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Mac based utility catches iPhone files

To make my life easier, I decided to stop focusing on phone-to-phone file transfer and write a utility for the Mac to catch those files I've been tossing into the ether. File Catcher is the result. This Universal Binary application sits on your desktop and automatically downloads files to the desktop.

To make this happen, I've been working hard on putting together a new protocol that defines the name of the file being sent and other useful information. I've written and uploaded entirely new versions of my catch and throw utilities and SendFile application to conform to this new protocol.

My favorite little utility though is a new one tonight, called snapngo. Just run it at the command line and give it one argument, a name. e.g. snapngo mypic. The application takes a screen snapshot and shares it using the name you specified. If you're running File Catcher on your Mac, the file mypic.png automatically appears on your Desktop.



To make my life easier, I decided to stop focusing on phone-to-phone file transfer and write a utility for the Mac to catch those files...
 

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DVD to iPhone

Good.

November 06 2007 at 12:38 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tom Craft

I've added the path statement as it requests, but I am getting an error:

zsh: Permission denied.

This occurs even when logged in as root via SSH. What am I missing?

November 04 2007 at 4:19 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LGgeek

I have file catcher installed on my mac and autosnap installed on my iphone. When I start file catcher it's blank , how do I get it to see my iphone ? I'm using wifi.

November 03 2007 at 8:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
m3d1akid

Very nice... I think I will finally attempt a screenshot on my touch.

November 02 2007 at 1:07 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patrick

Erica any way you can make a service that runs on the iPhone that gets called by your Mac app so it can remotely snap photos and then pull onto the Desktop? Basically remotely trigger snapngo?

November 02 2007 at 9:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
fraggle

Thats awesome.. Need to be able to assign it with a default name and double home click next. ;)

November 02 2007 at 9:09 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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