Nokia gets Mac-friendly with Media Transfer Beta

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 11th 2007 at 8:12AM

iSync's all well and good for the basics, but until now, Mac users have been left without a factory-supported option for transferring the good stuff -- music, pics, and apps -- from their phones to their computers and back. Enter Media Transfer, which (as the name implies) readily handles transfers between Macs and a variety of Nseries handsets via USB or Bluetooth. iTunes (only DRM-free files, including iTunes Plus), pictures, and video are all supported; the software tries to convert pretty much anything you can throw at it into a format your phone will support. Hit the link to see if the Nokia of your choice is compatible during the don't-blame-us-if-it's-buggy beta period, but be forewarned: if you don't sport an Nseries, don't even bother, 'cause your device ain't in the list yet (we're looking straight at you, E62 owners).

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Filed under: Multimedia, Software, Nokia

Tags: apple, itunes, mac, media transfer, MediaTransfer, nokia

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Chris Walters @ Jun 11th 2007 8:35AM

I'm underwhelmed--the iPhoto syncing is a nice feature, at least in theory. But since I tend to keep a lot of photos on my phone indefinitely, I'd hate to waste time "importing" and canceling out duplicates every time I plugged in my phone.

The other features are things that already exist, at least on newer Nokia phones. You can connect via usb or select "Browse Device" from your computer's Bluetooth menu and see the file directory of both the phone's built-in memory and the inserted memory card--then just drag and drop anything you like to the phone.

There's also a terrific open source app for iTunes called iTuneMyWalkman, which allows you to sync your library to your non-iPod device--in my case, my Nokia phone--whenever you connect it via usb.

What would be NICE to have is a Mac version of the Nokia PC Suite, which backs up messages and notes and converts movies to the proper format for your phone before uploading them. Oh well.

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Alex @ Jun 11th 2007 11:54AM

Not home to try this on my mac yet, but:
Does Anyone Know if the Photo Sync Will Work with Aperture???

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