You use iTunes on your Windows system to purchase and listen to music? You don’t have an iPod, and perhaps don’t really want to get one, as you have a Blackberry and have already found that it’s a great media player complete with stereo Bluetooth capability.
Thing is iTunes can only sync with an iPod or iPhone right?
Wrong!
When you got your Blackberry, you got a CD with it, with Blackberry Desktop Manager on it. You can use it to update your Blackberry software or install new apps, via USB. There’s also an option to install Media Sync, and this will give you the capability to sync your iTunes with your Blackberry.
You probably already know you can set up playlists in iTunes? Well you can select which of these playlists you want to sync with your Blackberry.
If like me, you’ve got way more music that would fit on any mobile player, you can selective sync using playlists.
When you’re in iTunes, create a new playlist. Fill it with the tunes you want to sync with your Blackberry. Then when you sync, the tunes will get transferred to your phone, and when you go into the Blackberry Media app on your device, you’ll see that playlist.
Remember, that all recent Blackberries have Stereo Bluetooth so you can use a headset like the Motorola HT820 and enjoy your music in great quality too.
OK, that’s great you say, but being a geeky type, you’ve installed the beta or RC of Windows 7, and you get an error, when you try to install Media Sync on your PC.
Simple!
Do the following.
- Download the Media Sync File
- Extract the contents of the file (it’s really a self-extracting zip file, even though it’s an exe). Use something like 7-Zip or Winrar to do this.
- Press Windows + R on your keyboard, type in ‘cmd’ (without the quotes), to bring up a terminal window.
- Navigate to the folder where you extracted the contents of the zip file above.
- Find the .msi file, It’s a great long name.
- Rename it to something like 1.msi to make the next instruction easier.
- Now type ‘msiexec /a 1.msi’ without the quotes, and press enter.
- When the window pops up, extract the files and tell the system where to. These are where the actual program files will reside, so something like c:\Program Files\BBMediaSync will make sense (or whatever your drive letter is, if not C)
- Using the Windows + R combination again, bring up a terminal window, and type regsrv32 ‘c:\Program Files\BBMediaSync\BBDeviceFileAccess.dll’ (if using the suggested path) WITH the quotes this time.
- Using Windows Explorer navigate to that folder you’ve just installed to, and find the application ‘BlackBerry Music Sync. exe’ Right-click and send a shortcut to the desktop.
- Connect your Blackberry via USB cable, Click the desktop shortcut icon you’ve just made, and then follow the program prompts to sync your music.
- That’s it! Enjoy!
