How To Sync Contacts From Your Macintosh To Your New Blackberry 8120 (pearl)

[mnanda]

So I had a hellish couple of days trying to get my contacts into my new Blackberry Pearl by way of my Macbook Pro. I tired everything short of spending $40 for The Missing Link Software. I unsucessfully tried getting the contacts over via Bluetooth, via email, and dragging to the phone as a mass storage device. Below is what worked – I’m posting to save everyone else out there the agony I went through.

Since I'm a new poster, apparently I'm not allowed to post links

1. Download Pocketmac for Blackberry at the blackberry dot c o m site followed by

/Downloads/browseSoftware.do;jsessionid=p59XYocEz2jGsfVwD+Cm9 A**

2. Download driver update from same page as above (don’t know if you need it, but it couldn’t hurt.)

3. Download needed driver for the 8120 at the pocketmac dot net site followed by

/private/BlackBerryDriverUpdate3.1.2.zip

4. Install all the software & drivers.

5. Connect Blackberry to computer via computer’s USB port with cable that comes with the 8120.

6. Get all the contacts you want into a Group in Address Book. I called mine “Blackberry Contacts.”

7. Open PocketSync,

8. If you’re syncing with Addressbook contacts, click on “Advanced Preferencs, click the name of the group you want to sync AND click the box for “No Categories” – this is to address a glitch in the software. Note: this will sync all the contacts in the group you want AND all the contacts you have that are not assigned to any groups. To avoid having those contacts copied over, I put the word “Blackberry” in all the contacts I wanted copied over. Then I created a new Smart Group called Do Not Sync by having Address book group all the contacts that “do not contain” the word “blackberry” in the notes field.

9. Run pocket sync and with luck it will work as mine did

TAGS:. Pocketsync, blackberry pearl, mac, macintosh, macbook pro, apple, contacts, sync, copy, copy over

[SetAdrift]

I commend your efforts. Congrats on finally getting somewhere with it. I use a pc and am scratching my head, wondering if there's a better way than just sitting in a coffee shop all day entering my contacts individually. I would settle for typing them in on my computer keyboard and then transferring them to the phone. I already uploaded the BB Desktop Software though, and selected Typical rather than Advanced. I now see no option for Contacts. I would think a Contacts area would be a given, without having to go an "advanced" route. I have a long way to go. If anyone has a tip for a newbie, it would surely be appreciated.

Thanks!

[resduq]

Originally Posted by mnanda

So I had a hellish couple of days trying to get my contacts into my new Blackberry Pearl by way of my Macbook Pro....

Since I'm a new poster, apparently I'm not allowed to post links

1. Download Pocketmac for Blackberry at the blackberry dot c o m...

TAGS:. Pocketsync, blackberry pearl, mac, macintosh, macbook pro, apple, contacts, sync, copy, copy over

thanks for this post, i liked the blackberry but was about to return it because i couldnt sync it to my mac.

idea for new posters enclose the URL in "<" and ">"....

i hope u dont mind but i think it would be good if I reposted some of your guide included the URLs so that its easier for some people to know what you're saying.

i also added some stuff i thought might be useful. its enclosed in brackets "{}"

Originally Posted by mnanda

{(addition) i advise you uninstall the application reboot and install everything with a fresh download, also reboot after each install dont do it all at once, i got lazy did it all at once and some stuff was messed up}

1. Download Pocketmac for Blackberry at the blackberry dot c o m site followed by

/Downloads/browseSoftware.do;jsessionid=p59XYocEz2jGsfVwD+Cm9 A**
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<<<www.blackberry.com/Downloads/browseSoftware.do;jsessionid=p59XYocEz2jGsfVwD+Cm9 >>
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2. Download driver update from same page as above (don’t know if you need it, but it couldn’t hurt.)

3. Download needed driver for the 8120 at the pocketmac dot net site followed by

/private/BlackBerryDriverUpdate3.1.2.zip
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<<<www.pocketmac.net/private/BlackBerryDriverUpdate3.1.2.zip>>>
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4. Install all the software & drivers.

5. Connect Blackberry to computer via computer’s USB port with cable that comes with the 8120. {(adition) to evade any mishaps connect it before you run the PocketMac}

6. Get all the contacts you want into a Group in Address Book. I called mine “Blackberry Contacts.”

7. Open PocketSync,

8. If you’re syncing with Addressbook contacts, click on “Advanced Preferencs, click the name of the group you want to sync AND click the box for “No Categories” – this is to address a glitch in the software. Note: this will sync all the contacts in the group you want AND all the contacts you have that are not assigned to any groups. To avoid having those contacts copied over, I put the word “Blackberry” in all the contacts I wanted copied over. Then I created a new Smart Group called Do Not Sync by having Address book group all the contacts that “do not contain” the word “blackberry” in the notes field.

9. Run pocket sync {(addition)make sure you CONNECT the 8120 BEFORE u run the the PocketMac} and with luck it will work as mine did

TAGS:. Pocketsync, blackberry pearl, mac, macintosh, macbook pro, apple, contacts, sync, copy, copy over

[glazegyrl]

I was able to sync by bb pearl 8130 with my macbook using entourage mac 2008.