I tried searching for it, but came up empty handed. Is it possible to sideload .bar files on a mac without running windows in Bootcamp or as a VM?

yep, its a simple procedure using the terminal and the Playbook Tools provided by the PlayBook sdk

Give me a min and i'll look up the command. works wirelessly too

here ya go buddy! Happy bar sideloading!


0. Turn your device onto development mode under Settings > Security
1. Check to make sure you have the JRE installed for Mac by opening Java Preferences under Applications / Utilities
2. Download the Playbook Tools by Hatax at
Comcast
3. Once the download is complete, unzip the file, and place it in an easy place to find, for example, your desktop
4. Move all the files in the "lib" folder to the main "Playbook_Tools" folder
4.5 Placing whatever .bar file you want to side load into the Playbook_Tools folder will also save you a heap of trouble
5. Open terminal
6. Use the "cd" command to navigate to the directory you have Playbook_Tools
For example:

cd desktop
cd Playbook_tools

7. Run the command
Code:
java -Xmx512M -jar "BarDeploy.jar" -installApp -device THEDEVICEIPHERE -password THEDEVICEPASSWORDHERE your_app_here.bar
8. Terminal will initialize the installation, and run through the progress

PS: You can thank the OP here
http://forums.crackberry.com/playboo...ng-mac-642175/

Unfortunately, mikelcal, the files you posted aren't there anymore - it's a dead link.

Any way to repost or resend?

Much appreciated!

oops... i'll send you a link later today

If you could send it to me I would appreciate it ..thanks