![]() ![]() Instead, each app must maintain its own copy of a document. On the downside, there is no central location from which multiple apps can access a single copy of a document. The upside of this “sandboxing” is that it sharply reduces the chance that an app could cause problems for any app other than itself. Apple insists that all documents associated with an iOS app be contained within that app’s “package.” Thus, when you save an document, the files are stored in a Documents folders contained within each app’s package. This access opens the door to two significant capabilities: From here, you can perform the equivalent to what you do with Mac OS X applications via the Finder’s Show Package Contents command. Now you can also peer into the location where third-party apps are installed. In particular, you could see the area where your personal media are stored. With utilities such as PhoneView, you always had limited access to iOS drive contents (even without jailbreaking). Now let’s return to the the recently-added big deal. All it takes is the USB-Dock connector cable. You do any of these things on a Mac, even if the Mac is not the one that you normally use for syncing. If your iOS device is jailbroken, you can access the complete root level directory of its drive, including all system software.Via utilities such as PhoneView, you can use an iOS device as a portable drive, allowing you to copy virtually any type of file from a Mac.These items can be copied from an iOS device to a Mac, where you can archive them (and often edit them) if desired. Such items include the text and photos of your SMS messages as well as the audio of your voicemail messages. In some cases, you can access iOS device data that you would otherwise be unable to view/hear on your Mac even with iTunes. Similarly, you can can view the notes in your Notes app or the data in your Contacts list. You can view or listen to virtually all of the iTunes- and iPhoto-synced media on the device - from music to videos to voice memos. From your Mac, you can access an assortment of your iOS device’s data and media - without the need to sync the data in iTunes.Whenever they did it, I’m glad they did.īefore we delve into exactly why I believe this is exciting news, let’s recap a few of the helpful things you could do already with these utilities: I’m not exactly certain when Apple implemented this change, but I believe it was with the release of iOS 4 last year. Previously, you would have needed to jailbreak your iOS device to gain such access. Most especially, you now have access to the “inside” of third-party apps installed on your iOS device. While programs such as PhoneView have been around almost since the arrival of the iPhone, Apple has recently loosened the ropes regarding what these utilities can do. My personal favorite of these utilities is PhoneView. But Apple will allow you to pry open the lid, within limits, via third-party Mac utilities. To be more specific, you can’t get this access via any Apple-supplied software. Among other things, this means you can’t directly access the iOS’s file directory of files (as you can with a Mac’s directory via the Finder). You can’t access an iPhone’s directory either from the device itself or via a USB-iTunes connection to your Mac. ![]() Apple has taken considerable flak for the closed lid it keeps on the iPhone and other iOS devices. ![]()
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