ISync wants to overwrite my computer's address book
Yes, I've looked, and I skimmed the architecture article (I'm no code geek), but all I can say is that I want the G4 to PUSH and the phone to PULL, and I don't know how to set that. The computer should be the master and the phone the servant.
I deleted my contacts from the phone (Samsung d900) with a view to replacing them with my newly updated, spiffy set on the computer. However, now when I try to sync it warns me I will be deleting 53 entries and adding 2; I think the 2 are the 411 and 611 or something.
I have cancelled it when it's tried to do this, but nonetheless, now I have an empty phone book, which kind of limits the phone's usefulness...
Any help appreciated. TIA.
Well, your view of how the synchronization framework ought to operate—in a master/servant mode—is not how it is designed. Essentially, all framework clients are co-equal participants, pushing changes to and pulling changes from a repository referred to as the truth database.
When you delete the contacts from one client, the intended outcome is to perform equivalent deletions from other clients. To avoid this outcome, you must, as Julian suggests, reset your synchronization history. That procedure leaves your clients registered and your data intact, but empties the truth database and forces a first-time, slow synchronization event the next time you initiate one. In your case, that means there are no deleted records to push from your mobile handset - only additions from all clients to populate your now empty truth database.
To reset your synchronization history, launch iSync, open the Preferences… dialog, press the Reset Sync History… button and follow the instructions which appear. I too strongly suggest that before you do so, that you use the option labeled Back up Address Book… under the File menu in the Address Book application to back up your contact database.
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