When I first bought my Blackberry Pearl, not knowing better, I loaded up Roxio Media Manager and attempted to transfer my music from my computer to my new phone. I quickly found out the Roxio software was slow and didn't keep all the artist and song information I put into iTunes. So, when my wife finally got her Blackberry Pearl, I warned her about not using Roxio.
I quickly told my wife how to do it the easy way using Windows Explorer instead of Roxio. Somehow I didn't communicate something or she didn't hear right. The good news is, because of this, she made a great little discovery that I had no idea was possible. I assume most other Blackberry Pearl owners don't know either.
You Can Go From iTunes to Your Blackberry Pearl in One Easy Step.
This was a departure from what I thought was the best way to move my songs to my Pearl. I had always opened two Explorer windows and transferred the songs from my iTunes directory over to my Blackberry Pearl folder. Instead, my wife only opened one Explorer window and then opened up iTunes. That's when I saw her click and drag music directly from the iTunes program to the Blackberry Pearl folder.
As you know, iTunes is very good at searching and sorting your music so you narrow down what's listed to exactly what you want. With everything you're searching for listed, it's easy to click them all and drag them over.
What's cool is, I created a new playlist called "Blackberry Pearl". This makes it very easy for me to drag whatever music I want into this playlist and it's ready to go the next time I connect with my Peal. If you click on the Blackberry Pearl playlist, all of the songs you want on your phone will be all on one page. It's easy to select them all and drag them over to the Blackberry folder in Windows Explorer. Note, you are not able to select and drag the playlist, only the songs. But you can select all the songs at once. As Windows attempts to move the songs over, it will warn you of duplicates. When it asks if you want to replace the duplicate, click no to all. It's just very similar to a one-way sync.
This method of transfer will preserve all of your song title, artist, and even genre information from iTunes. Once you have your media on your Blackberry Pearl, you can create your playlists.
It's not easy for a tech-guy like me to admit my non-techie wife taught me something "technical" but I'm ok with it. This has made moving music so much easier and straight forward. I'm gladly giving her all the credit. Enjoy this new shortcut and it will make life with your Pearl much more enjoyable. - 16890
I quickly told my wife how to do it the easy way using Windows Explorer instead of Roxio. Somehow I didn't communicate something or she didn't hear right. The good news is, because of this, she made a great little discovery that I had no idea was possible. I assume most other Blackberry Pearl owners don't know either.
You Can Go From iTunes to Your Blackberry Pearl in One Easy Step.
This was a departure from what I thought was the best way to move my songs to my Pearl. I had always opened two Explorer windows and transferred the songs from my iTunes directory over to my Blackberry Pearl folder. Instead, my wife only opened one Explorer window and then opened up iTunes. That's when I saw her click and drag music directly from the iTunes program to the Blackberry Pearl folder.
As you know, iTunes is very good at searching and sorting your music so you narrow down what's listed to exactly what you want. With everything you're searching for listed, it's easy to click them all and drag them over.
What's cool is, I created a new playlist called "Blackberry Pearl". This makes it very easy for me to drag whatever music I want into this playlist and it's ready to go the next time I connect with my Peal. If you click on the Blackberry Pearl playlist, all of the songs you want on your phone will be all on one page. It's easy to select them all and drag them over to the Blackberry folder in Windows Explorer. Note, you are not able to select and drag the playlist, only the songs. But you can select all the songs at once. As Windows attempts to move the songs over, it will warn you of duplicates. When it asks if you want to replace the duplicate, click no to all. It's just very similar to a one-way sync.
This method of transfer will preserve all of your song title, artist, and even genre information from iTunes. Once you have your media on your Blackberry Pearl, you can create your playlists.
It's not easy for a tech-guy like me to admit my non-techie wife taught me something "technical" but I'm ok with it. This has made moving music so much easier and straight forward. I'm gladly giving her all the credit. Enjoy this new shortcut and it will make life with your Pearl much more enjoyable. - 16890
About the Author:
Paul Herrington frequently writes about the Blackberry 8100 and loves to help people maximize their use of Blackberry music management.
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