Syncing Outlook w/ USB cable very slo-o-ow

This is the second time I'm syncing the Q10 with MS-Outlook directly conected to the computer using a USB cable.
The first time (3 days ago ) when I synced it was quite slow. But I assumed it was because it was the first time I had synced it (one way only, computer to device).
It's now been over a half hour and the Q10 sync has not finished syncing and simply repeats a slow moving progress bar with the text "Getting status information from BlackBerry Calendar" over and over. As soon as the progress bar reaches the far right (100%?) it re-starts again from 0.
I previously owned an 'antique' BlackBerry Pearl that synced the same Outlook account in less than 10-15 minutes.
Is this normal behaviour? If so, are there third-party apps that work (a lot) faster?
Russell

marksnape wrote:
i have the same issue synching with my computer on windows 8.
From what I've read (+ the general silence to this thread) I assume it's something that we'll have to live with until BB comes up with a Link update to improve things. One hour to do what a 7-year old BB device could do in 5-10 minutes is definately not something anyone would consider normal behaviour. And I'm certainly not going to upload my personal data to any cloud based sync/storage if that's what's recommended by BB. Guess we'll just have to be patient ...
Russell

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Document ID:
KB18694
Modified Date:
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Document Type:
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Contents [show]
   Products
   Environment
   Overview
   Cause
   Resolution
Products
BlackBerry® Desktop Software
BlackBerry® Desktop Software Version 1.0 (Mac OS)
BlackBerry® Devices
Environment
BlackBerry® Desktop Manager
BlackBerry® Desktop Manager Version 1.0 (Mac OS)
BlackBerry smartphone
Microsoft® Outlook®
Yahoo!® Mail calendar
Apple iSync
Overview
When synchronizing the Calendar via the BlackBerry Desktop Manager, past calendar events are being deleted on the desktop calendar application.
Cause
Calendar items on the BlackBerry smartphone were deleted as a result of the keep appointments setting in the Calendar was set to delete older appointments.
Resolution
To resolve this issue, complete the following steps:
Task 1
Configure the BlackBerry smartphone to keep past appointments:
Open the Calendar application on the BlackBerry smartphone and press the Menu key.
Select Options and then General Options.
Within General Options set the Keep Appointments options to Forever.
Task 2
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