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From: Rowland McDonnell on 8 May 2010 20:08 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've got an iPod touch and I'd like to stick a text note on it > > > > > from a > > > > > Mac. > > > > > > > > > > I've looked in iTunes help to see if the job's do-able, and > > > > > drawn a > > > > > blank. > > > > > > > > > > The iTunes UI shows a `Sync notes' entry - can anyone explain > > > > > what it > > > > > does? > > > > > > > > It syncs the notes that you can make within mail with the notepad > > > > on the > > > > iPod. > > > > > > Hmm - is there no other way of getting `notes' onto an iPod? > > > > I am sure there must be some other applications that do note sync but > > I > > have never used any. > > Simplenote syncs with notational velocity What does that mean? > and notebook syncs with > toodledo.com Erm, not wanting to be awkward, but I was hoping for something that permitted notes to be written on a Mac and transferred to an iPod Touch while also keeping the data private. And that means `not on the 'net'. > - and there are plenty of others (free and paid) in the app > store. Doesn't that just sell apps to run on the iPod Touch/iPhone? > Or there's pastebot, which allows you to copy-paste between Mac and > iPod/iPhone... I want to be able to transfer notes from Mac to iPod/iPhone. Not sure what pasting between the two gadgets means - can anyone explain? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Rowland McDonnell on 8 May 2010 20:27 Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: > usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk (Woody) wrote: > >Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > >> I'm looking for a way to make notes on a Mac and transfer them to the > >> iPod Touch. > > > >Yes, there are some of those. Generally I am guessing they don't use the > >current 'notes' application, but use their own, normally with additional > >features (like the ability to change the font). > > Evernote is one such - an iPhoneOS app plus the obvious website. Umm. Evernote doesn't do what I'm after. Is there any software out there that has the ability to let one write a note on a Mac and transfer it to an iPod Touch/iPhone via the cable between Mac and iPod, just doing that job? It's important to avoid an on-line go-between. Mail.app can do it, but it's a bit ugly to have to set up and use Mail.app when the only thing you use it for is transferring text from Mac to iPod. Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: zoara on 9 May 2010 06:42 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Woody <usenet(a)alienrat.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rowland McDonnell > > > > > <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I've got an iPod touch and I'd like to stick a text note on > > > > > > it > > > > > > from a > > > > > > Mac. > > > > > > > > > > > > I've looked in iTunes help to see if the job's do-able, and > > > > > > drawn a > > > > > > blank. > > > > > > > > > > > > The iTunes UI shows a `Sync notes' entry - can anyone > > > > > > explain > > > > > > what it > > > > > > does? > > > > > > > > > > It syncs the notes that you can make within mail with the > > > > > notepad > > > > > on the > > > > > iPod. > > > > > > > > Hmm - is there no other way of getting `notes' onto an iPod? > > > > > > I am sure there must be some other applications that do note sync > > > but > > > I > > > have never used any. > > > > Simplenote syncs with notational velocity > > What does that mean? Two apps. Google for more info. > > and notebook syncs with > > toodledo.com > > Erm, not wanting to be awkward, but I was hoping for something that > permitted notes to be written on a Mac and transferred to an iPod > Touch > while also keeping the data private. And that means `not on the > 'net'. Fair enough. > > - and there are plenty of others (free and paid) in the app > > store. > > Doesn't that just sell apps to run on the iPod Touch/iPhone? Yup. But you download a companion app for the Mac, either from the same vendor or someone else. Best to start at the app store as they will say what Mac apps or services they sync with. The reverse is often not the case; Notebook mentions ToodleDo, but ToodleDo doesn't mention Notebook. > > Or there's pastebot, which allows you to copy-paste between Mac and > > iPod/iPhone... > > I want to be able to transfer notes from Mac to iPod/iPhone. Not sure > what pasting between the two gadgets means - can anyone explain? Running Pastebot on the iPod will copy the iPod's clipboard contents to the Mac. Adding something to the Mac clipboard when Pastebot is running will copy that data to the iPod's clipboard. Not useful for full-on syncing, but might help if you only want to transfer the contents of a handful of notes. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 9 May 2010 07:48 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > Mail.app can do it, but it's a bit ugly to have to set up and use > > Mail.app when the only thing you use it for is transferring text from > > Mac to iPod. > > If you sincerely need to do it by cable, it's you're only choice. Agreed, to the best of my knowledge. Apart from the hideous you're/your slip :-) Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Mark on 9 May 2010 11:57
zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > > Is there any software out there that has the ability to let one > > write > > a > > note on a Mac and transfer it to an iPod Touch/iPhone via the cable > > between Mac and iPod, just doing that job? > > No, as Apple don't allow apps access to the iTunes sync. Third party > apps cannot sync using the cable, at least not without jailbreaking > your > iPod. Many apps will sync via local wifi or over the net. > > > > It's important to avoid an on-line go-between. > > You're probably going to struggle with this requirement as most app > combos out there (eg Simplenote and Notational Velocity) sync via the > net. They're both local apps (Simplenote is an iPhone app, and > Notational Velocity a Mac app) but both sync to a repository stored > online. > > There are apps out there that will sync over local wifi - you have an > app on the Mac and one on the PC (maybe by the same vendor, maybe not) > - > but I don't know what they are, as I find "cloud" syncing more useful > than local network syncing. An app store search should find one, bit > you > may find you have to try a few out. > > > > Mail.app can do it, but it's a bit ugly to have to set up and use > > Mail.app when the only thing you use it for is transferring text > > from > > Mac to iPod. > > If you sincerely need to do it by cable, it's you're only choice. > Perhaps if you jailbreak there will be something that will sync over > cable but i don't know. > > -zoara- > Certain apps /did/ have the ability to sync via USB, but Apple decided that facility should not be available via a third-party app, and that it should be removed. I have GoodReader, and it was removed in newer versions of this (as of...January? February?), although as long as you had already purchased the app the ability to USB sync was retained. -- Cheers ... Mark |