With Ubuntu 12.04 and the classic Gnome windowsmanager as a Unitiy replacement I was able to access and put music on my iTouch 4th Generation (iOS version 6.1.3). This was possible through the installation of "File Manager (FREE)" from "TapMedia Ltd" on the iTouch and the installation of "ifuse" on Ubuntu 12.04. Upon connecting the device both an "iPod" icon and a "Documents" icon (belonging to the TapMedia Filemanager) appeared on the Gnome desktop. Double clicking the "Documents" icon gave me access to the Filemanager on the iTouch device and from there on it was a simple drag and drop of music files which I could listen to afterwards from within the Filemanager application on the iTouch.
I recently switched to Kubuntu 12.04. The above didn't apply anymore and required some manual intervention. I'm posting this as a personal reference and hopefully it will be of use to others.
#Install "ifuse" and install "ideviceinstaller" in Kubuntu 12.04
sudo apt-get install ifuse
sudo apt-get install ideviceinstaller
#make the below directories in the media folder
sudo mkdir /media/iPod
sudo mkdir /media/iPod/Documents
#mount the iPod
sudo ifuse /media/iPod
#find the name of the Documents folder of Filemanager installed on the iPod
sudo ideviceinstaller -l
#since I have the File Manager (FREE)" from "TapMedia Ltd" the outcome of the above command was "com*.*TapMedia*.*filebox - FileManager 1.3". We will need the part before the "-".
#Drop the * before and after the ".". I've put them there because I need at least 2 posts on the forum in order to be able to post 'links'.
#mount the Documents folder (again, drop the * before and after the ".")
sudo ifuse /media/iPod/Documents --appid com*.*TapMedia*.*filebox
Putting files in the documents folder can be done from the command line or from the Kubuntu filemanager :
Use the 'run' command and launch Dolphin as root by typing "kdesudo dolphin" and enter the password. Go to /media/iPod/Documents and copy/paste/remove files as in any folder. Once the operations are done unmount everything as follows :
sudo umount /media/iPod/Documents
sudo umount /media/iPod
Remove the iPod.
I recently switched to Kubuntu 12.04. The above didn't apply anymore and required some manual intervention. I'm posting this as a personal reference and hopefully it will be of use to others.
#Install "ifuse" and install "ideviceinstaller" in Kubuntu 12.04
sudo apt-get install ifuse
sudo apt-get install ideviceinstaller
#make the below directories in the media folder
sudo mkdir /media/iPod
sudo mkdir /media/iPod/Documents
#mount the iPod
sudo ifuse /media/iPod
#find the name of the Documents folder of Filemanager installed on the iPod
sudo ideviceinstaller -l
#since I have the File Manager (FREE)" from "TapMedia Ltd" the outcome of the above command was "com*.*TapMedia*.*filebox - FileManager 1.3". We will need the part before the "-".
#Drop the * before and after the ".". I've put them there because I need at least 2 posts on the forum in order to be able to post 'links'.
#mount the Documents folder (again, drop the * before and after the ".")
sudo ifuse /media/iPod/Documents --appid com*.*TapMedia*.*filebox
Putting files in the documents folder can be done from the command line or from the Kubuntu filemanager :
Use the 'run' command and launch Dolphin as root by typing "kdesudo dolphin" and enter the password. Go to /media/iPod/Documents and copy/paste/remove files as in any folder. Once the operations are done unmount everything as follows :
sudo umount /media/iPod/Documents
sudo umount /media/iPod
Remove the iPod.
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