Microsoft release beta 2 of Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac that addresses some of its major bugs and the app primarily tackles music and now fixes playback for the AAC files synced from iTunes that wouldn’t play.Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac is a application that enables you to synchronize your favorite music, videos, photos and podcasts from iTunes and iPhoto.
As earlier this month, Microsoft has released software allowing Mac users to synchronize media with a Windows Phone 7 device. Microsoft had held a media event earlier this month to its Windows Phone 7 operating system along with several handsets to be available over the next few months through a number of carriers. Now available from the, the application requires Mac OS 10.5 Leopard or higher and provides the following functionality: Windows Phone 7 Connector lets your syncronize your favorite music, videos, photos and podcasts from iTunes and iPhoto to your Windows Phone 7, so you can take your media with you wherever you go.Though no mention is made in the description for the beta Connector application, it's unlikely that any DRM-protected content purchased from the iTunes Store can be synchronized to a Windows Phone 7 device.
I recently got a new-to-me phone, an HTC HD7 identical to the old one except that the Bluetooth was functioning, which I needed to connect to the hands-free calling on my new car stereo. I gave the old phone to my daughter after wiping it and starting over. The problem is, when I sync it with the computer to put her pics on it, WP 7 Connector does not discriminate between the two phones, and loads all my contacts and email accounts onto her phone. Is there a way to separately sync the two phones? Also I tried to delete my Hotmail account from her phone, but there is no option. Her Gmail address can be deleted, but not Hotmail. Any way to do this without wiping the phone again and uninstalling and reinstalling WP 7 Connector?
- Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac is a free download and requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. To comment on this article and other Macworld content, visit our Facebook page or our Twitter feed.
- Windows Phone 7 devices have no Zune client to sync with a Mac, which would have.
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And would WP 7 Conn. Recognize them as separate phones even then?