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From: Pd on 9 May 2010 17:36 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > 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. Can't you print your notes to PDF and put those on the iPod/iPhone? That's how my wife carries documents she wants access to. I think she might use an app to do transfer them though, but I know it doesn't go through a website or online repository. -- Pd
From: zoara on 9 May 2010 18:13 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > 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 :-) Ouch. What the hell happened there? -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Rowland McDonnell on 9 May 2010 19:13 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. Hmm - righto. One might have thought that someone might have written an app that'll write to the standard notes file that gets synched. But if not, so it goes. > > > 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. Uhuh. > 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. Hmm - righto (again). > > 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. Okay. So be it. Cheers, 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 9 May 2010 19:13 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > 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: [snip] > > > 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. Righto - ta. I think it'd be easier to do it via Mail.app than that method. 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 10 May 2010 06:49
Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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. It was my understanding that this was never an official feature and was a loophole that Apple forgot to close. Didn't most apps that did this save "images" to the photo album or something? > 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. Stanza did it as well, I think. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |