Installers: correlate of hate

The degree of hatefulness for a Mac installer often correlates to the degree of hatefulness for the software it installs. Adobe Creative Suite is this rule’s exemplar. And if you have a Blackberry mobile phone you may have had fun trying to get the PocketMac for Blackberry software working.

The PocketMac installation experience is pretty poor. Not surprisingly it uses Mindvision’s Installer Vise. But the developers have really pushed the boat out and gone to the trouble of using an Apple installer package icon for the install application. Do not be deceived! It is an application, not a package.

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And if you succeed in installing the sync application, don’t expect it to work unless you happen to have learnt that you should only connect the Blackberry to the USB cable after you have opened the sync application.