I've been seeing a few bad posts about Pocket Mac, and I was just wondering how everyone that uses Pocket Mac feels about it. I'm in the process of switching from PC to Mac and I wanna know if I should hold off on tossing my PC out the window. I know about the VMWare Fusion solution, but that would defeat my purpose in buying a Mac.
I just downloaded pocketmac and have one problem when syncing with my BB 8830. It appears that any contact on my MAC Ibook G4 that is part of two or more groups will DUPLICATE on my BB even though I checked, do not duplicate. Evidently, the fact that a contact has more than one group attached to it makes it another contact according to BB.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I have contacted Pocketmac by email but have not heard back yet.
Thanks
I use pocketmac and think it's just ok. I spoke to a rep at T-mobile yesterday that said the blackberry rep told him that RIM is working on a full scale program for Mac users just like the one for pc's.
I have a BES, so syncing is not the issue, just installing apps. I fire up Parallels with xp because in my opinion Pocket Mac is the most unstable Mac program. Some times it works.
I used it for about a week. This after using Missing Sync with great success. Missing Sync, however, won't let you sync apps. Pocket Mac does let you sync apps - which is why I used it. Being as unreliable as it was (SLOW and unsuccessful at times) I ditched it, and went back to Missing Sync
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I find it really quite squirrelly and weird. Whenever I sync, I always get notices telling me that calendar events are missing from either my device or my desktop, and that I should either delete (one or all) or restore (one or all) to either the BB or the Mac.
Yesterday I was going through my summer calendar in iCal, and I noticed that Pocket Mac had created bizarre duplicates of some of my calendar events, in which it had added strange, after-the-fact alarms.
I do hope RIM comes up with something better before long.
I used it for about a week. This after using Missing Sync with great success. Missing Sync, however, won't let you sync apps. Pocket Mac does let you sync apps - which is why I used it. Being as unreliable as it was (SLOW and unsuccessful at times) I ditched it, and went back to Missing Sync
So I presume you like Missing Sync better? Aside from not syncing applications (which I don't need to do right now) does MS work cleanly to sync calendar events and contacts?
My big problem with Pocket Mac is those weird, unpredictable glitches in what it syncs and what it perceives as new data.
I used it for about a week. This after using Missing Sync with great success. Missing Sync, however, won't let you sync apps. Pocket Mac does let you sync apps - which is why I used it. Being as unreliable as it was (SLOW and unsuccessful at times) I ditched it, and went back to Missing Sync
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I have pocketmac and I dont see any place to sync applications... I went and downloaded the most recent version from blackberry.com version 4.0.20b... am I missing something??
I can sync my addressbook, calendar etc... and supposedly, my bookmarks (which I dont do cuz of Opera mini)
But no apps... what kind of apps should I be able to put on the BB?
I wrote this for someone who was having issues syncing there 8130 to load apps. It may work for you and it may not. But at least it's something. Down Load "How To Sync A BlackBerry.pdf here
ok... well, it looks like it would work, but none of the applications I would want to put on the BB are available (selectable) to put on there.
I was hoping to put some apps from my computer... I guess I need special applications made for the BB.
I figured as much, but at least I can download them to my laptop and install from there if I need to.
Thanks, that helps,
You are correct. The BB's OS is Java based, so the program would have to also. Even if you could load programs that work on your Mac, the shear size would be an issue. We only have 10-15mb to play with at best so there would be no room.
Sync address book, load apps, yes. It can not backup your device like DTM can.
What am I missing out on there? I am not worried about backing up the e-mail messages but was thinking I could back up all my settings etc. Does the DTM for windows do that?
Luke....what Pete is saying is that there is a difference between syncing and backing up (he caught me on this difference a while back!).
PocketMac will sync your contacts, calendars, tasks, etc. to your app of choice (ical, Entourage, etc.), so if you break/lose your BB, that information is still stored on your computer.
However, it won't "back up" settings, any apps you've downloaded, etc.
Luke, Follow V's force! Sorry had to say that.
But yes V is correct. The backup/restore utility on DTM is just that. It will backup all your data bases such as contacts, address books, settings, themes, and apps. This way if you ever nuke your BB all is not lost. Think of it the same as you would if you backed up your Mac or PC.
