itunes-like applications

[Craig White]

On Wed, 2011-09-14 at 10:35 +0200, Walter Cazzola wrote:
> Dear Linux Experts,
> I'm a linux user (Fedora 13 is on my machine) and recently I got an
> ipad2. I'd like to transfer data among the linux box and the ipad2 as
> itunes does on Mac/Windows is this possible? I don't need all the itunes
> functionality just the possibility to send/receive files to/from the
> ipad2 applications via the USB connection. Any tool to suggest?
> 
> Thanks a lot
> Walter
> 
> PS. I don't want to jailbreak the ipad2
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#1 - time to update your Fedora. F13 is EOL and soon F14 will EOL too.
Installing new packages on F13 is going to be difficult if not
impossible at the point they move the repo into archive (if they haven't
done that already).

#2 - I'd be interested in knowing the answer to this question too - but
what I do know (and I don't have an iPad and likely never will)...
  - Apple has a rigid structure for iTunes and it's more than just
copying files to/from your iPad which I would think you can do already
by connecting the USB to your Linux machine.
  - With my iPod, I use my Windows system and iTunes but the data is
stored on my Linux server so I can access the music with anything
(Rhythmbox, Amarok, etc.) I use mt-daapd on Linux to share this music
with any compatible iTunes player including iTunes on Windows/Macintosh
and of course Rhythmbox & Amarok).
  - Apple keeps a tight grip on devices and technologies such as
iTunes... they want to exercise complete control over the content you
put on your iPad/iPhone/iPod and thus frequently change their iTunes
software making it somewhat risky to have other applications tinkering
with the iTunes.db

You might try to see if Amarok or Rhythmbox can sync/add/delete music to
your iPad (I have no idea what their current level of implementation is
these days).

Craig


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