BlackBerry Storm and Macs

I recently purchased a BlackBerry Storm and I had some questions about it working with my Mac. I noticed in the support pages that I would have to update my OSx 4.5 to OSX 5.0 or something higher in order to use the software to be able to get my Itunes on my BlackBerry. I am willing to do that. It's not that expensive but I want to know that if I do that, will that take care of some issues I am having. Pocket Mac does not work for me. If I run OSX 5.5 and above will that take care of the problem and allow me to sync my Mac and BlackBerry? Will I be able to run the program that allows me to put my ITunes on my BlackBerry? Right now I am running version 10.4.11 on a Power Book G4.
I love the phone and am still getting used to it and all the features.
Thanks in advance for answering my questions.

espo53 wrote:
I also forgot to ask if anyone has been able to load itune music into their BB.
Paid for iTunes will not (those purchased iTunes). You can remove the DRM from the purchased iTunes and they will work fine on the BB.
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