S60 Mac OS X
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Synchronizing Contacts, Calendar, ToDo's...
iSync is a nice utility that comes with Mac OS X to synchronize Address Book, iCal, and ToDo list entries with mobile phones over Bluetooth. A number of phones are supported out of the box (see here); support for additional Nokia phones (such as the N95) can be added by downloading the Nokia iSync plugin.
If you already paired your phone with your Mac over Bluetooth prior to installing the appropriate iSync plugin for your phone, you may need to reconfigure the Bluetooth link. Go to System Preferences -> Bluetooth, select your phone, and from the pulldown menu at the bottom of the device selection pane, select "Configure this device...". You should now see the option "Set up iSync to transfer contacts and events" - make sure it is checked.
Transferring Files, Pictures, Music
There are several options for transferring data between your Mac and your phone, both over Bluetooth (wireless connection) and USB (wired connection).
First, once you have paired your phone with your Mac over Bluetooth, you can immediately send files or browse your phone's filesystem via the Bluetooth status applet in your menu bar. (If you do not see this applet, enable it by selecting "Show Blueooth status in the menu bar" in the "Blueooth" System Preferences panel first). Choose "Send File..." to send a file to the phone's messaging inbox; open it on the phone simply by opening this message. (This is a quick way to send e.g. .SIS/.SISX/.JAD/.JAR files for installation). Or you can select "Browse Device" to open a simple Bluetooth device browser, in which you can do simple operations (e.g. create directory, move items, drag/drop files to/from your Mac OS X desktop).
Next, when you connect your phone to your computer with a USB cable, you have a choice between several "modes" (PC Suite, Data transfer, Image print, or Media Player - the exact choices may vary by phone). If you select the Data transfer mode, the phone's mass memory device (memory card or built-in mass storage device) will be mounted as a disk drive on your Mac desktop, where you can simply drag and drop files to and from the Mac. By default, iPhoto also opens up, allowing you to import any photos from this drive (if not, open the "Image Capture" utility, then in the application menu, select "Preferences", and change the "When a camera is connected, open:" to your liking). Note that while in this mode, the phone itself will not be able to access the mass memory ("Drive E:"), so some applications might not run. Also, your Mac will store various "hidden" files and directories on the drive (named such things as ".DS_Store", ".Trash", "._.Trash", ".fseventsd"...), containing resource information, Finder settings, and the like; if you later want to remove these, you will need a file manager capable of viewing these items (e.g. the excellent Y-Browser by DrJukka).
Finally, for Nokia phones, another and perhaps cleaner option is to download and install Nokia Multimedia Transfer. This is a Menu Bar applet that communicates with the phone either over USB (with the phone in PC Suite mode) or over Bluetooth, and has various options for downloading and/or synchronizing photos to iPhoto, songs and playlists to/from iTunes, and browser bookmarks to/from Safari. It also has a generic "Device Browser" that allows you to access the phone's file system (both the phone memory/drive "C:" and mass storage/drive "E:") to browse and transfer files by between your Mac OS X system and the phone. To use it, you select the PC Suite mode when connecting your phone to your Mac. Tip: Set this as the default mode, and disable the "Ask on connection" option on your phone (go to Settings -> Connection -> USB or similar).
Transferring any files between MAC computer and S60 phone wirelessly
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SymSMB for S60 3rd is the only software on Symbian platform that provides native wireless file access
between mobile phone and computer. No need to install anything on computer side.
Bidirectional access: from phone to computer and from computer to phone.
Supported Wireless protocols are: Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS, Bluetooth, WiMAX, others.
Supported computer operation systems are: Mac, Linux, XP, Vista, W2000, W2003.
The latest shareware version can be downloaded from Telexy Networks Inc.
website: www.telexy.com
Accessing the Internet through your phone's data connection
When you first pair the phone with your Mac over Bluetooth, you will be prompted whether you want to "Access the Internet with your phone's data connection". Make sure this is checked; reconfigure the Bluetooth link as described above if necessary.
Next, you will be prompted for various settings, such as the phone model and WAP settings for your cell phone provider's data plan (Username, password, APN). You can usually leave these at default/blank values, but in some cases you may need to get them from your provider.
Sample settings, for the Nokia N95 with AT&T Wireless (USA):
- Phone Vendor: Nokia
- Phone Model: GPRS (GSM/3G)
- Username: WAP@CINGULARGPRS.COM
- Password: CINGULAR1
- APN: wap.cingular
- Telephone number (may not be shown here): *99#
