Phone Disk: Mounting your iOS device in OS X or Windows for free
How would you like to be able to mount a non-jailbroken iOS device as a disk on your Mac or PC? And what if this capability was (for a limited time) free? My guess is that a lot of you would take someone up on an offer like this.
Developer Macroplant has come up with a solution that runs on a Mac with OS X 10.5 or 10.6, or on a PC with Windows XP/Vista/7, that allows you to view the contents of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad. Phone Disk lets you open, copy and save files directly on the device, and you can mount multiple devices simultaneously. If you're a Mac user, you see the iOS file system in the Finder, while Windows users can view it in Windows Explorer. The app runs in the system tray in Windows or the menu bar in Mac OS X, so it's out of the way, but available when you need it.
Note that Phone Disk will not give you "real" root access to your iOS device -- the program allows you to access media files (photos, music, and even apps), but system-level access still requires a jailbreak. Still, this is more access than non-jailbreakers can get otherwise -- if you know where to look, you can even pull soundtrack files out of the apps installed on your iPhone.
Through December 1st, 2010, the developer is giving away Phone Disk for free. You just need to download and then unlock the software with the registration code available here.
[via Macgasm]
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How would you like to be able to mount a non-jailbroken iOS device as a disk on your Mac or PC? And what if this capability was (for a...
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It's a nice thought, but I see why your application is not more popular. Phone Disk does not let you access applications or application data unless the iOS device is jailbroken. So, for me, it is just short of worthless (I have no intent to jailbreak any iOS device).
November 04 2010 at 12:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyCan't get this work with either my iPad or iPhone 4 (both running latest iOS).
Get the error message "Internal fuse error (rc=1) while attempting to mount the file system."
Any ideas?
try reinstalling the app and be sure to reboot after
all that it took for me was to reinstall the app
I also get the internal fuse error. Installed MacFUSE, reinstalled the application, rebooted, etc., still not working for me.
November 03 2010 at 11:39 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyFinally! a way to just backup and restore settings for specific apps after a wipe and restore!
November 02 2010 at 4:28 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI want one!
November 02 2010 at 2:21 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI love this, been using it for a while now. Very handy in a "set it and forget it" kind of way. There's also a much less awful icon available for it, with accompanying image resources to match:
http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16805481
I wish Apple would just allow filesystem access over USB like they do with regular iPods.
November 02 2010 at 11:04 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyTools like this have been available for free for a while. Like iFunbox. It also works on jailbroken and non-jailbroken phones with the same limitation on non-jailbroken. It's always been free and is a mature product.
November 02 2010 at 11:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySite was really slow, gave up and got a copy it via download.cnet.com
November 02 2010 at 11:00 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe site is now working, at least I was able to get on it and download the app.
November 02 2010 at 10:48 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyNot able to go to the unlock page. I get a message saying it's unavailable.
November 02 2010 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI could not get the site to load either, it must be down.
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