Is it possible manage files on an iPad directly, or do all file transfer (music, movies, etc), have to go through iTunes?
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iPhone Explorer is the best one out there today. By far. On the iPad itself, only if you jailbreak. Then get iFile. |
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iTunes is commonly used to synchronize and manage content (podcasts, songs, videos, notes, calendar, contacts, and books) for iPad owners. The alternative is to jailbreak which requires some technical knowledge on the part of the owner, may not have the features of the latest released iOS (it takes time for jailbreakers to release new jailbreaks), and is not supported by Apple warranty. |
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iTunes is required for managing content on an iPad. Apple make it very difficult to use anything other than their proprietary software (i.e. iTunes) with their devices for content management. Unless you want to jailbreak your iPad, you don't really have a choice but to use iTunes. |
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If you have access to a Linux machine then the libimobiledevice library is an alternative to iTunes and you don't need to jailbreak the iPad. With it, you can also mount the file directories of individual apps (whether that helps or not depends on the app). You can't add tunes to the music player, unfortunately, because the database isn't (yet) writeable by Linux tools (though if you jailbreak, you can modify the database version to one that Linux can deal with). To work with iOS5 you need the latest version (from the git repository) rather than whatever version comes with your distribution. According to the website, there are unofficial ports to Windows. |
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