Hi!

I know I've already replied to this eMail but I thought I'd reply again as I've 
given the subject under discussion a great deal of thought.

You want to transfer your media content such as music and so forth from your 
iPhone to your Windows PC using a USB cable as though your iPhone were a hard 
drive right/

Well I'm not so sure that this will be as straight forward as we thought it 
would be and I'm not surprised to hear that you didn't have any success with 
those Apps which allow the sharing of data between iPods and computers.

As I understand it - someone will correct me if I'm wrong I'm sure <smile>. - 
iPod sharing Apps were written in the days of the iPod Nano, Shuffle etc well 
before the iPhones we're using now came along so - if that's the case - then 
these sharing Apps probably won't work given the iPhone has a different data 
distribution system, in effect the iPhone is locked and I think the only way to 
share your iPhones data openly - say music you've downloaded from the iTunes 
store or music you've aded to your music collection through iTunes - is to jail 
break the iPhone.



Dane Trethowan's iPhone at +61400494862 has had the privlidge of delivering the 
above eMail to you.


> On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:46 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ah, yeah, I was just reading up on the Camera kit for the IPad, after I sent 
> my last message.
> Unfortunately, the page I found was from 2010, so not sure how accurate the 
> info would be now.
> May still be worth checking it out if the kit isn't super expensive, if it 
> still works on the 6 plus and IOS8.
> It's worth noting here though, that it's apparently necessary to jailbreak, 
> in order to have access to the filesystem of the IPads, but the ability to 
> use USB devices, keyboards, microphones, etc sounds pretty neat if it still 
> works.
> This brings me to ask another question or two, but I'll begin it in a new 
> subject to keep things organized.
> Thanks and take care.
> Blessings.
> 
>> On 10/12/2014 8:26 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
>> Yes, I believe so, its the camera kit though I've never played with it and 
>> am not sure which IOS devices are supported with it these days.
>> 
>>> On 13 Oct 2014, at 1:14 pm, Jeremy <icu8...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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.
>> **********
>> 
>> Dane Trethowan
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