Excellent - it's got an application installer so I'll have even less use for my PC!

I'm so excited. I just can't hide it.

Works great.

I e-mailed pocketmac about the "skipped" error. This is the response I received:


"Hi!

Thanks so much for testing this!

Could you try the following, and afterward, submit a PMSystemReport?

1. Reboot the Mac
2. Pull the battery out of the Pearl for 30 seconds, and replace it.
3. Check to see if the password is turned on in the Pearl.
4. If it's turned on, is content protection turned on? (If so, please turn
off)
5. If you have a microSD card installed, did you answer Yes or No on the
BlackBerry to the question about using it as a mass storage device? (You
should always answer yes.)
6. Attempt a new sync. If anything fails again, can you give me a
PMSystemReport? Click Help, System Report. PocketMac SyncManager will put
PMSystemReport.txt on your desktop. Just attach that to an email back to me.

Thanks very much!!!

--Anne B."

Seems to have cleared everything up for me. I did have a category "length" error when synching to entourage, but address book synched perfectly.

--Keith

Oh, I did not think about that. I wonder if they are going to implement this?

When you say crashes do you mean it closes or it freezes?

I narrowed down the "crash" a little. The issue is it's not seeing the device as connected to pocketmac. The devices see it, since it's charing, but pocketmac doesn't see that the Blackberry is connected and can't sync.

I get that a lot to. If you close PM and start it again it usually fixes it. Don't know how you figured it out but I caught it by checking the PM log it says the BB pin is 0 when it cant connect to it.

JUst wondering if anyone else out there is using MeetingMaker on the mac with Pocketmac 4.0 beta. If yes, have you had any luck syncing???

Hello there, I wanted to see if you desire some free demo-ing
I'm so bummed I purchased BB Pearl a week ago and can't sync with my mac.
I tried using the link in the thread but it didn't work....regards

I can see that in the logs as well, but I still can't get it to see the device. It's charging but PM doesn't see it as connected.

Tried rebooting, re-installing several times.

Hmmm.... beta code, go figure.

RIckyd, when you say it didnt work do you mean you couldn't download it or you couldn't install it?

pvantienen, what kind of mac are you using?

MacBook Pro, Intel inside.

2gb of RAM

Digging a little deeper I can see in /dev the three devices it created:

crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 1 Sep 27 12:18 cu.BlackBerry8703e-BlackBe-1
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 51 Sep 27 20:52 cu.Blackberry
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 5 Sep 27 12:18 cu.Bluetooth-Modem
crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 10, 3 Sep 27 12:18 cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync

the actual cu.Blackberry doesn't exist when the device is unplugged, as soon as I plug it int and see that it's charging, the cu.Blackberry shows up. I am assuming it populates that with the connection type (bluetooth etc.)

it show is the following in the sync log:

===============================================
[08:47:14.478] 2006-09-27
[08:47:14.490] PocketMac SyncManager Started
[08:47:15.480] Blackberry -> /dev/cu.Blackberry
[08:47:15.734] BlackBerry device pin 0
[08:47:15.755] No device connected; unable to complete operation.
[08:47:15.756] Could not connect to BlackBerry; error code: 1

and Right now the PM software shows "Connect" but doesn't list any device.

I am stumped.

I just tried it on my new Pearl, and almost everything works. I can sync all my contact info, calendar, tasks, and notes. However, I can't quite get the bookmark feature to work. I clicked on the install button which installed the "special software". I checked to box to push my bookmarks. It created the application on my handheld. However, when I open the app, only the bookmark collections show up. If I select any of them and click on the trackball, I just get a menu with the options "About" and "Close". "About" shows info about the Bookmark Manager, and obviously "Close" closes the application. Anyone else having this experience? I'm using an Intel iMac.

Same thing happens to mine. The only links that show up are in my Other... folder in Safari. I have all of the bookmarks I want in this folder and they show up at the bottom of the list of folders, until the issue is fixed. I didn't move the bookmarks, just made copies of them.

I'm on a G5 PPC, DP1.8, OS 10.4.7

Hmmm.... It must just be an issue with the 8703e. i plugged the 'ol 7250 back in and it detected it right away. I was able to do a sync no problem. Unplugged the 7250, restarted the software, plugged the 8703 in, can't see it.

Today I inserted a 1 gb Micro SD card into my Pearl and now I cannot get PocketMac to sync. The process starts then hangs. I removed the SD card and the process worked (it in fact synced) but hanged at the end.

Anyone can help me resolve the issue?

They appear to have taken down the file. Can someone post it somewhere else?

Pretty please?

i sec that!!

pvantienen, have you tried using a different USB port? Based on the log PM cant read the PIN from your BB that means it is not connecting.

I just got an e-mail from PocketMac about the bookmarks issue that I was having.

"On the 8100, you must press the space bar key at the bottom of the keypad to expand the tree/node. Sorry about the confusion."

It was a very fast response. I would encourage all of you to e-mail the address referenced at the beginning of this thread if you have any problems/issues.

OMG LOL
I must have tried every key but that one!
thanks for the post.

The device comes up as connected, but when I hit the sync button, the status bar slowly moves along, and PUFFF the box goes away. Then I get the infamous "unexpectedly closed" message.

But, I'll give you one better. I tried running the software on my macbookpro and the program won't even start. It installed perfectly, but when I click the icon, it bounces up and down on the dock, and they magically disappears (with no mention of any errors).

Whats the name of the Icon? I ended up with two one works and one does the same thing as yours.

Check your PM. Please send a copy of your beta to .

Thank You,

Sorry but the DMG (~24MB) is too big to email. If you have a file server somewhere I can upload it to you.

Turning off notes helped me get around a hanging problem too. Thanks for the tip!

Hi. In order to get addresses onto the pearl, I had to sync my 8700 on my wifes computer and then sync the 8100 to the addresses form my 8700.

After syncing the 8700, i noticed that pocketmac didn't sync any phone numbers on my BB which are just listed in the "Phone" field...

Anyone know how to grab these?

After I sent in my first results, I received an email from PocketMac informing me that the Beta was intended to be closed/limited, and that whomever posted the .dmg file initially, did so without permission. The file will remain offline until the closed Beta is complete. There may be another Open Beta later, or it may go straight to production, the email did not specify.

I tested a full 2-way sync with my 8700 and encountered no issues with duplicate notes (as in 3.x), no dropped phone numbers, no addresses in wrong place (home in work section), no duped calendars or incorrect repeat entries.

In short, 4.x seems to be what we've been waiting for. Well, for those that can get it to work at any rate

For all you having issues, have you used Onyx or ****tail recently? I use Onyx at least once a month to keep OS X in good shape. Might want to consider it if you don't.

It worked for me until I installed a mico sd card. And now it hangs. I must say that I am disappointed in RIM. They should not make us wait like this.

Any yes I use OnyX once a month. The fact that one person does not have a problem doesn't mean the software is ready for prime time.

When this happens, can you open "Activity Monitor" and make sure "all processes" are selected... Is the CPU eaten up by something you don't recognize?

is there any way anyone can host the DMG? I would really like to try out the new program and it seems like they have taken it down.

Thanks in advance

can someone please upload to an ftp site or .mac account? i have emailed pocketmac 4 times and no reponse. just want to sync and i get that it isn't perfect. thx

If you have the file, please consider creating a bit torrent file. No FTP server or host necessary. We'll take it from there...

Good idea i will try to get that done when I get home tonight.

Anyone who can provide a link to d/l in a PM please do so. I'd really like an opportunity to try the software before release.

Okay, for those who need to get the beta. I set up an account at mediamax.com. The username is "pm4bb_beta", and the password is "blackberry." The DMG is there. It's a free account, and the site only permits 1 GB per day in downloads, so hurry up. I don't know how to turn it into a torrent and post it, so I'll let someone else do that.

nsc, thanks for the help. I will set up a torrent in a few.

Anybody know why they pulled it? What could be the reason? hmm.

I guess when they said a limited beta they meant not open to the public. I would guess there server got to much traffic when everyone started downloading the beta or they got too many email about bugs.

yeah, I guess. But you would think that all the people dying for a good sync that would submit proper beta reports... that would be invaluable. Maybe they have forgotten that beta testers do so much of the work. So that when they release they have less headaches with pissed off end users.