Help with Upgrade & App Synch

Upgraded one of my devices to new OS and it killed everything in sight. So I am nervous now about upgrading my iPAD. I have been adding new apps to my iPAD that do not appear on my computer. Want to synch before trying another OS upgrade but when I go to synch, I am warned that the computer desktop apps will wipe out my iPAD apps during the synch process. Is there a way I can do a one-way synch from iPAD to Desktop so that I get the desired apps on the desktop before trying to upgrade to new OS version?

You can just use "Transfer purchases".
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer

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Here are a couple of links to look at for the update
http://vimeo.com/30421920
http://www.ipadforums.net/ipad-faq/5...tml#post345719

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