Blackberry 9360 Help Manual page 135

RIM Confidential and Proprietary Information - Approved Third Parties
About transferring and synchronizing media files
You can connect your BlackBerry® smartphone to your computer to transfer and synchronize files between your smartphone
and your computer using a USB cable, or you can use Bluetooth® technology to send media files to or receive media files from
a Bluetooth enabled device.
The USB option in the dialog box that appears when you connect your smartphone to your computer with a USB cable allows
you to drag most files from a folder on your computer to a folder on your smartphone or media card. The media option in the
dialog box allows you to transfer media files that are protected with DRM to and from your smartphone. Both options allow
you to use the BlackBerry® Desktop Software to transfer files to and from your smartphone.
If you want to manage and preserve the information or the encryption that is associated with your media files when you
transfer files between your smartphone and your computer, use the media option in the BlackBerry Desktop Software. To
download the BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit
appropriate option for your computer.
Transfer a file from your computer to your smartphone using your smartphone as a USB
memory drive
You must use the BlackBerry® Desktop Software to manage and preserve the information or the encryption that is associated
with your media files when you transfer files between your BlackBerry smartphone and your computer.
1. Connect your smartphone to your computer using a USB cable.
2. Do one of the following:
• If you want to transfer most types of files, in the dialog box that appears on your smartphone, select the USB option.
• If you want to transfer media files that are protected with DRM, in the dialog box that appears on your smartphone,
select the media transfer option.
3. If necessary, type a password. Your smartphone appears as a drive on your computer.
4. Drag a file from a location on your computer to a folder on your smartphone.
To view the transferred file on your smartphone, disconnect your smartphone from your computer and find the file.
Related information
Transfer your media files from your computer to your smartphone using BlackBerry Desktop Software, 115
Transfer your media files from your computer to your smartphone using BlackBerry Desktop
Software
With the BlackBerry® Desktop Software, you can synchronize media files, including iTunes playlists and Windows Media®
Player playlists, to your BlackBerry smartphone. To download the BlackBerry Desktop Software, from your computer, visit
www.blackberry.com/desktop
1. Connect your smartphone to your computer.
2. On your smartphone, in the dialog box that appears, select any of the file transfer options.
and select the appropriate option for your computer.
www.blackberry.com/desktop and select the
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