Re: Alternative to iPhone Explorer?

[Egan Ford <datajerk@gmail.com>]

On Aug 22, 1:55 pm, "Michael J. Mahon" <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
> Steven Nelson wrote:
> > On Aug 22, 12:39 pm, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>Steven Nelson <steven-nel...@uiowa.edu> wrote:
>
> >>>On Aug 18, 2:29 am, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> >>>>I'd like to add some of my own images to the Best of FTA app on my iPhone,
> >>>>but iPhone Explorer complains about a DLL and recommends I wait until Apple
> >>>>fixes it in another Safari update...
>
> >>>>I'd like not to wait, so what's a good alternative to iPhone Explorer?
>
> >>>I just tried DiskAid from DigiDNA on my G5 iMac w/ 10.5.8.  It works
> >>>much better than iPhone Explorer (hich doesn't work for me).  Luckily,
> >>>I got free registration from DigiDNA because of .edu email address.
> >>>Even with a paid regisration (14d free trial), I recommend DiskAid.
>
> >>Thanks, but I probably should have specified that I use a Wintel platform
> >>(as in DLLs  ;-).
>
> >>-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II:http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
>
> > Michael, Wintel - tsk, tsk ;-)
> > DiskAid also comes for Wintel AFAIK.  But I access Best of FTA through
> > the 'root' directory which requires a jailbreak.  I don't know if you
> > can access the BoFTA.app directory on an regular ipad.  The documents
> > directory is probably accessible though.  Try the 14d free trial.
>
> I'll look for DiskAid.
>
> iPhone Explorer doesn't allow me to access the "apps" directory,
> and my understanding was that the BofFTA Documents directory was
> nested inside the BoFTA app directory.
>
> In any case, I tried opening everything I could, and could only
> see photos and .pdf's in iBooks--no other app data.
>
> -michael
>
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>
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You are correct, it is in the Apps folder.  If you get DiskAid working
please let me know.  Thanks.