Sometimes you may need to transfer music, photos, videos and more files between your BlackBerry smart phone and Mac computer. Read this article, you will get detailed tutorial about how to transfer files from BlackBerry phone to Mac or from Mac computer to your BlackBerry phone.
Preparation Before Transferring Files Between BlackBerry and Mac
The very first thing to do is make sure you have Bluetooth turned on and discoverable on your Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc. Open up System Preferences and select the Bluetooth icon — if you don't have one then your Mac doesn't support Bluetooth, sorry — and make sure that Bluetooth is both 'on' and 'discoverable'.
Next up you need to enable Bluetooth on your BlackBerry, either via an icon on your home screen or going to the Setup application and selecting Bluetooth, then opening the menu and selecting 'Enable Bluetooth.' Finally, you have to pair the two devices together. On your BlackBerry home screen, select the Set Up Bluetooth icon.
It will ask you to ensure that your device is in pairing mode, which is what we did when we set the Mac to be discoverable. Hit 'OK' and let it grind for a minute. Once it finishes, it should show a list of available devices, one of which will be called 'Computer' or the name of your computer (which you can set in your Sharing preferences). Now it will ask you for a numeric passkey. You can put in anything that you're able to remember for about 10 seconds, because you'll have to enter the same thing on your Mac but after that you'll never need to know it again. After that, you should see this pop up on your computer:
Access, sync, share and organize all your photos, music, videos and files over Wi-Fi® or USB between your BlackBerry 10 devices and your computer. Music can be synced and shared between your BlackBerry 10 device and your PC or Mac, with support for both Windows Media Player® and iTunes. On your BlackBerry, navigate to the photo you wish to download to your computer. Open the menu, and select the menu item ‘Send Using Bluetooth.’ Select the name of your Mac in the ‘Select a device’ window.
Simply enter the same passkey that you did on your BlackBerry and you're ready to start transferring files!
Part 1. How to Transfer Music, Videos, Photos from Blackberry to Mac
For BlackBerry->Mac transfers, just navigate to your Media application and find a picture, video, or what-have-you to transfer. Open the menu (the button with the little bundle of dots, usually left of the trackball) and select 'Send Using Bluetooth' then select your computer from the list of devices that pops up. Likely there will be only one, namely, your computer.
Your Mac will pop up a dialog asking if you want to receive it, and if you click yes.It'll be transferred to your Documents folder. That's it, you're all done.
Part 2. How to Transfer Files from Mac to BlackBerry Phone
Mac to BlackBerry transfers are a little more complicated. The following steps are only for Blackberry files which are compatible with Mac. If your Blackberry files are incomptible with your Mac, please get the Video Converter for Mac to convert your BlackBerry videos to Mac supported format.
First, go back to the Media app on your BlackBerry and select Pictures, Ringtones, Videos, or Music, it doesn't matter which.
Then, open the menu and select 'Receive Using Bluetooth'. Once it says it's waiting for a connection.
Control-click or right-click a file on your Mac and select the 'More' submenu. From there you can either select 'Send file using Bluetooth' or the submenu 'Send file to' which should have your phone in the list.
Then you can accept the transfer on your BlackBerry after selecting a download destination.
Mac->BlackBerry transfers are kind of buggy, unfortunately. One file stalled after being transferred 90%, and after canceling the transfer all future transfers stopped working until I turned Bluetooth off and then back on, on both the Mac and the BlackBerry. Bigger transfers like MP3s failed instantly with no reason given.
Tips: This how-to is compatible with the following BlackBerry Wireless
BlackBerry Curve: 8300, 8310.
BlackBerry Pearl: 8100, 8130.
BlackBerry 8800, 8820, 8830.
Technically all BlackBerry Wireless Handhelds running BlackBerry OS 4.2 and newer.
Again, if this method is out of work, the best solution for you is converting your Blackberry video and music to Mac video (take video for example), after that, you are able to use these phone files anywhere on your Mac, like iMovie, QuickTime, iTunes and more.
'Well, Mother's Day is approaching, so I just planned to buy a new BlackBerry Passport for my mother as a gift on that day. I know she loves listening to music very much. Hence, I downloaded her favorite songs on my iPhone 6. By the time I get the BlackBerry, I'm going to import these songs to her cell phone so she can enjoy the music anytime. But the thing is I've no idea of how to transfer music from iPhone to BlackBerry. I guess you guys may have some good solutions. Thanks in advance if you could show me how to do it.'
Smart phone is a pretty good gift for your loved ones. As the Mother's day is just around the corner, buying a smart phone for your mother is one of the best choices. These days, BlackBerry has become one of the most popular brands that grown-ups prefer to choose, so BlackBerry series smart phones would be great presents for mothers. To solve the problem brought up with by the user above, a few methods can be helpful. Most of users download songs on their iPhone by iTunes, so here we are about to teach you how to transfer music from iTunes to BlackBerry step by step. We'll divide the instruction into two parts. In the first part, we will show you a powerful third-party program to export songs from iTunes to the computer. Secondly, we'll introduce the freeware to transfer music from computer to the BlackBerry smart phone. It is absolutely easy-to-handle and time-saving. Now let's get started.
Part 1. How to Export iTunes Music to Computer
Part 2. How to Import Songs from PC to BlackBerry
Transfer Music from iTunes to Computer
There is no denying that iTunes can manage your iPhone music files, but here we'd like to introduce a more efficient way to transfer music from iTunes to computer. That is the MobiKin Assistant for iOS (Windows & Mac) software. Download and install the program on your computer and you can sync music with your computer quickly and easily.
Step 1. Lauch the program and link your iPhone to the computer via its USB cable. After the detection, the files on your iPhone will be displayed on the main interface.
Step 2. Choose the songs you want to sync and click 'Export' to transfer them from iPhone to computer.
Note: Remember to install the iTunes on your computer.
Mac users can switch to the Mac version instead. You can follow the same steps of the Windows version.
Import Music from Computer to BlackBerry
When you accomplish to transfer music from iTunes to computer, you can import the songs from the computer to your BlackBerry then.
The tool you may need here: BlackBerry Media Sync.
BlackBerry Media Sync is a component of BlackBerry Desktop Software 6.0(developed by BlackBerry Company). It makes syncing your desktop music with your BlackBerry smart phone or tablet quick and easy. You can download the software on its official website and follow the instructions in the program.
How To Download Music From Mac To Blackberry Desktop
With BlackBerry Media Sync, you can:
-Sync playlist updates from your desktop to your device
-Choose a playlist or get a random selection of songs
-Remotely set up music downloads from your desktop library; they will initiate when you return to your home Wi-Fi or connect via USB
-Create and edit playlists that will sync back with your computer
How To Download Music From Mac To Blackberry Desktop
By now, you have learned the tricks to transfer music from iTunes to BlackBerry perfectly.
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