not commence the write of the commit for transaction 'Y' until the I/Os associated with the commit of transaction 'X' complete.
So, if I have an average 'redo write' time of, say, 12ms and a 'log file sync' time of, say 34ms (yes, of course these are real numbers :-)) then I would have thought that this 22ms delay was due at least partly to LGWR 'falling behind' in it's work.
Nonetheless, it seems to me that this extra delay could only be a maximum of 12ms so this still leaves 10ms (34 - 12 -12) that can only be accounted for by CPU usage.
Clearly, my analsys contains a lot of conjecture, hence this note.
Can anybody point me in the direction of some facts?It depends on what you mean by facts - presumably only the people who wrote the code know what really happens, the rest of us have to guess.
You're right about point 1 in the MOS note: it should include "or wait for current lgwr write and posts to complete".
This means, of course, that your session could see its "log file sync" taking twice the "redo write time" because it posted lgwr just after lgwr has started to write - so you have to wait two write and post cycles. Generally the statistical effects will reduce this extreme case.
You've been pointed to the two best bits of advice on the internet: As Kevin points out, if you have lgwr posting a lot of processes in one go it may stall as they wake up, so the batch of waiting processes has to wait extra time; and as Riyaj points out - there's always dtrace (et al.) if you want to see what's really happening. (Tanel has some similar notes, I think, on LFS).
If you're stuck with Oracle diagnostics only then:
redo size / redo synch writes for sessions will tell you the typical "commit size"
redo size + redo wastage / redo writes for lgwr will tell you the typical redo write size
If you have a significant number of small processes "commit sizes" per write (more than CPU count, say) then you may be looking at Kevin's storm.
Watch out for a small number of sessions with large commit sizes running in parallel with a large number of sessions with small commit sizes - this could make all the "small" processes run at the speed of the "large" processes.
It's always worth looking at the event histogram for the critical wait events to see if their patterns offer any insights.
Regards
Jonathan Lewis

Syncing question

I have some songs on my ipod that I would like to keep on my iPod. I'd like to add some songs to my iPod by syncing it with iTunes on my computer. My question is, will I lose the songs that are on my iPod, if I sync it with my computer.
Also, vice/versa--I have some songs on my iTunes account on my computer that I downloaded from a CD. I'd like to get these songs onto my iPod. Will I lose the songs I currently have on my iPod if I sync it? (Not everything that is on my iPod is on my iTunes account on my computer.
I hope this makes sense!
Thanks for any advice!

If this computer is one you've not synced the iPod to before, then yes, without taking extra steps, anything on the iPod not in iTunes will be erased. Check out this user tip from TuringTest:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
and this page on "How-to Geek":
http://www.howtogeek.com/104298/sync-your-ios-device-with-a-new-computer-without -losing-data/
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I have a question regarding syncing my Touch. I recently moved my library to a external drive, however when I go to Itunes I can't pull anything up. I know the transfer was successful, because I can see everyhing on the external drive. I currently still have everything on my ipod, so my question is can I sync my ipod back to itunes. I can reload my music if i have to, However I have videos of my own that I do not have anymore, that I want to keep. I also don't wan't to lose the apps that I have downloaded. Any help would be appreviated. Thanks.

You already asked this, and the answer is you just can't move your music.
It may have copied over, but you have a lot more work to do, depending on what you've already done.
I posted the Apple article, but here is another one.
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Mail syncing question

Hi,
the scenario is this:
On my macbook, 10.6, one of the POP accounts is acting strange. It's a BT internet account. Symptoms are it starts to download messages and just gets stuck. Also duplicates are appearing. I've tried deleting the message from the server via webmail, and recreating the account. The messages do reach the iPhone no problem.
So , i'm assuming that there's something lurking inside "My home directory"/Library/Mail.
I'm going to delete this Mail folder, along with Mail preferences.
The question is, can i sync the accounts (one bt internet, the other @me.com) from my iPhone / ipod to the Macbook via either MobileMe or iTunes?
Am i right in thinking that you can sync accounts from a desktop / laptop Mac to an iPhone / iPod, but you can't do the reverse?
Many thanks in advance.

The +iPod touch+ doesn't offer Mail syncing. All it does is sync the account details. Emails are downloaded separately when you next get a suitable WiFi connection.
mrtotes

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Hi!
I have 2 things to ask to the experts!
1. My Ovi Suite doesn't sync my SMS since I realized an Hard reset... I had installed also PC suite to see if that program was better than this one, but the 2 were in conflict (Ovi suite asked to install a phone support program or something similar, but it didn't find it), so I deleted PC suite also with PC Suite Cleaner... And now OVi is "good" and sees there are new messages, but when i try to sync them, the program says the Synchronization is ok and no new messages are added (in Ovi memory). How can I solve it?
2. If I want to change computer, how can i save all Ovi suite files (SMS, notes, notebook,...) and move them to the new PC?
Thx

Can't answer your Question but want to add something..
I am never comfortable with the Sync process and hence always Save my Data thru' Back-up... I can choose the location / name of the file I want to.. and can easily transfer it to othe PC using a Pen drive.. (though never needed it..)
Also tested the functionality.. Take Back-up ( all important / not so important data..) Delete not -so important from the phone.. and restore to confirm..
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Another Library Sync Question

Hi. A slight variation on an often asked question - but one I haven't found asked elsewhere on the forums:
So, my old computer died and I don't have a backup of my iPhone contents. I'm trying to sync to a new instance of iTunes on my new laptop.
I have my mp3 collection on an exteral hard drive, so I can just rebuild the collection on my iPhone if it comes to it.
The thing is, my mp3 collection is up in the 50,000's and I want to transfer the same 10,000ish to my iPhone out of it ... if possible without starting from scratch.
So the question is, is it possible to get itunes to recognize that the songs on the iPhone are actually in it's library - but only a subset of the library needs syncing?
Thanks!

I didn't find any other free ones, and Tuneranger is discontinued and doesn't work right anyway. I resorted to using itunes on the mac mini and the option to show files not in it's library to do a manual sync. I did not try rsync on the w8 machine to push files over because I was worried it would mess up the database files.

Calendar Sync Question

Nice forum,
I have a question re calendard. in my 9000 I have a work account using BES and one more e-mail work acount using BIS (since they are pop3). When I shcedule an appointment from outlook and choose to send the invitation the pop3 account the appointment is synced with my BB fine (BB calendar shows it in blue).
But in case I use my 9000 to to add an appointment (BB calendar shows it in orange) using the pop3 account (the default is desktop BES account) then this appointment is not synced with outlook.
Does anyone know if there is a way to sync these appointments with the outlook calendar(s), too?
Thanks!

Hi Donald,
It's be a pleasure to help you on this!
As you said, you events created on your computers will show up automatically on my iPod Touch's calendar (if activated). But also, if you make any change or add a new event directly on your iPod, they will definitely appear also on your computer, the next time you access it!
If this is not the case can someone explain to me how I get the events I have added on the iPod Touch to show up on the calendars at the other locations?
Have you ever read [this article|http://www.apple.com/mobileme/setup> from Apple. It should be helpful, to teach you how to setup your devices!
Hope this helps!
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CHALLENGING sync question - which one of you Pro's is up to it?

I have my iphone set to sync with my calendar and contacts from Outlook '07 and my bookmarks from Internet Explorer. The bookmarks sync perfectly - if I add one on Iphone it puts it into IE and vice versa. Outlook is another story though. It used to sync every time, now not at all. The appropriate boxes are checked in itunes, I have tried the "reset sync history," technique. Tried deleting other 3rd party addins in Outlook, and tried reinstalling itunes. It is almost as though itunes is not looking in the right place for the sync. Is this possible? How can I find out / change where itunes looks for Outlook data? I need a real pro for this question!

After many pulled hairs and bumping around into all sorts of Fixes, I finally found the correct fix. I hope this helps somebody else.
Upon boot, I kept receiving a message that "mapi32.dll" was not found. It didn't seem to affect anything, or so I thought. Outlook worked normally - Itunes worked normally. On a whim, I decided to go to a WinXP help forum and search "mapi32.dll." A suggestion was to click start > run > type "fixmapi.exe>" You guessed it - that did the trick. Outlook and Iphone are now happily married and I can start regrowing hair!

Sync Question that I know has been asked a million times

All,
I had a user that we had to replace the hard drive in his iMac and now we are trying to re sync is iPod Touch back to the computer with the new hard drive.
When we first plug the unit it, it gives the standard "this unit is synced with another iTunes library" error.
Question is I don't want to lose the data (calendar, notes, etc) on the iPod, user doesn't have any music on the device.
How can i sync this Touch back to the 'new' computer without loosing this information?

Found an applicaton called "TouchCopy". I was able to move all of the users Calendar entries and contacts over into the apple iCal and Contact applicatons without any problems. User didnt' have any music as he only uses the device as a PDA only.
I then let itunes do whatever it wanted to do to create an account for the Touch and resync.
User is back up and running.
Very handy little application, take a look at it.
Problem Fixed

ICloud sync questions

I've got a MBP running Lion 10.7.2, a first generation iPad and an iPhone 4S, both running iOS 5.0.
I have set both the iPad and the iPhone to sync AND backup via iCloud.
If I create a new iCal event on my MBP, it may show up immediately on one device, and not for a few minutes on the other. It's not always consistent which one gets it first. So my first question is ... what exactly is happening here? How quickly does my MBP send the new event to iCloud, and how quickly is it supposed to sync to my devices? Is iCloud supposed to push the event to the devices as soon as it gets it, or do the devices "check in" every so often and pull down any changes?
For instance, a few minutes ago, I deleted a "test" event in iCal on my iPad. The event still shows up on my iPhone and MBP. So I closed iCal on the iPhone, re-opened it, and the deleted event was gone. Is the iPhone waiting for me to close the app and re-open it?
Same with the MBP - the event stayed there in iCal until I quit iCal and re-opened it. Then it disappeared.
Is this how iCloud sync is supposed to work?

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