iOS transfer made easier

Trouble transferring files to iOS devices from Ubuntu? Now try iosTransferGUI, a simple way to load files onto iPad without having to use the command-line ifuse and libimobiledevice:

Unfortunately this requires libimobiledevice 1.2, ~~which is not the default on current Ubuntu~~. If you don’t want to compile it and related libimobiledevice utilities, there are PPA archives that include the latest.

Once installed, you may select apps from the File-sharing tab and copy files over – selecting the app again will disconnect the app. This makes it easy to copy files from iTunesU or other services to VLC and other media playing apps.

Update: As of 16.04, libimobiledevice 1.2 is already installed and lets you browse apps that have shared documents – with no extra installation!

Update: This probably won’t work with newer versions of iOS, so don’t upgrade if you can help it.

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