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Use iPhone as an USB Drive

USB Drive
USB Drive

Here are the instructions to make your iPhone an USB Drive without installing any software on the computer.

  1. Press to launch Cydia from your iPhone Springboard.
  2. Press to select Manage from the tabs at the bottom.
  3. Press the large Sources button.
  4. Press the Edit button at the top right of the sources list.
  5. Press the Add button that appears at the top left.
  6. Enter http://apt.dmytro.me as the Cydia/APT URL then press the Add Source button.
  7. Cydia will now update your sources. Press the large Return to Cydia button when finished.
  8. Press the Done button at the top right of the sources list.
  9. Press to select the apt.dmytro.me source we just added
  10. Tap to select the USB Drive package from the list of packages
  11. Press the Install button at the top right of the screen.
  12. Press the Confirm button at the top right of the screen
  13. Cydia will now install your package. When it has completed successfully, press the large Return to Cydia button.
  14. Press the Home Button to return to your Springboard then press to launch USB Drive from your list of applications.
  15. First we must create a Virtual Disk on the iPhone. Press the Create Disk… button to continue.
  16. Enter a name for your virtual disk and use the slider to specify how much space you would like to allocate it. When done click the Create button at the top right of the screen.
  17. Now that we have created a disk to access we must specify the USB Mode. You have three choices:
    Drive + iTunes:
    In this mode USB Drive replaces Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) interface with Mass Storage interface and lets you use the iPhone as a USB Drive. At the same time you can perform iTunes synchronization, developers can use XCode debugger ,etc. In this mode USB Mass Storage will not work on Windows with iTunes or Apple USB Drivers installed.

    Default:
    This is the iPhone default mode. USB Drive doesn’t install daemon application nor modify any USB settings. Picture Transfer Protocol (PTP) is active as well as iTunes synchronization and tethering over USB.

    Drive Only:
    This mode is to resolve compatibility issues with Windows and iTunes. In this mode USB Drive changes the iPhone’s USB product ID. This will prevent iTunes synchronization, but USB Mass Storage will work on Windows (and other operating systems). Switch to the Default or Drive + iTunes mode will restore iTunes sync.

  18. Press to select the mode of your choice. A popup will appear asking you to reboot to apply the changes. Press the large Reboot button.
  19. Once your iPhone reboots you will now be able to access the virtual disk you created using USB Drive.

You can view the complete tutorial with snapshots at iClarified.

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All new Apple Macbooks

New Apple Macbook

Apple has launched a all new range of their popular Macbook. Company CEO, Steve Jobs, revealed the new Macbooks at the Mac event on October 14 2008. New Macbooks have been re-designed to have a similar look and features of Macbook Air. With a single piece aluminium body make the Macbook more robust and strong. Apple calls it “Precision aluminum unibody enclosure“.

Some of the features include the introduction of nVidia GeForce 9400M which brings the graphics 5 times faster.

Macbook now does not have any trackpad button but the whole glass trackpad has been transformed into a button, so you can click anywhere on the trackpad. Also, the popular feature of Apple multi-touch has been included in the Macbook range with the features of pinch-pounce and multi-finger gestures.

Inside the new MacBook is a powerful Intel Core 2 Duo processor running at speeds up to 2.4GHz. MacBook also boasts an increased 1066MHz frontside bus and next-generation 1066MHz DDR3 memory. Macbooks now also have the option for new Solid State Drive which were earlier only available in the Macbook Air.

Also, Apple decreased the price for the older white version of the Macbook to $999. New Macbook range is starting from $1299.

You can further check the design details at the following link

http://www.apple.com/macbook/design.html

Surely, my next notebook choice will be the new 13 inch Apple Macbook with 4GB RAM and 360GB of HDD.

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More reasons to buy Mac

Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac
Parallels Desktop 3.0 for Mac

I have been a fan of all Apple products for their style, compactness and performance. Apple has always been a step ahead from its competitors in every manner. Apple product configurations are better than its competitors in every section.

Parallels has launched a new version of their desktop virtualization product for Mac, Parallels Desktop 3.0, which seems marvellous after looking its demo. You can watch the demo online here. But this comes for a price of $79.99, which seems fine for the Mac users. Mac based products never come for a small amount.

Microsoft does also provide a similar kind of product, Microsoft Virtual PC, which is also free of cost but does not provide the kind of integration Parallels Desktop promises.

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