BlackBerry Desktop Manager - Mac review

Will this sync you up?

BlackBerry Desktop Manager - Mac . Software, Mac software, BlackBerry, Apple, RIM, BlackBerry Desktop Manager 0
Reviewer
Chris Hall
Review Date
2 October 2009
Manufacturer
RIM
Price as reviewed
£free
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Our score

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Quick review

The good
Simple, free
The bad
Lacks options for precise control, frequent sync failures, no individual section sync
Verdict
This is first generation software and for some we are sure it will work perfectly. For the rest, we have to hope that RIM support and update the software regularly to iron out the inevitable hiccups

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Comments

  • The system does not seem to work from Entourage to Blackberry. I.E. I had about 50 duplicate contacts. I deleted them in Entourage. When I performed the 2 way sync, it did not delete the duplicates from my Blackberry. I am having to perform a "Replace all contacts on this Blackberry device" function...hoping it works as it has been running for an hour at this point and has not completed the function. Posted by Gary T., USA
  • Thanks for the article. When i create an appointment on my Blackberry Curve, it does not appear on the Mac when i sync. Appointments made on the computer appear on the Blackberry though. Wish I really could get a two way calender sync going. Posted by jeffB, USA
  • Two way sync appears to have totally wiped my blackberry of everything...calendar, contacts, tasks, memos all gone! This is NOT what I wanted as the only version I had was on the blackberry itself. I guess I should have backed up first. Is there any way of getting this info back? I did have pocketmac installed before but obviously uninstalled it when I installed this as you can't have both installed (as far as I know). I also have a older PC version on my laptop PC, but it doesn't seem to work at all with that now (perhaps because it is switched to syncing with Macs?)? Any help or advice to get my data back would be much appreciated! Posted by Paul, UK
  • After running perfectly for weeks BB Desktop Manager just stopped connecting/recognizing my BB 8820. Re-installing BB DM didn’t help... :( Posted by Peter Krohmer, USA
  • BB Desktop Manager seems to work perfect for me, except that the MemoPad notes doesn´t seem to be synced. I basically can´t find them anywhere on my Mac.

    Anyone with solutions?
    Thanks a lot!
    Posted by Alex, Netherlands
  • Its flakey software....mine tells me the memory card is full when the device says its not. Blackberry should pull their finger out....its a competitive market. Unless they get this right...they're toast! Posted by Richard , United States
  • i had been using missing sync which worked well. with BDM for Mac, the contacts, calendar and tasks seem to have sync'd okay, but the memopad is not syncing. I started manually copying notes from the Mark/Space Notebook into the Notes in Entourage, but that isnt syncing onto my BB Storm either. any suggestions what else to try? Posted by Reenie, United States
  • Not impressed so far, and I really wanted this to work. Duplicated contacts, updated contacts on Blackberry get overwritten by older contacts on mac, calender gone. Weak overall and a good reeason for me personally to switch to an iphone or google phone. Posted by steve parsons, USA

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