The Syncing Apple An Exploration of Technology and Devices

Glutton for Punishment or A Fool and His Money

So as soon as I heard about Information Appliance Associates BlackBerry Sync I went over and purchased it. I had already been completely burned by their PocketMac PocketPC sync a few years ago-- It didn't sync right and removing it caused my Mac to not be able to login (it messed up something in the login sequence), I had to eventually re-install to get back to where I wanted to be. But I got this, cause I love my BB. But I'm sorry I did. These people are bad programmers. It screwed up my Address Book on the Mac (It removed all entries after 'D'). It duplicated all the addresses on my BB. It doesn't log a thing. Its difficult to stop or remove. Basically, it sucks. IAA support is spotty and while they do eventually get back to you, it will take a while. Plus, like I said, their de-install methods are horrible. I'm sorry I got it and I won't let their software get anywhere near my Mac ever again. The only cool thing about it was that it allows you to use it on two macs. BTW, here is a proper removal procedure that for some reason they can't even publish. Stay away from this if you value you data. Luckily, my Address Book data was also on my ibook, and by using .Mac I was able to recover it all. IAA had no explanation for the data-loss.