XPost: comp.mobile.ipad, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: arlenholder@nospam.net   
      
   How to easily archive your iOS device and/or how to use your iOS device as   
   a free USB stick (read & write)?   
      
   *I use my iOS devices as a free r/w USB stick anytime I want.*   
   *I also archive iOS files to USB sticks and other drives, at will.*   
   - Windows   
   - Linux   
   - Android   
   - iOS   
   - Cameras   
   - USB sticks   
   - USB drives   
   - DVD   
   - etc.   
      
   Just slide off the iOS device onto the archival media, or, slide from any   
   other device (e.g., movies) onto the iOS device.   
      
   *It's that easy.*   
   a. Read access anywhere on the visible file system (e.g., not just DCIM)   
   b. Write access anywhere on the visible file system (e.g., not just VLC)   
      
   For free.   
   Sans a single bit of software not part of the original operating systems.   
   Hint: No Orwellian restricted iTunes abomination necessary, nor desired.   
      
   It's so simple, it's brilliant.   
   A. I plug in an iOS device (any device, any number of them)   
   B. I plug in an Android device (any device, any number of them)   
   C. I boot the desktop, which mounts all 4 filesystems simultaneously!   
   1. Linux (via ntfs)   
   2. Windows (via ntfs)   
   3. Android (via mtpfs)   
   4. iOS (via iOSfs)   
      
   Since the file systems are all mounted simultaneously, I slide thousands of   
   pictures or scores of movies at will between devices, using each mobile   
   device, essentially, as a USB stick.   
      
   It would work the same with *anything* plugged into the USB port (e.g.,   
   cameras & other USB sticks) and with DVD drives (if you're still using   
   them).   
      
   This is great for archival purposes, and to download movies that you   
   obtained on the desktop (which can torrent, for example).   
      
   It's so simple, powerful, flexible, & free ... it's brilliant.   
      
   *How do you manage to use your iOS device as a free USB stick?*   
   --   
   HINT: You can't.   
      
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