Posts Tagged ‘Tips and Tutorials’

Viigo FINALLY Adds Keyboard Shortcuts to Send Articles!

Keyboard shortcuts for common functions. While Viigo has yet to get around the bug of using the spacebar to page down in articles, now they have added two new shortcuts.
You can now forward an article by email by hitting the “F” key and you can send the article to yourself using the “S” key. I [...]

Guides: BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac

For years, Windows users have enjoyed the seamless Synchronization of their contacts, calendar, notes and tasks with their PC via the BlackBerry® Desktop Manager Software. Now, for the first time, this “piece of mind” that comes with knowing your data is fully “backed up” is available to the Mac® user.
If you are a Windows user, [...]

How to: Install or Upgrade BlackBerry Operating System (OS)

Research In Motion (RIM) is constantly developing and testing new software and applications for your BlackBerry.  Keeping up to date with the newest operating system (OS) software for your smartphone ensures that you have access to all the latest and greatest features and performance tweaks.  With the official release of BlackBerry OS v4.5 on the [...]

How to: Downgrade Your Blackberry OS

Today’s lesson will be on how to downgrade the OS (operating system a.k.a firmware a.k.a device software) on your BlackBerry. Some of you may have chosen to upgrade to 5.0 or some other OS that isn’t just right for you. Luckily, BlackBerry smartphones are one of the easiest (in my opinion) to downgrade. I chose [...]

How to Recover a Dead Blackberry

When your device fails to start, it show one of these symptoms:
1. Totally dead.
2. Trying to restart, LED activity only.
3. Failed to start, a white screen with an error message.

How to Reload the Operating System on a Nuked BlackBerry

The Nuked Berry Problem
The fundamental problem with the Nuked Berry scenario is that because the device is stuck in a permanent reboot sequence or loop, when you attach it your computer via USB cable it simply connects and disconnects over and over and over again (you’ll just keep hearing that USB detected/unplugged noise) as the [...]

How To: Sync Contacts To Your Blackberry With Mac

Many people just don’t get how to put in contacts into their new Blackberry. Some have difficulties moving their contacts from their old phones, some other just don’t have any idea how to. Now, I’m going to guide you to properly sync your Blackberry with your Mac. However, this is not just a plug-and-sync. Quite [...]

How to Boot Your BlackBerry in Safe Mode

Over the weekend my Tour had a minor disagreement with an app I installed. I tried to reboot after I added the application, and my device wouldn’t boot past the VZW splash screen. I had no access to a PC, so I was stuck with a dead device for two days. In my research and [...]

BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac Walkthrough

Can you feel it? It’s getting close to September, and we know hope that BlackBerry Desktop Manager for Mac is only a few weeks away. We got a good look at most of the included features, and now BGR has posted a great walkthrough of the entire package. It shouldn’t be long before we see [...]

Use Your BlackBerry as a Modem on a Mac

Those of you looking to tether your BlackBerry to your Mac look no further. RIM has published an article with a step-by-step of just how to do it. The article How to set up an IP modem using Bluetooth on an Apple Macintosh computer has plain and simple steps to get the job done.