Data Synchronization On The Mac - Blackberry dummies 2 Manual

258
Part IV: Working with BlackBerry Desktop Manager

Data Synchronization on the Mac

• Update Device Date and Time: You want both the PC and Storm
to have the same time. This ensures that you're reminded of your
appointments at the same time for both Outlook and your Storm.
2. Select the check boxes for the data you want to synchronize.
3. Click the Synchronize button.
Synchronize starts running the synchronization, and you see a progress
screen. If you set up prompts for conflicts, and Synchronize encounters
one, a screen appears so that you can resolve that conflict. When fin-
ished, the progress screen disappears and the Synchronize screen
reappears.
If you turned on automatic synchronization (see the next section), the
items you select in Step 2 automatically sync every time you connect
your Storm to your PC.
4. Click the Close button.
Synchronizing automatically
How many times do you think you reconfigure your Synchronize setup?
Rarely, right? After you have it configured, that's it. And if you're like us,
the reason you open BlackBerry Desktop Manager is to run Synchronize. So
opening Synchronize and clicking the Synchronize button are annoying.
To make Synchronize run automatically every time you connect your
Storm to your PC, simply make sure that you select the last check box on
the Synchronize screen (refer to Figure 15-4, earlier in this chapter) —
Synchronize the Selected Items When Your Device Is Connected to the
BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
You may be asking, "What items will autosynchronization sync?" Good ques-
tion. Synchronize automatically syncs the items you selected in the top por-
tion of the Synchronize screen. Note that if you make a change, selecting or
deselecting an item on the Synchronize screen, only the selected items will
be synced automatically the next time you connect your Storm to your PC.
The focus of your Mac activities — such as data synchronization and data
backup on the BlackBerry — is BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac has been a highly anticipated software
program for a good reason: Folks in the Mac world have been waiting for