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BlackBerry Desktop Manager For Mac Updated - Fixes Some Bugs
May 20th
Desktop Manager for Mac has received a small update which definitely fixes some issues. The version is still 1.0.3 which is the same as the previous release, but the build has been upped to 19. If you already have v1.0.3 but are unsure of your build, you should download this update. Upon opening Desktop Manager you should be promped to update, or you can download at this link.
Fixed issues
General:
- MKS 374925 - BlackBerry Desktop Manager did not connect with some BlackBerry® 7130 Series smartphones using
BlackBerry® Device Software 4.2.
Synchronizing data:
- MKS 101502 - Modifying an occurrence or the full series of a recurring event on your device resulted in a duplicated entry on
Microsoft® Entourage®. This was intermittent.
Calendar:
- MKS 614811 - Appointments were deleted from iCal after updating your BlackBerry Desktop Manager. This issue was previously
unreported.
- MKS 403184 - Attendee status changed from “Accepted” to “Invited” after changing the meeting details after synchronization.
Contacts:
- MKS 606380 - Contacts were deleted from your computer after updating your BlackBerry Desktop Manager. This issue was
previously unreported.
- MKS 346493 - Home fields were duplicated on your computer, if a different home number is added on the device and on the
computer to an existing contact.
- MKS 350583 - Synchronizing a company contact from your device to your computer didn’t select the Company check box in
the Apple Address Book.
- MKS 426043 - After synchronization, you could not use the “Find” function in your contacts application for your device or when
composing an email message.
- MKS 433321 - Changing the “Other” fields for a contact on your device created a duplicate “Other phone” and “Other email”
in Apple Address Book.
- MKS 351660 - Home 2, Work 2 and Other phone numbers were deleted from your device after changing a contact in Entourage
and synchronizing; these numbers appear under different phone labels in Entourage and Apple Address Book.
- MKS 128146 - With Entourage, if you have two work and home phone numbers on your computer, only one of them was
synchronized.
RIM cleaning up shop?
Feb 27th
So, still rocking that old 8700/8100 with a nice vintage version of Desktop software that you just refuse to upgrade? (for some strange reason that I wont get into here) Well, that beloved software you have has become officially antiqued by RIM. Crackberry is reporting that RIM is starting to clean up shop with older non-relevant versions of Desktop Manager. Being the numerous versions out there and the older Blackberries OS’s won’t work on 4.5 or higher, could this be a subtle hint to those with older Blackberries to upgrade already? AT&T’s software download page has already removed anything older than 4.6, as have multiple other carriers.
Personally I think RIM’s move on this is great, it helps new Blackberry users avoid the potential confusion when going to download the software for the first time and getting a non-compatible version for their Blackberry.
What do you think? Good move on RIM’s part? Leave us a comment!
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