You mention here an adapter from apple that allows you to move files, I
assume media specifically, over to directories on the phone from the
computer. Do these adapters require software to go along side them to
allow access to the phone's filesystem, software like sharepod, etc, and
does this allow you to pull music from the device, even without having
to have the files already stored within ITunes on the computer? I
understand that installing some sort of file manager on the phone would
give partial access to those areas allowed to it, if it were connected
to dropbox or a wireless device as you mentioned here, but how well does
that work for all types of media other than music, like audio books.
Also, does installing a file manager on the phone give complete access
to all media on a phone, without you having to jealbreak?
I'm mainly curious as one major downfall I have with storing my music
and books on my phone is the ability to retrieve them from the phone if
I no longer have them in my ITunes library on my computer. There's
plenty of software for doing this, but as far as I've been able to
figure out, not much of it is accessible.
If I could purchase an device to make a connection from the phone to the
computer and have the ability to copy my media straight over to the
phone, I'd be a happy camper for sure.
Thanks.
Blessings.
On 10/12/2014 7:36 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
I’ve decided to post an eMail on this subject for a variety of reasons, the
main being that there seems to be a myth doing the rounds, the myth says that
its impossible! to play third party content such as different audio file
formats etc on an iPhone or other IOS devices.
This is - to a major extent - true if you’re using say the iPhone’s “Music
Player” App. This - to me at least - is not a big issue as every operating
system with its built-in features does have its limitations, you cannot - as
far as I know - play FLAC files in Windows Media Player for example unless you
use a third party plug-in so essentially we’re referring to the same type of
problem but with different operating systems.
The other annoyance with IOS is that - unless you have an adapter available
from Apple - you cannot copy your music files from say your computer over a USB
connection to a particular folder on your iPhone of your choosing but again,
there are ways around that snag.
Okay so its best not to focus on what can’t be done and focus on what can be
done so let’s do that with IOS.
The first App you’ll need is a Player and there are several good one’s out
there but for the sake of simplicity let’s focus on two, oOplayer and File
Browser, both do exactly what their names suggest.
With both you can set up remote locations such as a Dropbox account, computer
on a local or remote network, UPNP/DLNA device and so on, when configured you
can then select what files you wish to hear or view.
Now supposing you want to take your iPhone away from any network and want your
favourite music to accompany you? No problem as both the aforementioned Apps
will allow you to download your Music from a specific point - computer, Dropbox
account etc - right to a folder on your iPhone where you can browse, play and
manipulate your files to your hearts content.
So this brings us to another possibly challenging topic, iPhones have only so
much storage space so what if you have thousands upon thousands of files you
wish to access at any one time or supposing your music collection is in a
Lossless format that takes up a good deal of space?
If this is the case then its time to look at a pocket sized hard drive with a
built-in Wi-Fi network, I mentioned my Skyshare drive towards the end of last
week and this drive has its own built-in Wi-Fi network which the iPhone can
connect to.
Once connected the Apps I mentioned earlier - oOplayer and File Browser - have
direct access to the drive thus the content you’ve placed too the drive.
The Skyshare drive on the surface looks like any other portable hard drive, it
has a USB port on the back for connection to a computer with a USB 3.0 port for
the copying and manipulation of content, you can also use the Wi-Fi abilities
of the drive for copying/manipulating files though this process is considerably
slower when compared to USB 3.0 or even 2.
