itunes-like applications

[James Wellnitz]

gtkpod on F15 works well for managing music and videos on my
(non-jailbroken) iPod Touch.

I have had trouble in the past after iOS upgrades on the iPod, however
(the result of Apple's tight control on the rather close iTunes
software and database, I imagine).  Usually gtkpod updates a bit after
a new iOS comes out to support whatever the new version does
differently.

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Craig White <craigwhite at azapple.com> wrote:
> 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
> ----
> #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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