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From: zoara on 10 May 2010 11:21 Mark <captain.black(a)gmail.com> wrote: > 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> > By the look of it, that app is just a layer on top of iPhone Explorer, which seems to exploit the "data as images" loophole I was talking about. See Lifehacker's screenshot at http://j.mp/cfRZ54 - it shows the "root" as the parent of the DCIM folder used by cameras (including the one on the iPhone) to store images. It's not the real root. It's a clever hack, but a loophole that Apple doesn't want to allow. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Chris Ridd on 10 May 2010 11:36 On 2010-05-10 16:21:50 +0100, zoara said: > 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? The iWork apps for iPad can do this, so I think that makes it official. Well, depending on the country you're in having iPads etc. Incidentally "printing will come" according to Steve Jobs. <http://www.tipb.com/2010/05/10/steve-jobs-printing-ipad/> -- Chris
From: Rowland McDonnell on 11 May 2010 15:37 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > 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... <shrug> If I could find one, I'd not be asking here. 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 11 May 2010 15:37 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote: > > zoara said: [snip] > > AIUI it copies stuff into iTunes, so isn't a sync as such. What does that mean? > No, but it explains why Apple clamped down on unofficial methods. Not to me it doesn't. Can anyone give a real explanation of *HOW* Apple stopped people writing syncing software? .... and why. 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: Woody on 11 May 2010 16:17
Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > P.S. btw, I'm not sure why this firm says it removed this ability to > avoid violation of Apple's rules. Surely that only matters if you want > co-operation from Apple? And I can't see why this firm would need it. It is up to apple whether they arbitrarily remove your software from their store, making it impossible to sell your software. And as they don't ahve to give any reason why they did it, it is probably wise to keep with their rules. -- Woody www.alienrat.com |