[ILUG] iPod Touch

[Paul Bourke]

People seem to have had luck with the method in the link below, though it's
worth noting the code is still quite new.
Personally, I put up with iTunes on virtualbox till it mature,s but if that
isn't an option and you have some time to spare you might want to give it a
go.

http://marcansoft.com/blog/2009/10/iphone-syncing-on-linux-part-2/

-Paul

On 10 March 2010 10:29, Stephen Brooks <steve at brooksweb.net> wrote:

> Frank Peelo wrote:
> > Apropos Crossover, and some things not working under it, last night my
> > #2 son won an iPod Touch in a debating competition.
> >
> > It doesn't want to do anything unless it is connected to iTunes.
> > Apparently iPod Touch is touchier than older iPods about what they
> > connect to. And iTunes is one of the things that does not run under
> > Crossover.
> >
> > I have one machine with Mandriva 2008.1, which will not see the iPod
> > Touch at all, and one with Ubuntu 9.10 which tries to mount it with
> > gphoto2.
> >
> > Is there anything I can do to get this working?
> >
> > Frank
> >
> >
> >
>
> This seems relevant.  Note it requires jail breaking the device though.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PortableDevices/iPhone
>
> There seems to have been progress in not requiring jail breaking quite
> recently but I don't know how workable that is at present.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
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