hep! when updating to ipod touch software, my address book was wiped out! i went to my time machine back-up and the address book was the wiped out one! i hate the thought of re-entering 161 contacts and all their information! help! (can't send them from my sorry a.. phone as it doesn't play nice with my mac) HELP!

How far back did you go in TimeMachine? You should keep going back "in time" until you find a good copy.

Brian is right, Sharon. You need to go back to a Time Machine date that is prior to the touch software update. Also, it's a good idea to make backups of your address book when you've made changes. If you look under the File menu > Export, you will see "Address Book Archive." That will save a copy of the current contents to your Documents folder with the current date. If something goes wrong, you can just import the file back into Address Book. I haven't had a problem with my touch, but I had it happen a couple of times when I was using a Palm.

I had no problem with the 3.0 update for my Touch either.

i went fairly far back and still the same messed address book. perhaps i'm doing it wrong! help!