Hi Scott, Fair enough. I understand your frustration with those sorts of documents. Before iCloud and Google Drive, I found it problematic using iTunes to access documents on my iPhone/iPad. As a matter of interest, using iCloud, and/or Google Drive you can easily share documents between your Mac and iDevices. These documents are shared both locally on the machine/device and in the Cloud. This makes it a much more user friendly way of accessing documents that you wish to access anywhere. Using both Pages and TextEdit on your Mac allows you to place documents into iCloud that are, thus, accessible on the iDevice.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2012-12-11, at 12:41 PM, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Kim. > I can certainly understand the DRM issues, and I know that managing > your collection through the library can be easier, and with iTunes > specific content it certainly is, but one should not be forced to use > iTunes if they do not wish. For example, if I have a text file that > I'd like to read using notes or a presentation I want to quickly > access, I cannot just drop the file into the flashdisk on my phone > without adding it to my iTunes library and syncing. iTunes takes a > process which should be very simple and makes it complicated. For > those who wish to use iTunes for this sort of thing, I certainly think > it should be an option, but for those of us who just quickly want to > add and remove things and get on with it, it would be nice to have the > ability to just have iDevices show up as drives in Finder/Explorer. > So, as a content managing software, I agree with you, I just don't > think you should be required to run iTunes to get content on to your > iDevice. Also, please note that I'm not attacking anyone here, just > having a discussion. (smiles). > > Scott > > On 12/11/12, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hmmm, interesting prospective. To each their own I guess. I may regret >> commenting on this but, oh well. >> >> I, too, am perfectly capable of organizing my music and other media, but if >> I can automate the process through iTunes, then all the power to me. I've >> got enough things to do in my life without spending hours organizing >> something that can be accomplished much faster through iTunes. I still have >> the power to manage what items I wished synced to my iDevices and what I >> wish left off. The background organization is immaterial to what media I >> wish to play. >> >> Additionally, media purchased through iTunes has DRM attached. I realize >> that the majority of the music no longer is affected by this but most >> movies, TV shows and books still require this by the publishers in order for >> them to release digital copies. This DRM is attached to your Apple ID and >> consequently to your iTunes purchases. I don't believe that Apple is in the >> business of sharing media and if iDevices were configured as little external >> HDs, then I believe that Apple's responsibility to these publishers would be >> compromised. >> >> Now, this is simply my opinion, so you're welcome to do whatever you wish >> with it. I do believe, though, that many of the folks who don't like to use >> iTunes are not totally familiar with how to use it and thus prefer apps that >> do things in ways that they are more accustomed to. That's kind of human >> nature as we're all resistant to change to some degree. >> >> I'll stop now. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2012-12-11, at 7:07 AM, Scott Davert <scottslistm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I'm not an iTunes fan. In fact, if Android ever gets their >>> acessibility act together, it will be the biggest reason I change from >>> an Apple portable device to an Android one. Why should I have to run a >>> piece of bloated software to simply transfer data from my computer to >>> my phone? Yes, there are alternatives like Dropbox and such, but these >>> require an internet connection to access the data. I like the idea of >>> plugging my device in to a USB port on my mac or Windows machine, and >>> just having the phone show up as a drive. I don't need software to >>> organize my music, I'm quite capable of doing that myself. Then, I >>> should be able to just seemlessly move files from one location to >>> another. At this point, Android still stinks in terms of braille >>> support and the number of accessible apps seems to be small, so I >>> stick with iOS. But having to run iTunes may be what eventually pushes >>> me away to another platform. However, as long as Apple is the biggest >>> provider of accessible stuff, I'll stick with them. But if another >>> platform ever gets to this level, it'll certainly be a consideration. >>> >>> Scott >>> >>> On 12/11/12, Chris H <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Nothing is as accessible as iTunes in my opinion. It is the best in >>>> terms of accessibility and is even better with the release of iTunes 11. >>>> Is there anythig we can do to convince you to stay with iTunes? >>>> >>>> >>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>> >>>> On 11/12/2012 01:52, trahern culver wrote: >>>>> hey all please can some one recommend an accessable itunes alternative >>>>> that will let me manage my current iTunes libary ipod and iPhone? >>>>> >>>>> your help with this question would be most welcome kind regards >>>>> trahern. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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