http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/ Engadget Comments for iPods unblocked from syncing with Linux http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/09/14/new-ipods-reengineer.html]]>Sep 17th 2007 11:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
Everytime I see someone with an iPhone or iPod I just keep thinking what a tool they are.

I'm a linux guy myself.

end rant.]]>Sep 17th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/"No input file specified."

And that was fast =)]]>Sep 17th 2007 11:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
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and sparks.. "I will almost guarantee you that the functionality in Amarok which allowed you to connect an iPod to almost anyone's machine and copy music on without resynching the library probably brought heat onto Apple from the content providers" that's why there's drm that prevents you from doing that and actually this hashing of the _db_ has _NOTHING_ to do with that, you could always copy the songs off from the device(you couldn't play drm'd shit on wrong device of course) and still can without any tool expect copy. don't make up excuses for apple, it's apples job.



]]>Sep 18th 2007 4:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
Um, why were we talking about this again?]]>Sep 17th 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/> Um, why were we talking about this again?

Because it's indicative of how our Digital Rights are being eroded, with people like you leading the way. So it's not that you can sync the iPod now that hackers fixed it, rather Apple has made it known that it is not the open friendly company it once billed itself as. You realize that this is a restriction that was not previously present, right? That's limited your rights to something you buy, and that's not cool.

More info/my rant here:
http://lefttochance.com/?p=9

P]]>Sep 17th 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
Doesn't the hacks require access to the file system (and has this been achieved on the Touch)? ]]>Sep 17th 2007 12:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
I know, I know, I'm living in a dreamworld.]]>Sep 17th 2007 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 12:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 12:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
http://www.monroe.nu.nyud.net:8080/archives/110-iPod-Classic-Will-Be-Supported.html

I wish they could crack DAAP too, Ever since the update to iTunes my Xbox Media Center won't find my iTunes share. I'm sure if this came to light here in the UK Apple could get into trouble, the BBC had pressure from the UK government to make their software compatible with Linux, I'm sure specifically preventing 3rd party apps working with your hardware and/or software breaks at least one law.

One of the most annoying things about the iPod is that you can't normally plug it into anyone's computer and drag music to it, it has to be connected to YOUR iTunes to work properly, programs like Amarok allowed this and Apple are trying to shut them out.]]>Sep 17th 2007 1:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 12:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
I will almost guarantee you that the functionality in Amarok which allowed you to connect an iPod to almost anyone's machine and copy music on without resynching the library probably brought heat onto Apple from the content providers. "This must sync to only one library; if people can just pull music off of their friends' machines, that promotes piracy! Fix this, or we will pull our music after the next renewal."

Granted, we have no real way of knowing whether Apple would put their money where their mouth is if given the free reign to open everything up; they might quite happily sit on everything and lock stuff down. But there is some evidence (from their work on zeroconf and other open protocols, as well as their contributions to open source projects) that they might actually mean what they claim.

But at least right now, not all of the blame can be placed on them. (Just as not all of the blame for DRM issues with Windows can be placed on Microsoft, either.)]]>Sep 17th 2007 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 12:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
And is iPodLinux and Rockbox still a possibility on the new iPods or are they locked out permanently?]]>Sep 17th 2007 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/Sep 17th 2007 10:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/
In any case, Linux users should keep their eyes on the gtkpod development news if they don't want to mess about with hashes every time they alter their 6th Gen iPod Classic databases. Sooner or later a new version of gtkpod will be released which places all the messy work back into the background, and nobody will remember what the fuss was about.

Greetz to the gtkpod team, you guys are awesome. ]]>Sep 20th 2007 12:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/17/ipods-unblocked-from-synching-with-linux/next time you post an article, you might think about scanning it for readability before you submit it.

>> iPods unblocked from syncing with Linux
>>
>> As we recently reported, the latest batch of iPods brought with them a few
>> changes that weren't exactly evident at first glance, not the least of which
>> was the ability to sync with third party apps.

The title and the first line of the article made it sound as if Apple had made iPods more accessible. Go on Apple, help teh linux...

>> That proved to be especially problematic for iPod-loving Linux users, who
>> had gotten used to apps like gtkpod and Amarok to sync the players with their
>> OS of choice

What? Linux people aren't happy with this change of heart? My brain started to hurt a little bit.

>> As expected, however, that blockage now appears to have been cleared by some
>> enterprising Linux users,

Who, what, wtf? My dull brain eventually worked out what you meant but I think Engadget owes me a few braincells which got killed'd during the whole palaver.

Mr P


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