PocketMac Sync Questions

Using PocketMac (latest version with updated drivers) and an 8330 Curve. I can successfully push all the music from my iTunes "BlackBerry" playlist to the device, and same with my selected photos from iPhoto. My question is how can I do a sync if I want to add/remove some tunes in the BlackBerry playlist or add/remove photos from the albums selected for syncing in iPhoto?
I thought PocketMac was supposed to "sync" this content...but it appears all it does is push it out to the media card and dupes whatever is there already. This clearly isn't as functional as the Windows BlackBerry Desktop software.
Lastly, in PocketMac when I click on "Utilities|Browse device files and folders" absolutely nothing happens. Same for "Install/Uninstall software on device" Is this the best BlackBerry can do for Mac users?
Thanks for any help.
LarryMcJ

Yes...but I found out from PocketMac this can't be used. It's a moot point now anyway as I finally had enough of PocketMac not working...for anything, and am now using the Blackerry Media Sync app (still beta) which does a great job. Maybe someday BlackBerry will release a true Desktop Manager, like the one for Windows, for us Mac users. Until then, I'll keep an old Windows laptop handy for no other purpose than the BBDTM.
LarryMcJ

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Hi--
I have several times installed successfully the download for PocketMac for my Blackberry Storm on my Mac. When I click on the desktop icon to open the sync manager, I always receive this message: application PocketMac Sync Manager quit unexpectedly. I try relaunch several times and continue to receive this message.
Does anyone know how to resolve this issue so that I can launch PocketMac and begin my set up?
Thanks

Hello,
you are asking a question that concerns the Apple Mac world. I strongly advice you to post your question in the "Blackberry for Mac" board. You will find there many contributors who have the knowledge to answer you quickly.
To go there, you can go to the homepage of the current forum and look for the relevant section, or you can simply click here:
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board?board.id=blackberryformac
The search box on top-right of this page is your true friend, and the public Knowledge Base too:

FCP Sound Syncing Question

Hey Everyone,
I have an audio syncing question for you. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I am cutting in FCP. I logged and captured my footage and with timecode breaks, etc. the tape was cut up, and I was left with eight files, let's call them Footage1-Footage8. I have completed my cut of the piece using the in-camera audio that was linked to the video on the DV tape that I imported. Our sound guy in the field used a DAT recorder to record the production audio and apparently captured the timecode to the audio files, so that it matches the video (i.e. the DAT recorder and our cameras - DVX-100s had synced timecode during the shoot). The DVD he gave me has 20 audio files as .wav, let's call them Audio1-Audio20. My question is, now that I have finished my cut, I would like to replace the current audio tracks with the production audio. How can I sync the audio with the video and replace it in what I've cut. Or perhaps I can't, in which case - how can I sync them up and THEN cut, but I'd really rather have to not do that, lol!
Thanks for your advice!

Sorry about the long winded post, though.
I guess my real question, summarized is - is there a way to sync separately recorded production audio (that has timecode) with the footage that I shot (that has the same timecode as the audio, but also has in camera audio that accompanies the video track - I would imagine I can just "cut" the extra audio tracks, however).
I'm at my bay trying to figure this out, and I've got nothing, and the people I work for don't want to spring for that bwf2xml program you were talking about What's the emote for pulling one's hair out?

Error 3 - Skipping. Device not detected. Bold & PocketMac sync issue

I am having issues getting my MacBook to recognize my BB Bold when trying to sync with PocketMac Sync Manager. When connecting through a USB - the device is not detected and so a sync can not be performed.
Blackberry support have instructed me to install/uninstall drivers and pocketmac which I have done as instructed yet nothing is working.
PLEASE can anyone help with solving this??

This worked for me finally:
Mac needs to "detect" your BB
Go to the BB menu (general)
On the BB - go to Options
Then go to Memory
There are a number of settings here
Media Card = On
Encryption = None
MTP = ON
Mas Storage = On
Here's the ONE:
AUTO ENABLE MASS STORAGE MODE WHEN CONNECTED = YES
As soon as I did that - the next time I synched - the Mac "found" the BB and the BB PIN was there.
Synch for Contacts was very good.
Good Luck!

PocketMac Sync Problem

Why does PocketMac sync work fine with a direct cable connection, but when in the BlackBerry sync cradle/pod it only charges and PocketMac Sync doesn't work. PocketMac "Device Status" shows the connection has been made using the sync cradle/pod, but when you select anything to sync, they're all greyed out until the direct cable connection is made. We're only talking two contact points on the connection, whether direct or via the sync cradle, so it should work. Thanks for any insight.
LarryMcJ

Yes...but I found out from PocketMac this can't be used. It's a moot point now anyway as I finally had enough of PocketMac not working...for anything, and am now using the Blackerry Media Sync app (still beta) which does a great job. Maybe someday BlackBerry will release a true Desktop Manager, like the one for Windows, for us Mac users. Until then, I'll keep an old Windows laptop handy for no other purpose than the BBDTM.
LarryMcJ

Pocketmac sync with BlackBerry is taking so long.

Please help! I have a mac with a leopard OS and I downloaded pocketmac for my BlackBerry Curve 8330 so that I could sync my contacts and calender. I use iCal and Address Book. At first everything appears fine, it two devices connect and the sync starts, about half way through when it gets to my calender it stays there for almost an hour! I really don't have that many appointments in there but I have only been able to complete a sync once and that was the first time I attempted it. Is this normal? For the sync to take upwards of 2 hours?

Welcme to the FRums!
I am not familiar with the pocket mac, but a BB friend sent me this link - see if this answers any of your questions
http://supportforums.blackberry.com/rim/board/message?board.id=8300&thread.id=1317
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Log file sync question

Metalink note 34592.1 has been mentioned several times in this forum as well as elsewhere, notably here
http://christianbilien.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/the-%E2%80%9Clog-file-sync%E2%80%9D-wait-event-is-not-always-spent-waiting-for-an-io/
The question I have relates to the stated breakdown of 'log file sync' wait event:
1. Wakeup LGWR if idle
2. LGWR gathers the redo to be written and issue the I/O
3. Time for the log write I/O to complete
4. LGWR I/O post processing
5. LGWR posting the foreground/user session that the write has completed
6. Foreground/user session wakeup
Since the note says that the system 'read write' statistic includes steps 2 and 3, the suggestion is that the difference between it and 'log file sync' is due to CPU related work on steps 1, 4, 5 and 6 (or on waiting on the CPU run queue).
Christian's article, quoted above, theorises about 'CPU storms' and the Metalink note also suggests that steps 5 and 6 could be costly.
However, my understanding of how LGWR works is that if it is already in the process of writing out one set of blocks (let us say associated with a commit of transaction 'X' amongst others) at the time a another transaction (call it transaction 'Y') commits, then LGWR will not commence the write of the commit for transaction 'Y' until the I/Os associated with the commit of transaction 'X' complete.
So, if I have an average 'redo write' time of, say, 12ms and a 'log file sync' time of, say 34ms (yes, of course these are real numbers :-)) then I would have thought that this 22ms delay was due at least partly to LGWR 'falling behind' in it's work.
Nonetheless, it seems to me that this extra delay could only be a maximum of 12ms so this still leaves 10ms (34 - 12 -12) that can only be accounted for by CPU usage.
Clearly, my analsys contains a lot of conjecture, hence this note.
Can anybody point me in the direction of some facts?

Tony Hasler wrote:
Metalink note 34592.1 has been mentioned several times in this forum as well as elsewhere, notably here
http://christianbilien.wordpress.com/2008/02/12/the-%E2%80%9Clog-file-sync%E2%80%9D-wait-event-is-not-always-spent-waiting-for-an-io/
The question I have relates to the stated breakdown of 'log file sync' wait event:
1. Wakeup LGWR if idle
2. LGWR gathers the redo to be written and issue the I/O
3. Time for the log write I/O to complete
4. LGWR I/O post processing
5. LGWR posting the foreground/user session that the write has completed
6. Foreground/user session wakeup
Since the note says that the system 'read write' statistic includes steps 2 and 3, the suggestion is that the difference between it and 'log file sync' is due to CPU related work on steps 1, 4, 5 and 6 (or on waiting on the CPU run queue).
Christian's article, quoted above, theorises about 'CPU storms' and the Metalink note also suggests that steps 5 and 6 could be costly.
However, my understanding of how LGWR works is that if it is already in the process of writing out one set of blocks (let us say associated with a commit of transaction 'X' amongst others) at the time a another transaction (call it transaction 'Y') commits, then LGWR will not commence the write of the commit for transaction 'Y' until the I/Os associated with the commit of transaction 'X' complete.
So, if I have an average 'redo write' time of, say, 12ms and a 'log file sync' time of, say 34ms (yes, of course these are real numbers :-)) then I would have thought that this 22ms delay was due at least partly to LGWR 'falling behind' in it's work.
Nonetheless, it seems to me that this extra delay could only be a maximum of 12ms so this still leaves 10ms (34 - 12 -12) that can only be accounted for by CPU usage.
Clearly, my analsys contains a lot of conjecture, hence this note.
Can anybody point me in the direction of some facts?It depends on what you mean by facts - presumably only the people who wrote the code know what really happens, the rest of us have to guess.
You're right about point 1 in the MOS note: it should include "or wait for current lgwr write and posts to complete".
This means, of course, that your session could see its "log file sync" taking twice the "redo write time" because it posted lgwr just after lgwr has started to write - so you have to wait two write and post cycles. Generally the statistical effects will reduce this extreme case.
You've been pointed to the two best bits of advice on the internet: As Kevin points out, if you have lgwr posting a lot of processes in one go it may stall as they wake up, so the batch of waiting processes has to wait extra time; and as Riyaj points out - there's always dtrace (et al.) if you want to see what's really happening. (Tanel has some similar notes, I think, on LFS).
If you're stuck with Oracle diagnostics only then:
redo size / redo synch writes for sessions will tell you the typical "commit size"
redo size + redo wastage / redo writes for lgwr will tell you the typical redo write size
If you have a significant number of small processes "commit sizes" per write (more than CPU count, say) then you may be looking at Kevin's storm.
Watch out for a small number of sessions with large commit sizes running in parallel with a large number of sessions with small commit sizes - this could make all the "small" processes run at the speed of the "large" processes.
It's always worth looking at the event histogram for the critical wait events to see if their patterns offer any insights.
Regards
Jonathan Lewis

Aperture 3 library syncing question

I want to move to Aperture, but I need some advice first. (I have considered Aperture in the past, but my expectations and demands were unrealistic. Now I am trying to be as realistic as possible about what I want from Aperture.)
I have learned that Aperture 3 in fact supports syncing libraries between computers. Before I attempt this however I want to find out from you people whether what I want to do will work.
First let me describe my situation.
I have Mac Pro which contains the following types of files dating from 1997:
RAW + JPEG pairs from my DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
JPEG solo images from DSLR, mirrorless, and compact cameras
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs from film scans
TIFFs, PSDs, and JPEGs that are saved, edited versions of the above (edited files have the same filename as the original, plus a few letters added to indicate which changes have been made; s = sharpened, a = converted with ACR, c = cropped, w = web resolution, etc.)
AVI, MOV, MP4, and MTS (AVCHD) movies shot with various digital cameras
There are 160,383 files in total, although the number of photographs is probably less than 100,000 due to RAW + JPEG pairs counting as two files. The total space used is ~1.2TB. The files are on an internal 2TB RAID volume, which is constantly backed up to an external Time Machine RAID.
The files are all organized into folders by year up to 2009, and inside each year's folder are sub-folders that organize the pictures by event. All photos taken after 2009 are organized either by event or by subject matter, depending on which seemed more relevant to the particular shoot. I have been using Adobe Bridge to sort them. After they are sorted, I use a wonderful gem called ChronoSync to sync the JPEGs only (but not the RAWs, TIFFs, PSDs, or movies) to my MacBook Pro. That way I have my photos with me in the field in case I want to make some prints, upload to Flickr/Facebook, etc.
However, I am feeling many limitations of this workflow -- hence why I am considering Aperture.
Here are the main things I want to do with Aperture. Please tell me if this will work, and what any gotcha's might be.
I want to have a "master" Aperture library on the Mac Pro. I will add all my existing files into the master library in a 'referenced' fashion -- they will remain where they are in the current directory structure on the 2TB RAID.
I want to also maintain a "satellite" Aperture library on the MacBook Pro that contains only the JPEG versions of these files. I would use ChronoSync to copy over all the referenced JPEGs such that they exist in the same places in the directory structure of the laptop as they do on the desktop (i.e. /Users/me/Pictures/etc.), so that hopefully when Aperture looks for them it can find them. (I am guessing that I would create the "satellite" library by simply copying the "master" library to the laptop, rather than creating a fresh library there.)
I want to use the "satellite" library on the MacBook Pro to perform tagging, adding location data, rating, further organizing, etc. and then sync those changes back to the "master" library on the Mac Pro.
I know that Aperture 3 has the ability to sync/merge libraries, but my questions are:
If the "satellite" library has only the JPEGs available on the local drive, then will any metadata changes made in the "satellite" library properly sync back to the JPEG+RAW pairs in the "master" library? I.e. will Aperture still apply changes in metadata to both the RAWs and JPEGs, even though the RAWs were not present on the "satellite"?
Will Aperture allow me to group other versions of the file besides the RAW and JPEG on the master library? Will metadata to just the JPEG also be applied to these other versions upon syncing, as described above?
Is it a "two-way sync" -- i.e. will changes made to the master library also sync back to the satellite library? (If not, that's OK with me, because presumably after merging the satellite into the master, I can delete the satellite library, then re-copy the master back to the laptop to make a new satellite library -- I am also going to have copy over any new JPEG files to the laptop as well, so I don't mind copying one extra file [the new satellite library].)
I'm sure I've forgotton something important here but, my time is limited so I'll leave it at this for now and post any other questions later. Thanks for any tips, I know this is a complicated issue.
-=DM=-

I still need to do some experimenting to see if the file references are volume-specific or if they are volume-blind -- i.e. if they just use paths starting with "/[path]" instead of paths starting with "/Volumes/SpecificDriveName/[path]".
I am not sure I understand you fully - what kind of file referencing are you speaking of?
If you use managed master image files, the master images are stored inside the Aperture library, and if you move the complete library to a new drive, then thereferences to files inside the package still work. So obviously Aperture uses relative pathes here.
If you use referenced master image files - let's for example assume the Aperture library is on Volume A, the referenced master image files are on Volume B, and you move your Aperture library now from A to Volume C: If you open the Library on Volume C, it will still find the master image files on Volume B, so the library stores the absolute path for referenced masters. This even works with referenced masters on network volumes, but I really cannot recommend to store the masters on remote volumes; you will have to make sure the volume is mounted, when you launch Aperture.
Is that what you were asking about? if not, please rephrase your question.
Regards
Léonie

Syncing question

I have some songs on my ipod that I would like to keep on my iPod. I'd like to add some songs to my iPod by syncing it with iTunes on my computer. My question is, will I lose the songs that are on my iPod, if I sync it with my computer.
Also, vice/versa--I have some songs on my iTunes account on my computer that I downloaded from a CD. I'd like to get these songs onto my iPod. Will I lose the songs I currently have on my iPod if I sync it? (Not everything that is on my iPod is on my iTunes account on my computer.
I hope this makes sense!
Thanks for any advice!

If this computer is one you've not synced the iPod to before, then yes, without taking extra steps, anything on the iPod not in iTunes will be erased. Check out this user tip from TuringTest:
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
and this page on "How-to Geek":
http://www.howtogeek.com/104298/sync-your-ios-device-with-a-new-computer-without -losing-data/
Regards.

Sync Question

I have a question regarding syncing my Touch. I recently moved my library to a external drive, however when I go to Itunes I can't pull anything up. I know the transfer was successful, because I can see everyhing on the external drive. I currently still have everything on my ipod, so my question is can I sync my ipod back to itunes. I can reload my music if i have to, However I have videos of my own that I do not have anymore, that I want to keep. I also don't wan't to lose the apps that I have downloaded. Any help would be appreviated. Thanks.

You already asked this, and the answer is you just can't move your music.
It may have copied over, but you have a lot more work to do, depending on what you've already done.
I posted the Apple article, but here is another one.
Scott

Mail syncing question

Hi,
the scenario is this:
On my macbook, 10.6, one of the POP accounts is acting strange. It's a BT internet account. Symptoms are it starts to download messages and just gets stuck. Also duplicates are appearing. I've tried deleting the message from the server via webmail, and recreating the account. The messages do reach the iPhone no problem.
So , i'm assuming that there's something lurking inside "My home directory"/Library/Mail.
I'm going to delete this Mail folder, along with Mail preferences.
The question is, can i sync the accounts (one bt internet, the other @me.com) from my iPhone / ipod to the Macbook via either MobileMe or iTunes?
Am i right in thinking that you can sync accounts from a desktop / laptop Mac to an iPhone / iPod, but you can't do the reverse?
Many thanks in advance.

The +iPod touch+ doesn't offer Mail syncing. All it does is sync the account details. Emails are downloaded separately when you next get a suitable WiFi connection.
mrtotes

2 Sync questions

Hi!
I have 2 things to ask to the experts!
1. My Ovi Suite doesn't sync my SMS since I realized an Hard reset... I had installed also PC suite to see if that program was better than this one, but the 2 were in conflict (Ovi suite asked to install a phone support program or something similar, but it didn't find it), so I deleted PC suite also with PC Suite Cleaner... And now OVi is "good" and sees there are new messages, but when i try to sync them, the program says the Synchronization is ok and no new messages are added (in Ovi memory). How can I solve it?
2. If I want to change computer, how can i save all Ovi suite files (SMS, notes, notebook,...) and move them to the new PC?
Thx

Can't answer your Question but want to add something..
I am never comfortable with the Sync process and hence always Save my Data thru' Back-up... I can choose the location / name of the file I want to.. and can easily transfer it to othe PC using a Pen drive.. (though never needed it..)
Also tested the functionality.. Take Back-up ( all important / not so important data..) Delete not -so important from the phone.. and restore to confirm..
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------If you find this helpful, pl. hit the White Star in Green Box...

Another Library Sync Question

Hi. A slight variation on an often asked question - but one I haven't found asked elsewhere on the forums:
So, my old computer died and I don't have a backup of my iPhone contents. I'm trying to sync to a new instance of iTunes on my new laptop.
I have my mp3 collection on an exteral hard drive, so I can just rebuild the collection on my iPhone if it comes to it.
The thing is, my mp3 collection is up in the 50,000's and I want to transfer the same 10,000ish to my iPhone out of it ... if possible without starting from scratch.
So the question is, is it possible to get itunes to recognize that the songs on the iPhone are actually in it's library - but only a subset of the library needs syncing?
Thanks!

I didn't find any other free ones, and Tuneranger is discontinued and doesn't work right anyway. I resorted to using itunes on the mac mini and the option to show files not in it's library to do a manual sync. I did not try rsync on the w8 machine to push files over because I was worried it would mess up the database files.

Calendar Sync Question

Nice forum,
I have a question re calendard. in my 9000 I have a work account using BES and one more e-mail work acount using BIS (since they are pop3). When I shcedule an appointment from outlook and choose to send the invitation the pop3 account the appointment is synced with my BB fine (BB calendar shows it in blue).
But in case I use my 9000 to to add an appointment (BB calendar shows it in orange) using the pop3 account (the default is desktop BES account) then this appointment is not synced with outlook.
Does anyone know if there is a way to sync these appointments with the outlook calendar(s), too?
Thanks!

Hi Donald,
It's be a pleasure to help you on this!
As you said, you events created on your computers will show up automatically on my iPod Touch's calendar (if activated). But also, if you make any change or add a new event directly on your iPod, they will definitely appear also on your computer, the next time you access it!
If this is not the case can someone explain to me how I get the events I have added on the iPod Touch to show up on the calendars at the other locations?
Have you ever read [this article|http://www.apple.com/mobileme/setup> from Apple. It should be helpful, to teach you how to setup your devices!
Hope this helps!
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CHALLENGING sync question - which one of you Pro's is up to it?

I have my iphone set to sync with my calendar and contacts from Outlook '07 and my bookmarks from Internet Explorer. The bookmarks sync perfectly - if I add one on Iphone it puts it into IE and vice versa. Outlook is another story though. It used to sync every time, now not at all. The appropriate boxes are checked in itunes, I have tried the "reset sync history," technique. Tried deleting other 3rd party addins in Outlook, and tried reinstalling itunes. It is almost as though itunes is not looking in the right place for the sync. Is this possible? How can I find out / change where itunes looks for Outlook data? I need a real pro for this question!

After many pulled hairs and bumping around into all sorts of Fixes, I finally found the correct fix. I hope this helps somebody else.
Upon boot, I kept receiving a message that "mapi32.dll" was not found. It didn't seem to affect anything, or so I thought. Outlook worked normally - Itunes worked normally. On a whim, I decided to go to a WinXP help forum and search "mapi32.dll." A suggestion was to click start > run > type "fixmapi.exe>" You guessed it - that did the trick. Outlook and Iphone are now happily married and I can start regrowing hair!

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