Unfortunately because there is no iphone on verizon i had to go with a blackberry storm. Does anyone else with one know how to connect it to a mac to update the software and such. It seems as though windows is required, but i really don't want windows taking up space on my hard drive. it seems like there has to be some way to connect a blackberry to a mac. help please?
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Anyone on here use a blackberry with their mac???
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I use Missing Sync For Blackberry.
http://www.markspace.com/products/blackberry/blackberry-sync-mac-software.htm
I also have a Storm. This allows you to bluetooth sync which I find helpful.
http://www.markspace.com/products/blackberry/blackberry-sync-mac-software.htm
I also have a Storm. This allows you to bluetooth sync which I find helpful.
There are various applications for you to connect/sync to your Mac but none that offers software updates.
RIM just released an app for Mac that lets you sync media onto the BlackBerry device. No software updates, although that could have changed since I used it quite awhile ago.
are you refering to "pocketmac" i tried that and it didn't recognize my blackberry.
there was recently a set of updated drivers released for newer blackberrys (bold, storm, 8900, etc) it comes as a separate download and may solve your issue.
that said, pocketmac is really a horrible piece of software. and from my experience missing sync isn't much better. i finally went exclusively with google wireless sync.
Pocketmac is trash
Pocketmac, the sanctioned software, simply did not work for me & my bb curve. Updated the drivers, did w/e, and it didn't work. Then I plugged my phone into my friends Sony Vaio (vista) and everything worked & synced in a matter of minutes. I was astonished that no functional program exists for OSX. RIM sucks in this dept, I'm very disappointed.
Pocketmac, the sanctioned software, simply did not work for me & my bb curve. Updated the drivers, did w/e, and it didn't work. Then I plugged my phone into my friends Sony Vaio (vista) and everything worked & synced in a matter of minutes. I was astonished that no functional program exists for OSX. RIM sucks in this dept, I'm very disappointed.
I don't know how long or how far along in development RIM is in, but they have a Desktop Manager for OS X in the works. For now, it's through Fusion for updating my BlackBerry.
I use this with my Bold to sync my media:
Blackberry Media Sync (beta) OS X
All my calendar/contacts are in google and I just use google sync. No direct Mac sync necessary. iCal-->GCal-->all synced with spanning sync. The cloud keeps everything current.
Works great.
Blackberry Media Sync (beta) OS X
All my calendar/contacts are in google and I just use google sync. No direct Mac sync necessary. iCal-->GCal-->all synced with spanning sync. The cloud keeps everything current.
Works great.
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