On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 09:47 +0100, Neil Bird wrote: > Around about 03/06/11 20:01, Patrick O'Callaghan typed ... > > A simple iPod mounts as a storage device, but a Touch or iPhone is a > > more complex beast with its own protocol. I'm at my work machine but > > when I get a chance I'll check my home machine which already has this > > set up. > > I think, in the first instance, it was the iPod being am @rse: it wanted > me to connect it to iTunes before it'd do anything (power-on only showed a > USB->iTunes picture). > > We put iTunes on my son's laptop, and the iPod burst into life. > > *Then* I connected it to my son's Linux login and it showed up. However, > I still get the same error (even after logging out and back in) in my login. > Most odd. > > > > Note that you can update music etc. using Rhythmbox or Amarok but you > > won't be able to do everything (such as update the firmware) except via > > iTunes. I do it with a Windows VM, which also requires a bit of setup. > > It does indeed now show up installed music in Rhythmbox (and gtkpod); > however, we're incapable of installing music from that end. R says it's > there after a bit of chugging, but the iPod doesn't; nuplug it & re-insert > it & it's gone. > > Pretty much all my music is in .ogg; I had presumed that R would convert > this to AAC or something upon copy, but iTunes is unwilling to do so, so > maybe it's that. > > I've had to resort to exporting a selection to MP3 as ânormalâ, putting > that into a dri set up to share for Windows, and then copy it on from the > laptop's iTunes. Bit of a PITA, but at least it works. > > > I shall be trying a Windows VM at some point in the semi-near future, so > it you have any pointers in that regard, it'd be appreciated! One of the goodies just announced today by The Steve as part of IOS 5 is over-the-air syncing and updating. In fact he claims you'll be able to run an IOS 5 device without having a computer, not even to set it up out of the box. poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
