Sync iCloud enabled iCal and address book to BlackBerry handhelds
November 6th, 2011, Hedi Regaya | 14 Comments »
All of you have noticed it is not possible to sync your BlackBerry handhelds with your Mac after upgrading to iCloud anymore.
First thing you may need to consider, Apple will not provide with a solution to this problem, why? Because they actually prefer you to buy an iPhone,
Second thing to know, BlackBerry will not provide with a solution (unless they release a new version of their BlackBerry Desktop Software) because this problem is caused by a third party application.
Well, here is a workaround provided by MacAmour in order to sync your devices anyway.
Just follow these four steps:
- Open your System Preferences panel and go to iCloud:
- Disable Address Book and iCal sync by unselecting them
- Start BlackBerry Desktop Software and you’ll notice it is possible to sync your BlackBerry with address book and iCal again
- Don’t forget to re-enable the services your disabled in step 2.
Posted in BlackBerry, dotmac & MobileMe
tried it, still got same error message
Really with the support of mac software Blackberry is more useful and also look absolutely stunning.
I have tried this as well as various other help websites and my calendar is still not syncing to my BB. I have a BB9300 curve and a Macbook pro with Lion and the problems seem to have occurred since I changed to iCloud
This doesn’t work. Once you disable Calendars, it removes it from the computer. There is no choice to leave the calendars on the computer.
Doesn’t work at all!!!
Thanks 100x for that. i was in despair and about to walk out and get an iPod that I did not really want (just something else to carry!). Your solution seems to have worked a treat.
Gerry
Thank you, struggled a whole morning on my own until finding this post.
Thanks a lot I wanted to wanted know about Mac Sync for BlackBerry. This information seems the best.
Thanks Again.
Lame. I really don’t like macs. Biggest company in the world and they can’t realize a non-buggy software. Can’t stand it.
When I disabled iCloud then the entries disappeared from my calendar so there was nothing to sync.
Great fix with one exception. iCloud leaves your address book data but removes your calender data. An easy fix is to create a new calendar on you Mac, copy all your other calendars to it, (before you leave the cloud) and your BB will work just fine. Done very quickly.
It Worked! I spend hours upon hours on various forums trying to get iCal to synch with my BlackBerry again.
Thank you!
It worked! Many, many thanks
You honestly outdid yourself this time. I’m impressed