Overview

Get the most out of your BlackBerry® smartphone with BlackBerry® Desktop Software—an integrated suite of applications that manages the link between your BlackBerry smartphone and your email account, organizer and more.

BlackBerry Desktop Software Features

BlackBerry Desktop Software runs on your desktop PC, allowing you to:

Keep Your Desktop and Smartphone Data Organized

• Synchronize your email and organizer information (calendar, contacts, memos and tasks) between your BlackBerry smartphone and your PC
• Back up information from your smartphone to your PC or restore previously saved files

Easily Transfer Files, Music and Data

• Transfer files between your computer and your BlackBerry smartphone’s internal memory or optional media card¹ 
• Use Roxio® Media Manager⁶; for easy management of your video and music files
• Use BlackBerry® Media Sync to transfer your desktop iTunes® music files to your BlackBerry® smartphone^2,3,4,5
• Migrate data from a BlackBerry smartphone, Palm® Treo or Windows Mobile® based device to a new BlackBerry smartphone⁶

Add New Software and Upgrades

• Load new applications and upgrades from your PC to your BlackBerry smartphone

Manage Your Enterprise Email

• Create an auto signature to be included in the body of your outgoing email messages⁷
• Filter the email messages you receive on your BlackBerry smartphone by key words and message fields⁷

BlackBerry Desktop Software Downloads

• Download BlackBerry Desktop Software including service packs
• Get BlackBerry Desktop Software system requirements

BlackBerry for Mac

Download PocketMac® for BlackBerry to synchronize your information between your Mac applications and your BlackBerry smartphone.

Need Help?

Visit BlackBerry Software Support for BlackBerry Desktop Software help including guides, manuals, upgrade instructions and more.

¹Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 or higher and BlackBerry® Device Software v4.2 or higher.
²For BlackBerry Media Sync to work your media enabled BlackBerry smartphone must be connected to your computer via a USB cable. Certain music files may not be supported by the media player, including incompatible file types and files that contain digital rights management technologies.
³BlackBerry Media Sync is compatible with devices featuring BlackBerry Device software v4.2 or higher. Devices that do not feature built-in mass storage capabilities (significant amounts of on-board memory) will require a microSD card to be properly inserted. This includes the BlackBerry® 8100 Series, the BlackBerry® 8300 Series and the BlackBerry 8800 Series.
⁴Media Sync is compatible with 32-bit editions of Windows XP Service Pack 2 which can be used with iTunes version 7.0 or higher AND 32-bit editions of Windows Vista which can be used with iTunes version 7.2 or higher. Not compatible Windows 2000 or with MAC OS.
⁵All applicable charges will still apply for the purchase of music from iTunes.
⁶Requires BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.2 SP2 or higher.
⁷Requires integration with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server.

System Requirements for BlackBerry Desktop Software v4.7

To install BlackBerry® Desktop Software v4.7, you'll need to meet the minimum system requirements listed below.

Hardware Requirements

• Intel® compatible 486 or higher computer that is compliant with USB 1.1 or higher and has an available USB port
• Microsoft® Windows® 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista™
• Roxio® Media Manager • Windows Vista Home/Business/Ultimate, Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit
• Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro/MCE (Service Pack 2), Microsoft Windows XP Pro x64 Edition, Microsoft Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4 or later)
• BlackBerry® smartphone using version 4.2.0 or later of the BlackBerry Device Software
• 1.4 GHz Intel Pentium® 4 or equivalent; 256 MB RAM (512MB or more recommended)
• 300 MB of free hard disk space for typical installation of all components
• 1024x768, 16-bit color graphics card; 24-bit or 32-bit true color recommended
• DirectX 9 or higher compatible sound card and graphics card
• Windows Media® Player 10 or higher for Windows Vista and Microsoft Windows XP systems
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 or higher

Organizer Support

• IBM Lotus Notes 6, 6.5, 7, 8
• Microsoft Outlook 2002, 2003, 2007
• Microsoft Outlook Express 6, Microsoft Windows Contacts (Vista Address Book)
• Novell® GroupWise® 6.5, 7.0
• Yahoo!® PIM

Migrating Data

When migrating data to a new BlackBerry smartphone using the Switch Device wizard, the smartphone you are replacing must have one of the following software versions:

• Smartphone or Pocket PC running Windows®  Mobile 2000, 2002, 2003, 2003 SE, 5.0, 2005 or 6.0.
• Palm®  Treo™ smartphone using Palm Desktop Software 4.0.1, 4.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.4e, or 6.01.

For Enterprise Integration with BlackBerry® Enterprise Server

• Microsoft® Exchange, Microsoft® Outlook® 2000, 2003, XP or 2007 (corporate or workgroup installation) with an email account on a Microsoft Exchange Server version 5.5 Service Pack 4 or later that can receive messages from the Internet

• IBM® Lotus Notes® 5.0.6 or later with an email account on an IBM® Lotus® Domino® Server version 5.03 or later (5.0.12 or later recommended) that can receive messages from the Internet

• Novell® GroupWise® version 6.5 Service Pack 4 with an email account on a GroupWise® server version 6.5 Service Pack 1 or later that can receive messages from the Internet

Check the System Requirements for Previous Versions of BlackBerry Desktop Software: