Tips for Tuesday: Take a screenshot of your BlackBerry from your Mac

Screenshotting on your BlackBerry is nothing new. There are tons and tons of apps that can get the job done, right from your BlackBerry smartphone. Of course, sometimes you want to use those screenshots on your computer, so you’ll have to transfer them. Some apps make it a bit easy, with an email option in the menu, but others do not. Also, you have to purchase most decent screenshot apps. If you have JavaLoader on your PC, you’re all taken care of. But what about Mac folks? RIM recently released documentation for taking a screenshot from Desktop Manager for Mac. Check it out. After you connect to your Mac via USB cable, you open the Terminal app — located in Applications – Utilities — and type the following two lines: cd /Application/BlackBerry Desktop Software.app/Contents/MacOS
./bbdm screenshot active ~/Desktop/screenshot.png If you password protect your BlackBerry, you’ll have to enter: ./bbdm -password <password> Where <password> is obviously your password. Any plans to take advantage of this feature? Via BerryReview.

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