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From: Mark on 10 May 2010 07:43 On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:49:08 +0100, zoara wrote (in article <1392067260295136038.719697me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>): > 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- > GoodReader had/has its own app <http://www.goodiware.com/gr-man-tr-usb.html> Mark
From: Mark on 10 May 2010 07:51 On Mon, 10 May 2010 12:43:59 +0100, Mark wrote (in article <0001HW.C80DB00F00795440B01AD9AF(a)eu.Usenet-News.net>): > On Mon, 10 May 2010 11:49:08 +0100, zoara wrote > (in article > <1392067260295136038.719697me18-privacy.net(a)news.individual.net>): > >> 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- >> > GoodReader had/has its own app <http://www.goodiware.com/gr-man-tr-usb.html> > > Mark > Hmmm...losing the plot a bit. Not so much 'sync' as just transfer files actually.. Mark
From: Chris Ridd on 10 May 2010 08:17 On 2010-05-10 11:49:08 +0100, zoara said: > 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? There's an officially blessed mechanism to do this on the iPad, ie OS 3.2, and I presume OS 4.0. AIUI it copies stuff into iTunes, so isn't a sync as such. -- Chris
From: zoara on 10 May 2010 08:40 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > 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. That's a thought, but I wouldn't know. I'd be interested if you discover that one does exist, though... -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: zoara on 10 May 2010 11:21
Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > On 2010-05-10 11:49:08 +0100, zoara said: > > > 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? > > There's an officially blessed mechanism to do this on the iPad, ie OS > 3.2, and I presume OS 4.0. I thought that only showed up in the betas and didn't make it out officially? > AIUI it copies stuff into iTunes, so isn't a sync as such. No, but it explains why Apple clamped down on unofficial methods. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm |