Switching to Mac: Charging BlackBerry through USB port (PocketMac)
Posted by mikeg on November 13, 2008
When I travel I usually bring my laptop and with my Dell D830 I only had to bring a USB cable in order to charge my BlackBerry. I expected to do the same with with my MBP, but BlackBerry complained about “insufficient voltage”.
Turned out a pretty easy fix: download and install PocketMac. It automatically detects that BlackBerry is connected and adjust voltage on the USB port.
A few notes:
- Think of PocketMac a Mac version of Desktop Manager
- If you are using Exchange and over-the-air synchronization you will most likely want to disable all the synchronization features of PocketMac
- I turned off all syncs excepts Photos and Music
- At one point you had to pay for it, but it is free these days — looks like RIM is either sponsoring it or purchased the rights
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